RECIPES: Nut Milk Mania

In tomorrow's eZine I'm sharing my article How to Make Fresh Nut Milks in Your Blender and thought I would post some delicious nut milk recipes here for everyone to make use of, as well as for my eZine readers.

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But for now, on with the recipes!

Sweet almond milk (the classic)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almonds
• 3 cups water
• 1 Medjool date OR 1 Tbsp agave nectar

Directions:

1. Place almonds and water in a blender and blend on high speed until nuts are completely broken and almond milk is created.
2. Strain the almond milk through a fine sieve or nut milk bag into a bowl or jug. Save pulp for a dessert recipe, for dehydrating into almond flour, or compost.
3. Rinse blender and add back in the strained nut milk.
4. Add sweetener and blend.
5. Taste test for sweetness and add more if required.
   Serve and savour!

* TOP TIP: You can add 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence or half a vanilla bean to this recipe to create a vanilla milk. Additionally you can add a fingernail sized scraping of coconut butter to this for a creamier richer flavour.

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Chocolate milk

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almonds
• 3 cups water
• 1 Medjool date OR 1 Tbsp agave nectar
• 1 t vanilla essence OR ½ vanilla pod
• 2 Tbsps carob powder

Directions:

1. Place almonds and water in a blender and blend on high speed until nuts are completely broken and almond milk is created.
2. Strain the almond milk through a fine sieve or nut milk bag into a bowl or jug. Save pulp for a dessert recipe, for dehydrating into almond flour, or compost.
3. Rinse blender and add back in the strained nut milk.
4. Add sweetener and blend.
5. Taste test for sweetness and add more if required.
6. Serve and savour!

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Strawberry nut milk

This drink tastes like a high-class strawberry milkshake minus the junk and over sweetness.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almonds
• 3 cups water
• 4-8 strawberries (to taste)
• 1 Medjool date OR 1 Tbsp agave nectar (to taste)

Directions:

1. Place almonds and water in a blender and blend on high speed until nuts are completely broken and almond milk is created.
2. Strain the almond milk through a fine sieve or nut milk bag into a bowl or jug. Save pulp for a dessert recipe, for dehydrating into almond flour, or compost.
3. Rinse blender and add back in the strained nut milk.
4. Add strawberries and sweetener and blend.
5. Taste test for strength of flavour and sweetness and add more strawberries and/or sweetener if required.
6. Serve and smile!

* TOP TIP: This mixture makes for a lovely ice-cream. Either pour into a lidded container or put into ice-cream making machine.

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Comments

[Juan]

Thank you Karen for the recipes. They look so yummy!

[Susan Ord]

Hi Karen, Love the site but it would be useful to have a 'search for' box, e.g. I was looking for your opinion on Maca, and can't find anything relevant - would be good to just search for it directly.

[wendy]

You can do either or, skins on, skins off.

[Esther]

Thanks for the recipes, they look great. Do you need to soak and peel the almonds, or can you use them with the skins on?