How To Make Almond Milk

October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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The Chief Mom of Operations at BookieBoo, a fitness hangout for moms, recently asked what nut milk I would suggest for a toddler that is allergic to pasteurized cow’s milk.

I am opposed to soy products for a number of reasons, so I don’t recommend soy milk. However, I do not recommend pre-packaged store bought rice milk or almond milk either.
Note: This is a topic for a future discussion.

The type of nut milk that I do recommend is homemade almond milk.
Why? Because it’s extremely nutritious, extremely delicious, and really easy to make.

Watch the following videos to receive a step by step introduction to raw almond milk preparation.

This first demonstration is by world renowned raw food chef Karen Knowler:

I recommend this second video as well. Watch it to the end to see a guest appearance.

How long should I soak my almonds for?
Always use raw almonds. Pour them in a bowl and soak them for a minimum of 8 to 12 hours.
Remember to drain the almonds and rinse them off after you soak them. Phytic acid and other toxins are leached into the water while they are soaking (this is why you soak them).

You can use dates or a whole vanilla been to add flavor.
You can also add the unsweetened raw almond milk to your green smoothies. Very nice.

Where can I find a nut milk bag?
Go to Raw Glow to find a number of raw food resources, including nut milk bags.

What do you think?
Do you like Raw almond milk?

Give it a try and let me know what you think.
I’d love to hear what you have to say.

Alexander Morentin
Author/ Success Coach
My Fit Life

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2 responses so far ↓

1 Nisha // Oct 14, 2008 at 8:32 am

this looks great but what do you suggest if you have a nut allergy, (oh and I’m also allergic to oats, so oat milk is out!)
2 Alexander Morentin // Oct 15, 2008 at 11:13 pm

Nisha,
There are 3 suggestions you may want to consider.

1. Raw cow’s or goat’s milk form grass fed organic cows or goats. Raw milk is very nutritious, but it may be hard for you to find where you live.

2. Drink the juice from young thai coconuts. It is delicious and nutritious. Some people claim that it is the closest thing to human blood plasma in the plant kingdom.

3. Don’t drink milk. I know it sounds silly, but you may want to give up drinking milk altogether.
I personally am a vegetarian. I don’t eat meat. I gave it up 6 years ago and never looked back.
If drinking milk gives you problems, then drink something else.

I drink water, coffee, green smoothies, and freshly juiced vegetables and fruits. that’s it.

I hope this helps.

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