hey I'm Kendra and today I'm going to teach you how to make your own almond
milk it is surprisingly easy the first time I made almond milk I thought to
myself why have I not been doing this all along when you make your own almond
milk you are able to access more of the vitality or the prana in almond milk in
Ayurveda fresh homemade almond milk is considered balancing for the body and
the mind it's particularly nourishing for Vata dosha which means that it helps
to soothe the nervous system however it is tridoshic which means it'll work
well for most anybody it's also considered a rasayana or a rejuvenative
almonds are sweet and slightly bitter which means that they're going to create
a lot of nourishment without being too heavy in the body now you can totally
adjust the proportions for this to make as much almond milk as you want
especially if you drink it every day now one quick note about raw almonds the
reason that you want to use raw almonds is because roasted and salted almonds
have been pasteurized and that means that they're not gonna have as much
prana and vitality in them so in order to get the most bang for your buck
definitely get some organic raw almonds something that a lot of people may not
realize is that the skins on the outside of the almonds are a little bit more
difficult to digest so I'm gonna show you two methods for removing and peeling
the skin before you blend away let's get started here's what you need to make
your raw almond milk at home you'll need about a quarter cup to a half cup of raw
almonds soaked overnight in a half a teaspoon of mineral salt and a cup of
fresh water you're going to start by soaking your almonds in that half
teaspoon of salt and water overnight and the reason we're soaking it is so that
we can remove the peel or the outer skin of
the almond if you don't have time to soak your almonds overnight fret not
there's a quick boil method that I'm going to tell you about so what you're
gonna do instead is you're gonna boil a couple of cups of water and then you'll
pour it over your raw organic almonds and let it soak for about fifteen to
twenty minutes okay so these almonds have soaked overnight and I went ahead
and strained these so that I can show you how to take the skin off so what
you're gonna do is you're gonna pinch it slightly between your fingers and the
skin should come off relatively easily
so satisfying to like get them out of their own skin
oh and then we're done so let's get to blending these guys okay so to get
started you're gonna take your Vitamix blender and you're gonna add your water
in there about one to two cups of water and I'm gonna do two cups here and then
other things that you can add if you want it to be a little sweeter you can
add some dates and we're gonna also add some vanilla bean and a little bit of
salt most recipes call for cinnamon but I like cardamom which brings in a little
bit more balancing for vata and kapha but for today we'll just add both you're
going to go ahead and add your raw almonds and your vanilla bean and you're
gonna slightly devein it so you want all this good stuff that's inside of the
vanilla bean and a little bit goes a long way now if
you like your almond milk to be a little on the sweet side then you can go ahead
and add these dates so you can use them soaked or unsoaked it's up to you but
you'll slice them make sure you get the seed out of the center and then I like
just about one date for about this amount that we're doing today so I will
slice the date first okay and you go lastly we're gonna add a
pinch of salt a little more for good luck and let's get to blending
so if you like a thicker almond milk you can totally just drink it as is but if
you want to strain it out you're gonna take a cheesecloth and you're gonna
spread it out into a colander and then you just go ahead and pour away all
right so this stage it's going through slowly and you can help the process
along by using a spoon or you can start to take the corners of the cheesecloth
together and giving it a little squeeze
all right so this is ready for us to set this aside so you can enjoy a fresh
glass of almond milk as a snack or alongside a meal
I'm gonna take a sip of this right now because I don't think I can wait any
longer
mmm that's really good
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