This weekend I came across a health food shop I never knew we had and saw that they stocked almond milk, but a carton was £3.15 and I was sure I remembered reading how easy it is to make your own almond milk, since I'd recently bought a huge sack of almonds for £4

I figured it made sense to give it a go! It really is easy! And a fraction of the cost - since you can get a couple of glasses out of just 1 cup of almonds and some water.
I used this recipe here from Choosing Raw, bought a big jar from Asda for £1 and a re-useable muslin cloth from John Lewis for £4.
I soaked 1 cup of almonds in 2 cups of water and left them over night.

In the morning I added 1/8 cup agave and 3 dates and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and blended it for a couple of minutes

Put the muslin cloth over tha jar, poured in the blended almond mixture and left it to drain through for a couple of hours

And then had a taste!

And soaked some more almonds for later!
It's really nice, an unusual taste that will take a bit of getting used to but I like it! Looking forward to making a Green Monster using some! I just flavoured mine with a little vanilla but if you follow the link to Choosing Raw there are some more flavour suggestions there.
Wow, I didn't realise it was that easy! I'm off to look for a gigantic sack of almonds now and some muslin - cheers crappy!
ReplyDeleteI made it a while ago and it turned out fine but I found it a bit faffy to be honest. You've got all the kit, very impressive!
ReplyDeleteCan you make almond milk with your juicer? I know on the Jack LaLanne juicer infomercial (there I go again!) they mentioned something about making nut and rice milk. Is there nothing that amazing machine can't make?
I love those East End products, huuuuuge bags of nuts, herbs & spices at bargainous prices :-)
I didn't find it faffy at all! I think it may become a regular thing, until I get bored of it and find a new thing!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought about using the juicer since it was easy enough blending it. I'd love to have a go at making almond butter with it though!
I'm definitely going to have to start looking in the local Indian shops for nuts, they can be pretty expensive in supermarkets if you're buying a lot!
FANTASTIC..... I have been doing the same searches as you but never even contemplated making any .... will be this weekend!
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