How To Make Almond Milk

If you are vegan or just prefer not to consume dairy products, here is a recipe for making almond milk which you can use over cereal or as desired. You can leave the skins on the almonds as it will not harm you, but it does leave little pieces in the milk which is not very attractive.


Therefore, you may prefer to take the skins off of the almonds, which leaves a white looking liquid that resembles thin cow’s milk or skim milk. It does involve a bit of work to achieve although kids usually find it fun, at least the first time.

The first thing you need to do is to soak the almonds for 8-10 hours (overnight is ideal). Nuts are soaked to remove the enzyme inhibitors from them so always pour off the water from them when finished.

Enzyme inhibitors are on all seeds to keep them safe until the conditions are right for them to grow. These conditions are light, warmth, and water, usually with soil included too, except in the case of hydroponics.

Getting the skins off the Almonds

1. Take the soaked almonds and put them in an enamel or metal (non-glass) bowl.
2. Heat water in a separate pan until boiling.
3. Pour the boiling water over the almonds and stir them for about a minute, no longer, so as to not cook them.
4. Immediately transfer them into cold water. The skins should come off easily but if they don’t, repeat the process.
5. Take off the skins by holding them between the thumb and index finger and pushing on the skin. Be careful, as they have a tendency to shoot across the room.

This will leave a white almond.

Making plain almond milk

1 cup of almonds, skins off if preferred
3 cups of good filtered water

1. Put the almonds into a Vita-mix or other blender with one and a half cups of the good filtered or well water and blend until smooth.
2. Then add another one and a half cups of water and continue blending.

This will leave you with a somewhat chunky kind of milk. If the pieces of almonds are a problem, blend them more or strain them out of the milk through cheesecloth or a fine strainer.

Making sweet almond milk

1 cup almonds, with or without skins
3 cups good filtered water
1 teaspoon Vanilla
a dash of stevia or lo han guo to taste

Process as for the plain recipe but add the sweetener and vanilla after the water but while still blending.

Making yogurt from almond milk

If you so desire, you can make yogurt from almond milk too, although I did not care for the consistency. You can use purchased cultures or take two or three probiotic capsules per blender full and break them into the blender.

Use the Yolife yogurt maker the same way you would for other milk. Or if you don’t have a yogurt maker, you can pour the contents into a non-metal bowl and let it sit out on the counter, covered, for five to eight hours at room temperature.

Taste it after 5 or 6 hours to see if it's slightly sour, because when it is sour, it is finished. The more sour it is, the more cultured it is, but it is up to your individual taste.

Add the natural sweetener of your choice and maybe some vanilla if desired. Use it over cereal, with fruit or in a smoothie, the same way you would use other types of yogurt.

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