Homemade Fresh Almond Milk

Hey everyone! Everyone has been asking me lately how to make almond milk. I had a million questions as well when I first heard about it. Now thanks to youtube and a particular co-worker, I make my own Almond milk however I like it. Here are the instructions:

Step 1: Buy a bag of RAW almonds. They have to be raw. If you choose organic almonds, that is your choice.

Step 2: Soak your almonds in water for a few hours. Easiest done at night before bed time, for milk in the A.M. or before you head off to work.

Step 3: Drain your almonds. The reason why you soak them, other than giving milk, is to remove an acid that is on the brown peel of the almond. This stuff has been known create a bit of gut irritation.

Step 4: (ignore this step if you choose) I personally decide to slide the peel off the almond. You will notice they tend to pop/slide out. If you want to keep the peel, it will give you almond meal instead of almond flour.

Step 5: Put the almonds in the blender and add water. 1 cup of almonds to 2-3 cups of water, depending how creamy you want it.

Step 6: Add a pinch of salt and any kind of flavouring you want. I add a vanilla bean, I haven't quite mastered chocolate yet.

Step 7: Blend it like nobody's business! You should have very small pieces.

Step 8: Using a cheese cloth or clean tea towel, lay it in a strainer over a bowl and slowly pour the mixture into the strainer and squeeze the towel to get as much of the milk out.

Step 9: What is left over in the bowl is the pure almond milk. Add Honey to the vanilla mixture to sweeten it up. Again, flavour it to your liking.

Step 10: What you have left in the tea towel is your almond milk. I let it dry out a bit, but be careful, it could go rancid in room temperature. So put it in a ziplock baggy and freeze it for when you need almond flour/meal!

Now that you know how to make it, you can apply the same thing to other kinds of nuts. I tried Hazelnuts...it isn't as good as the fake stuff in the grocery stores. :(