Almond milk is one of our favorite plant milks, it’s cheap and so easy to prepare. In addition, it’s a healthy cow’s milk alternative, and you can drink it if you have lactose intolerance.
Almond milk is also lighter and has less cholesterol, so it’s a good option if you are dieting. If you are worried about calcium, I have good news for you, almonds have even more calcium than cow’s milk!
MY LATEST VIDEOSYou can make almond milk only with two ingredients: almonds and water, but you can add dates (we are addicted to dates!), especially if you’re going to use it for sweet recipes, but it’s also delicious in savory recipes, actually we used this milk in our Vegan Pasta Alfredo recipe.
If you don’t like or you can’t eat dates, you can use any sweetener you like, such as agave or maple syrup, sugar, or whatever.
We soak almonds overnight because this way they are easier to peel and blend, but the number one reason is to activate almond enzymes and improve digestion. If you wanna know more about the benefits of soaking almonds you can read this post, it’s so interesting!
Fresh almond milk is so creamy, milky and delicious, but you can also drink it with coffee, carob, cocoa, cinnamon, you choose!
Almond milk
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 2
- Category: Drink
- Cuisine: Vegan, Gluten-free
Almond milk is cheap and so easy to prepare. In addition, it’s a healthy cow’s milk alternative. It’s also lighter, has less cholesterol and more calcium.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup raw almonds (100 grams)
- 4 dates
- 2 cups water (500 milliliters)
Instructions
- Soak the almonds in water overnight.
- Drain, rinse and peel the almonds.
- Blend the almonds, dates and water until well blended and almost smooth.
- Strain the blended almond mixture using a cheesecloth or a strainer (we used a napkin).
- Store the almond milk in a sealed container in the fridge for three or four days.
If milk could look gorgeous, this is it! I love how creamy it looks, I love Almond Milk but have never tried making it at home, I can’t wait to try out this recipe!
You need to try this recipe!!! It’s sooooo creamy and it tastes awesome! 🙂
Do/can you use the pulp for anything?
You should read this post: https://themamasgirls.com/8-ideas-for-the-leftover-almond-pulp-from-making-almond-milk/ It’s so useful! 😉
Why soooooo many calories in a cup? Commercial almond milk has 40-60 calories per cup.
Hi Darlene! Sorry, but the nutritional information in this recipe is wrong 🙁 I have to recalculate it again. Thanks for your comment!
Also, there are virtually NO almonds in commercial almond milk!
Thanks for your comment Nina 🙂
Dear Iosune,
I totally love your blog. It’s so healthy!!!
I made this almond milk this weekend with dates and it’s totally worth it.
I have a question regarding the outside brown skin of the almonds. Can we leave this outside skin without peeling the almonds before straining the blended almond mixture? I made 500 ml of milk but since I like it, I would like to make more and it can take quite long to peel them all… I guess it would just be a darker milk. Thanks a lot in advance.
Thanks a lot Magali! You don’t need to peel the almonds, your milk will be delicious and white too 😉
Thanks a lot for your answer Iosune :). I actually made more yesterday with the skin one and indeed it was still delicious and white ;). By the way, the site is not slow to me.
Great!!! Enjoy the almond milk 😉
It’s difficult to find educated people about this topic, but you seem like you know
what you’re talking about! Thanks
wow this is so easy and delish 🙂 we didnt peel them just blended them and used the pulp in our fruity bars so no waste absolutely love it, going to try prunes instead of dates next time as less calories and carbs 😉 lol
thank you x
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Hi cadoline! I have to try the recipe without peeling the almonds too! 🙂
1. Is adding sweeteners (dates, syrup, etc) a must or only optional?
2. I’ve read previous recipes that it needs to be simmered on stove after blended. But your recipe doesn’t! Which makes it sooo much easier, but out of curiosity, how come?
3. When you said refrigerate for 3-4 days, did you mean a) refrigerate it for 3-4 days AND THEN it’ll be safe to drink, or b) consume within 3-4 days?
Thanks so much!
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Hi Inessa!
1. It’s optional
2. You should try this recipe, it’s super easy and it tastes amazing! You don’t need to simmer it at all.
3. You should consume it within 3 or 4 days.
Thanks for your comment!
Quick question – where it says “Store the almond milk in a sealed container in the fridge for three or four days”, do you mean wait for 3-4 days before drinking, or drink within 3-4 days?
Hi!! I mean drink it within 3-4 days 🙂
Great info. I have made almond milk and was delicious. I have added some honey too.Thank you for sharing this. Just a handful of almonds daily and you become healthier.
There are many benefits of eating almonds!! Or drinking aalmond milk!!
Thanks a lot for sharing the link Ben, it’s so interesting!
Hello Iosune,
I am wondering, how long does the straining process take?
Thank you very much for sharing your recipes. It is very generous and thoughtful of you.
My deepest gratitude to you.
Hi Dana! It takes just a few minutes, it’s really easy 🙂 Thanks a lot for your kind words 😀
Thank you very much for your fast reply, Iosune. I deeply value your time and efforts. 🙂
Have a nice day Dana! 🙂
Hi Iosune,
Very nice post, I have made almond milk and it was delicious! with some honey!!
I have a webpage with benefits of almonds, and I would like to add your recipe almond milk at the section with almond recipes!!
Do you agree? Of there will be a baclinkbaclink to your page.
Hi Philips! We’re vegans, so we don’t eat honey 🙂 Sorry, but we’re not interested, we prefer our recipes to be only in our blog. Have a nice day!
I am a new vegan and tried this and I don’t like store bought almond milk but this was really nice. I only put one date in as I wanted it less sweet. Now I have found the perfect substitute for dairy in my cup of tea. Gonna try the Spanish omelette next. Thanks guys.
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Hi Julie! I’m so happy to read that! Homemade plant milks are soooo good 😉 Hope you like the omelette!
Hello,
With the ingredients described what is the actual amount of milk we will have finally?
Thanks
Hi Kaloyan! About 2 cups or 500 ml 🙂
Why list honey in a ‘vegan’ recipe on a supposedly vegan blog?
That was not required.
Hi Shane! This was one of our first recipes and we were transitioning to veganism at that moment. I’ve just edited the recipe. Thanks for your help!
Almond milk is so expensive in my country, and it still has a lot of chemicals. This is recipe is a life (and money) savior since only one cups of almonds can yield so much milk. I’m definitely switching to making my own from now on.??
Hi Virginia! I’m so glad to read that, hope you like it!
Luv your blog…. Do have any recipes for mixed nut milks, Is mixing nuts like almonds, cashews, soy and rice…. Is it ok to mix, or does it give any complications to health………
Hi Faiz! Thanks a lot 😉 We have more plant milk recipes, but we prefer not to mix nuts because we you mix them the milk is harder to diggest. Here are the recipes: http://simpleveganblog.com/9-easy-plant-milk-recipes/ Have a nice day!
Yesterday I made my first batches of homemade almond milk and loved it. I froze a few bottles as well. I have been using commercial unsweetened brands for years and recently found out that they contain very little almonds. I’m also concerned about the additives mostly carrageenan. I have IBS and was never bothered by the commercial brands. After drinking about 1/2 cup of my first homemade almond milk, pulp and all, I now have an IBS flare up with diarrhea. Are you aware of any negative side effects to homemade almond milk? The almonds that I used were organic, very expensive. Thank you.
Hi Colette! I’m not, I’m so sorry! Homemade almond milk is so healthy, but maybe it’s not for you… You could try other non dairy mik. Have a nice day!
Hi .. can we heat homemade almond milk to prepare a hot chocolate?
Hi Vinitha! Yes, you can 🙂 Hope you like it!
Will this (or soy milk) freeze and thaw? I’d love to eliminate store bought containers since they’re no longer recyclable in our city, but I can’t make scratch recipes every three days!!!
Hi Summer! I’ve never frozen soy or almond milk myself, so I don’t know, sorry!