Homemade Almond Milk

Homemade almond milk is delicious and has no extra ingredients like you find in store bought brands.

I don’t have a good excuse, but I have to admit I stopped making my own almond milk for a while. I recently completed a cleanse and I noticed when I drank my store bought almond milk I had stomach discomfort and bloating. Who wants a bloated belly? I decided to test out going back to homemade and guess what.  I had NO discomfort and bloating with my homemade version. I can make smoothies and my kids can have their gluten free blender waffles again.

What is In Store Bought Almond Milk?

Ingredients on 365 Brand Organic Almond Milk

Organic Almond Milk (Filtered water, organic almonds), organic locust bean gum, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, tricalcium phosphate, gellan gum, potassium citrate, vitamin a palmitate, ergocalciferol (vitamin D2), Dl-Alpha_Tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).

How To Make Almond Milk

Plain Almond Milk

Soak 1 cup of organic shelled almonds in water for 8-12 hours. Change the water and soak for another 4-12 hours. Rinse the almonds and place in the blender with 3 2/3 cups water, 1 t coconut nectar (optional) and 1 t sunflower lecithin (optional). Blend for about a minute. Place a nut milk bag over a 1-quart measuring cup and squeeze out the milk. Store in a glass bottle. It keeps for 3 days.

Chocolate Almond Milk

Add 1 T cocao powder plus 1 T coconut nectar to your homemade almond milk and blend in the blender.

Don’t Toss the Almond Pulp

My favorite sweet recipe to use up the almond pulp is Raw Almond Pulp Fudge.