Lots of home-brew recipies but. . .
1 1/2 cup almonds (soaked overnight)
4 cups water
3 - 5 dates (optional)
Blend, strain, serve.
My question is. . . anybody ever try this? Given the good stuff almonds have in them (I just learned they have omega-3???), I thought I’d switch from rice milk to that - although rice milk is good!
So do you soak the almonds in the 4 cups of water? or do you soak them in milk? Then can you eat the almonds or are the nutrition drained? And is all the nutrition in the water now? Just wondering cause it sounds good. id like to try it.
[quote]Mike T. wrote:
So do you soak the almonds in the 4 cups of water? or do you soak them in milk? Then can you eat the almonds or are the nutrition drained? And is all the nutrition in the water now? Just wondering cause it sounds good. id like to try it.[/quote]
soak in water
I’ve had almond milk before, it’s OK IMO, but I know many who love it.
Now a tablespoon of raw natural almond butter as an occasional fat…yum.
[quote]Mike T. wrote:
So do you soak the almonds in the 4 cups of water? or do you soak them in milk? Then can you eat the almonds or are the nutrition drained? And is all the nutrition in the water now? Just wondering cause it sounds good. id like to try it.[/quote]
near as I can tell (cuz I just learned recently and wanted to find out what T-Nation readers have tried it) you just soak it in water to make it softer, then blend it in the required amount of water.
I suppose you could boil in water to get the same results faster, but I don’t know if that makes the nutrients go out of it. If that’s the case, then yes, just boil measured amounts of almonds and water for about 10 minutes and then put into the blender, mix in the rest.
George Washtington Carver, a famous black peanut scientist from the late 1800’s American south, found out how to make milk from peanuts, I suppose you could do the same that way.
Anyways, this was what they did in the middle ages because milk from cows was used to make cheese and couldn’t be stored unless it was winter and COLD.
Generally it’s soaked not boiled. Almond milk is generally a raw food recipe.
Why make a juice out of almonds? Unless you’re making a recipe from it, its healthier to just eat the almonds.
[quote]zfolwick wrote:
Anyways, this was what they did in the middle ages because milk from cows was used to make cheese and couldn’t be stored unless it was winter and COLD.[/quote]
Nut milk goes bad much quicker than milk.
just made it and tried it. Here are the results.
While I didn’t have the right straining tools on hand, I found it to be. . . interesting. In a word, fecal.
I would not suggest making it yourself. Particularly not by boiling the almonds. I think that had a lot to do with them tasting like poop. Vanilla
Tomorrow I will try out a commercial version.
Try out Almond Breeze vanilla flavor. I swear, nectar of the gods when it comes to almond milk.