I have never been a big fan of almond milk. I’ve purchased it a few times at the store and every time I was wholly unimpressed. I couldn’t understand what the big deal was. To me it tasted either bland and chalky or sugary sweet.
When I made the choice to cut down on the dairy in my diet I had to rethink my decision. Almond milk could be very useful. I knew the only way I would use it was if I made it myself. I then could control the process and know exactly what went into it. I wanted all natural ingredients, no added sugars, and it had to be tasty.
Recipes for almond milk are abundant and making my own proved to be quite simple. With a few ingredients and some simple equipment I made a delicious, all natural lightly sweetened almond milk I love. Dates and whole bean vanilla combine with almonds to give this vanilla almond milk a wonderful flavor. I can tell you for certain… my coffee has never tasted better.
- 1 cup raw almonds
- water for soaking almonds overnight
- 4 cups water
- 3 pitted dates
- 1 whole vanilla bean
- Place almonds in bowl and cover with water. Soak for at least 8 hours or overnight.
- After almonds have soaked the required time, drain and rinse.
- Place almonds, dates, vanilla bean and 4 cups water in blender.
- Blend on high for several minutes until almonds, dates and vanilla bean is thoroughly ground.
- Strain almond mixture through nut-milk bag into container.
- Chill and serve.
Recipe shared with:
Happiness is Homemade; Tasty Tuesday; Hearth and Soul Blog Hop; Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop; Creative Spark Link Party; Our Simple Homestead Blog Hop; Let’s Get Real Friday Party
I will be trying this one – for coffee and hot chocolate and………!
Vanilla almond milk looks delicious, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul bloghop, pinning.
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This looks delicious! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! This post has been pinned on the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! I love having you and can’t wait to see you next week!
Great post Shari! Thanks for sharing with all of our Let’s Get Real readers. I always thought that it took way more nuts than a cup to make almond milk. I need to try this. We drink dairy, but variety is the spice of life.
Thanks Christina. I make mine first thing in the morning when I get up after letting the almonds soak overnight. It only takes a few minutes. I never realized how easy it was to make.
First I love your first photo, second almonds are fantastic in general and a great energy booster. I’m thinking because I gave up coffee and Tea earlier this year that this would be a great treat cold or warm. Saving this and trying once the temperatures cool. Thanks!
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It is great as a hot drink too. I have been experimenting with cacao powder and cocoa butter to make hot chocolate. I am loving the flavor the vanilla and almonds add to it. I’ll be putting the recipe on the blog sometime in the next few weeks. Thanks for stopping by.
Blessings, Shari
I admit that I love dairy food (and milk!!), but I need to bake most of my cakes dairy-free (as our big meals are with meat/chicken and we never eat together with dairy – religious reasons).
I use soy milk, but would love to try almond milk
It sounds pretty easy ?
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It is so simple. If you give it a try; I’d love to know what you think.
Blessings, Shari
I absolutely love homemade almond milk and I agree that most of the store brands just taste off… There’s really only one brand I can say I can enjoy, but the rest taste odd or too sweet or too oily, etc. And I love how easy it is to customize homemade nut milks anyways… Adding dates and vanilla bean is the best <3
I agree. Once you get down the basics there is so many ways you can mix it up. I made hazelnut milk the other day to enjoy in my coffee and it was amazing.