I Made Almond Milk!

While we were on our trip in Costa Rica, my sister-in-law, Jenny explained to me how she had recently made almond milk and suggested I try it! It sounded delicious, so I immediately went to Costco when I got home and bought 3lbs of almonds. 

This is the recipe I used: http://www.ohnuts.com/blog/2011/03/how_to_make_almond_milk_recipe_1.html

What you will need: 

• 1.5 cups whole blanched almonds or other whole raw almonds

• 4 cups water

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1.5 tbsp maple syrup or honey

• dash cinnamon

Other equipment:

• Blender

• metal strainer

• cheesecloth

They only time consuming part is soaking the almonds in the water overnight. I just used a tiny bit of honey instead of maple syrup. I am excited for my family to try it this weekend! 

I added a dash of cinnamon and vanilla to the milk

blend the almond and water

put the milky/almond mixture through the cheese cloth

In case you were wondering what blended almonds looked like! Ew!

Squeezing the milk out of the cheese cloth. 

Allll done.