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Mahalo cooking expert Kristina Jackson teaches you how to make vanilla almond milk.
Things You'll Need
- 1/2 cup raw almonds
- 1/4 cup dates, pitted
- 1 tsp alcohol-free organic vanilla
- 4 cups water
- 1 blender
Blend Your Ingredients
- Place almonds, vanilla, dates and a little bit of water in your blender.
- Blend your ingredients.
- Add the rest of your water until the almond milk reaches your desired consistency.
Filter Your Milk (Optional)
To remove any nut pulp from your milk, you may want to filter it. Nut milk bags can be bought online and in many healthy living stores. Straining your milk through these bags will create a silkier milk, just think of the differences in orange juice with or without pulp. A very fine strainer can also substitute.
Pour in a Glass and Serve
References
Meet Our Experts
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Kristina Jackson
A graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition at Columbia University, natural food chef Kristina Jackson is a certified holistic health and lifestyle consultant. She is also the editor of the blog "The Whole Idea" which, according to Jackson, "takes us on a journey to experience all that life has to offer…naturally. Clean food, good fun and healthy, conscious living."
Nutritional Information
- According to the website Nutrition Data, almonds are a good source of manganese, magnesium and riboflavin (vitamin B2). They are also low in cholesterol and sodium and are an excellent source of vitamin E.c
- Since almond milk contains no lactose, it is a great alternative for those allergic to milk and the lactose intolerant.
