Almond milk made easy with the kinderGarden Chef

I feel very blessed to be able to cook with the little ones at Sunday School! They are all so sweet and have the cutest

things to say! When we made almond milk and they tried it some said they thought it tasted like a milk shake so cute!! I thought that is pretty good considering it is so healthy! The kids were giggling at how they had almond stashes after sipping it.


HOMEMADE ALMOND MILK INGREDIENTS: 1 CUP RAW ALMONDS WATER FOR SOAKING 3 CUPS WATER 2 DATES (OPTIONAL) 1/2 TSP VANILLA (OPTIONAL) PREPARATION: SOAK THE ALMONDS IN WATER OVERNIGHT OR FOR AT LEAST 6 HOURS. DRAIN THE WATER FROM THE ALMONDS AND DISCARD. BLEND THE 3 CUPS OF WATER, ALMONDS AND DATES UNTIL WELL BLENDED AND ALMOST SMOOTH. STRAIN THE BLENDED ALMOND MIXTURE USING A CHEESECLOTH OR OTHER STRAINER. HOMEMADE RAW ALMOND MILK WILL KEEP WELL IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS. USE ALMOND MILK FOR A DAIRY SUBSTITUTE IN SMOOTHIES, CEREAL, BAKING. TRY HAVING A GLASS FULL OF ALMOND MILK WITH YOUR FAVORITE COOKIE FOR THE PERFECT DAIRY FREE TREAT!
Almond milk contains 50 percent of the recommended daily amount of vitamin E, which contains antioxidant properties essential to your skin’s health, such as protecting it against sun damage.
The almond that we think of as a nut is technically the seed of the fruit of the almond tree, a medium-size tree that bears fragrant pink and white flowers. Like its cousins, the peach, cherry and apricot trees, the almond tree bears fruits with stone-like seeds (or pits) within.