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12:45 pm
December 28, 2008
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Raw Homemade Almond Milk
1 cup raw almonds
7 – 8 cups water
Agave nectar or other sweetener (optional)
Place almonds in a bowl and cover with water. Cover with a towel and let sit in a cool place for 24 – 48 hours. Rinse the almonds once a day. If you are soaking for more than one day cover the almonds with water again. The almonds will become quite plump.
Pour off the water from the almonds and rinse well. Place the rinsed almonds into a blender. Add the 7 – 8 cups of water. Blend for a few minutes to blend well. Add sweetener if using.
Strain the almond milk through a bag strainer or fine sieve into a bowl or other large container. As you are straining it you will be getting a lot of almond meal which can be dehydrated, turned into flour, or mixed it into baked goods.
Strain it again into your final pitcher or container. Produces about a half gallon almond milk. Stores in the refrigerator for about a week. Stir the almond milk before each use.
For pics and complete instructions go here:
http://www.noveleats.com/drink…..lmond-milk
1:14 pm
May 14, 2005
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What can you use almond milk for, typically? can it be used in baking as a replacement for milk, or is it more for drinking purposes?
1:30 pm
December 28, 2008
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All I've ever done with it is use it in smoothies, drink it, that sort of thing. I don't see why you couldn't use it as liquid in anything you wanted to, especially baked goods.
The meal that is left from the process of making the milk sounds very promising as something to add to quick breads, for instance.
1:15 am
March 26, 2010
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Or SOAP…. 
Sorry… it seems that everything I see now makes me want to make soap again. Although, I wonder if it should be left without any sweetener if used for soap.
Thanks for posting how to do make this Pete. Have you priced what the cost is for almond milk? It's scary expensive here.
I love smoothies and was blessed to get a Vitamixer at Christmas. Man oh — I can make smoothies that, in my opinion, are better than the $4.90 ones here and for pennies. I think I've already paid for it by making smoothies, ice cream, peanut butter, and fresh soup. I'll have to try the almond milk in a smoothie. It sounds yummy.
1:27 am
March 26, 2010
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Sorry for the second post but I just found the following on another site after looking up almond milk:
<snip> The resulting almond meal is a free bonus, useful in cookies, crumb crusts, porridge, granolas, or in lieu of bread crumbs in stuffings and dressings, breaded crusts, etc. <snip>
6:50 am
October 17, 2008
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threadartist said:
Or SOAP….
That's what I was thinking, too……..almond milk is a natural exfoliate. You're going to have to start selling all this soap you want to make now! And I would leave the sweetener out for the soap.
9:38 am
December 28, 2008
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JoJo, the site referenced with the recipe has price points included in the article. Yes, making your own is MUCH cheaper.
Isn't the VitaMix the greatest? That is what I use to grind grain primarily (I have the dry container as well as the wet container.) For those who do not know about it, if you go to the website above, that is what is pictured being used to make the almond milk.
Great idea to use the meal left over from the almond milk in soap making! Guess you would need to run it through the dehydrator if you needed to keep it on hand for a while.
Of course, if you are using the almond milk for making smoothies and such, not sure you would really need to strain it at all. Maybe just mix it well before use??
2:48 pm
February 3, 2010
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My husband recently bought two half gallons of almond milk. They've been on sale around here lately because it is a relatively new to the area product. California has had it for how many millenia and New York is just getting it. Well, I'm sure you could find it in health food stores and specialty shops, before. I just never looked, sure it was too expensive.
This sound like a much cheaper idea. The kids loved it. But we never thought of using it in smoothies. That's a great idea.
And actually, soap makers, I would add a little honey as a sweetener to my soap. Almond milk, almond meal and honey would make a great complexion bar, I would think.Maybe some chamomile too.
My only question about this whole thing is where would you find RAW almonds? Wasn't there some brouha-ha about the FDA or some sort of food police saying that raw almonds were bad and getting the California Almond Growers Association all in a tizzy?
3:41 pm
October 17, 2008
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Yes, it looks like almonds are having to be pasteurized now (looks like since 2007)…….but true raw almonds are available online or through small stands (for those of you in CA).
However, I did do some searching and did find recipes using toasted or blanched almonds as well. But it is the heat that takes out the great properties of the almonds. Do they actually put on the package that they have been pasteurized? I know I've seen raw almonds in the store, but haven't look close enough to the packaging to see if says they are pasteurized.
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