I use to  buy commercial rice milk, the ones that comes in Tetrapack.  It’s convenient, but it’s certainly not cheap, and I hate having so many containers to recycle, especially those ones that are not easy to recycle.

The other day, I found an incredibly easy recipe to make pure almond milk.  All it takes is raw almonds and water, and the result is a creamy, healthy, heavenly tasting almond milk. On top of that, it’s ridiculously easy to make.  It’s also a source of protein, which rice milk isn’t.

Ingredients:

1 cup of raw almonds

1 1/2 cup of water (to blend)

about 1 cup of water (to soak the almonds)

Soak the almonds in some water overnight. Drain the almonds, and place in a blender with the blending water. Blend on high speed until smooth.  Pour the mixture into a finely meshed filter.  Personally, I like to use a fabric bag sold for infusing tea leaves.  A clean sock or several layers of cheese cloth could also do the trick.  If you like it sweet, you can add a few drops of vanilla extract or a date while blending the almonds with water.

Keeps a few days in the fridge.