Homemade Strawberry Almond Milk

Lately the boys have heard rumors at school that kids love strawberry milk. I’ve been trying to steer clear of the subject because I am not buying it. It’s been four years since I wrote my post No More Cow’s Milk for Us and I intend to stick with it. I buy almond milk at the store weekly and have thought many times to try and make my own. I finally did try my hand at Homemade Strawberry Almond Milk using my new Nutri Ninja Blender with Food Processor. It was a success!

Who knew it could be so easy?

Homemade Strawberry Almond Milk

I’ll teach you how to make ‘regular’ almond milk, then you’ll just add the berries. Easy peasy!

 

1 cup of raw almonds. The most time consuming part is you’ll need to soak them in 2 cups of water up to 12 hours….so overnight works well.

Add your soaked almonds, 3 cups of filtered water and a pinch of sea salt to your blender and let it go for up to a minute.

Use a nut bag to strain the mixture in a bowl or jar. Squeeze out all liquid.

You now have unsweetened almond milk! {Set aside the almond clumps left in the nut bag. More on that in a minute.}

 

My favorite way to sweeten almond milk. Now add:

2-3 dates, pitted.

1t of vanilla or 1 vanilla bean

dash of cinnamon. {see secret health benefits of cinnamon}

 

To make Strawberry Almond Milk: 1-2c of strawberries

Add all the above (or whatever you choose) back into the blender for up to a minute.

Store in fridge and use throughout the week. I love almond milk in my coffee! Kids love the strawberry!

Now those almond bits you set aside from the nut bag? Make almond meal! Almond meal is just a courser term for almond flour. Use it in recipes in place of flour to make it gluten free. I used our leftovers to coat chicken and made homemade chicken tenders for dinner. Yummmmmmmm.

Homemade Almond Meal

Set your oven to a low setting. Mine is at 170 degrees. Spread the almond leftovers on a cookie sheet and warm in the oven for approx. 3 hours.

Use your food processor to grind it up after it is done baking. Store in airtight container.

Your life will be so much easier, faster and better with a Nutri Ninja Auto-iQ Compact System, which is what I made both the strawberry almond milk and almond meal with!

Between morning smoothies and evening dinners and desserts, a machine needs to be powerful for me. This one is and I use it every single day.

Favorite features:

Smooth Boost Technology. Makes your shakes smoooooth and creamy.

Extract Mode. Get every vitamin and nutrient extracted out of your fruits and veggies fast.

Sip & Seal Lids. Fit right on top the individual blender cups for on the go.

Stainless Steel Cup. Keeps your frozen drinks cold for hours.

Blend & Prep Bowl. Food processor and dough blade! My kids need their veggies hidden which means chopped tiny and even pulsed for many meals. I use this almost every night just for that reason. I’ve also never had a dough blade before and now all my baked goods are getting mixed up without my arm getting tired.

Check out the great reviews of the Nutri Ninja Auto-iQ Compact System on Amazon.

I think the price is great too! Love it all.

Also visit my review of the Ninja Coffee Bar.

 

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