Almond Milk

Homemade almond milk is free of preservatives and can be used for cooking, baking, pouring over cereal, or adding to coffee.

Ingredients

• 3 cups (720 ml) water
• 1 cup (140 g) almonds
• 2 (30 g) dates, pitted

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
2. Run the Nut Milk Program or start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed. Blend for 60 seconds.

Notes

You may soak almonds in cold water for 4 hours or overnight. Dates were used to sweeten the milk, but feel free to try honey or other sweeteners instead. To make vanilla almond milk, add vanilla extract or fresh vanilla bean.

Nutrition

1 serving (221g)

• Calories: 230

• Total Fat: 74%

• Total Carbohydrate: 11%

  • Dietary Fiber: 5g
  • Sugars: 7g

• Protein: 15%

• Cholesterol: 0mg

• Sodium: 10mg