Almond Milk

This delicious, creamy almond milk is so satisfying that it was the key to my easy transition to being completely dairy-free. I’ve wanted to give up dairy for some time now, but the one challenge was my morning latte. This almond milk was so good it almost made me forget to add the coffee. It’s given me the key ingredient that’s allowed me to create non-dairy beverages that I like even more than cafe latte.

This almond milk is delicious by itself, in smoothies or on raw granola.

Ingredients:
3 cups water
1 cup  raw almonds, soaked 8-12 hours (3 hours at least)
1-2 T organic raw honey, or raw agave syrup
1/2 vanilla bean or 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
2 pinches Celtic or Himalayan sea salt

Instructions:

Soak the raw almonds for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight. Discard the soak water and rinse. Soaking almonds makes them much easier to digest and more nutritious by activating the enzymes and neutralizing an enzyme inhibitor that makes nuts hard to digest for some people.

Put almonds and water into blender and blend until smooth.

Straining Almond Milk

Strain through a fine mesh strainer or piece of muslin or muslin bag. If you’re using a strainer, stirring with a tablespoon in a spiral motion will help the almond milk to move through faster. If you’re using muslin gather up the ends and squeeze to press the milk through.

Save the almond pulp to use in other recipes such as raw cookies or porridge. Rinse out the blender, add the almond milk and the rest of the ingredients and blend thoroughly until frothy and creamy.

You can drink the almond milk as is, or use it in other recipes. It will keep in the fridge for a couple days.

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Raw Granola & Almond Milk

Raw food is so quick and easy to make, it’s the perfect thing for people who “don’t have the time to cook”. Well, here’s the perfect solution – don’t cook! Jennifer Cornbleet demonstrates how to make both Almond Milk and Raw Granola in under 8 minutes, real time. Okay, so she had to soak the nuts overnight, but that’s just being organized and takes maybe 2 minutes. And of course you have to wash up afterwards, but it’s not like you have to scrub a baking tray with cooked on granola! Have a look at this video and see how easy it is.

Here’s my recipe for how to make almond milk.

Here are the instructions for the raw granola using soaked nuts and seeds and dried fruit. Use equal amounts of each ingredient.
Ingredients:

Almonds
Sunflower seeds
Walnuts
Raisins (or dried figs or dates)
Pinch of salt
Dash of cinnamon

Soak nuts and seeds in one container the night before you want to have your granola. Rinse and drain the next morning. Any type of raw nuts or seed you like can be used.

Add all ingredients to food processor. Process until it resembles a granola-like consistency.

You can eat this right away or store it in your refrigerator for up to 3 days. Top with fresh fruit such as blueberries, sliced banana, or pineapple.

Serve with almond milk.

Raw food author and chef Jennifer Cornbleet shows you how to make a quick and delicious gluten-free raw granola, which is then topped with raw almond milk. From her DVD, Raw Food Made Easy . Produced by Larry Cook. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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