I cringe every time parents tell me their child drinks almond milk.
It’s not because I think they’re bad parents. It’s because they’re another victim of the food manufacturers’ witty advertising tactics.
Almond milk is great for those who need a cow’s milk alternative to use in their recipes or as a low-calorie beverage for adults.
But for a growing toddler or children, almond milk lacks calories, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals.
What most people think of as “super-healthy” almond milk is basically, almond-flavored water. You’re lucky to get 2 almonds in each cup of store-bought almond milk.
FACT CHECK: 1 cup of store-bought almond milk gives you 40 calories and 1g protein compared to 172 calories and 6g protein in 1 cup of this all-natural homemade cashew milk.
Can you see how your child can become malnourished by drinking store-bought almond milk?
I’m just disgusted with the store-bought nut-flavored water, and how bad they taste, so I started experimenting with making my own nut milk.
Initially, I have the same thought as you “it’s time-consuming. I don’t know how. what if it’s gross?”
But after looking up many recipes on Pinterest, I picked out a few to try.
Most nut milk recipes include the last step of “straining the blended nut milk through a cheesecloth”. I followed this step with my finished product, but after 2-3 times, I realized there is no residue after straining.
So my recipes here do not include the most tedious “straining” step.
With this recipe, you blend and drink.
I buy the big container of raw cashew from Costco, which last for a long time.
The most important step of this process is soaking the raw cashew overnight. This removes the phytic acid, which can block mineral absorption. The second reason is to soften the cashew, which makes them easier to blend.
The cashew is technically not a nut; it is a seed harvested from the cashew apple, the fruit produced by cashew trees.
Serves 4
Save RecipeIngredients
- 1 cup raw cashew, soaked overnight
- 700ml filtered water
- 2 tbsp raw honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Soak raw cashew nuts overnight in refrigerator.
- The next morning, pour out water and rinse cashew well.
- Add the soaked raw cashew with the rest of the ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until smooth
- serve and enjoy.
- Calories 172
- Total Fat: 14 g 21.54%
- Saturated Fat: 2 g 10%
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 0 mg 0%
- Potassium: 315 mg 9%
- Total Carbohydrate: 8 g %
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Vitamin A: 3.18%
- Calcium: 32 mg 3.2%
- Iron: 1 mg 5.56%
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Bon appetit.
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