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Chocolate Almond Milk

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Choco Almond Milk
 I love this!!…We love this! My little family loves it! It’s so delicious and SO easy to make! So perfect for a birthday party where either your family or your guests are dairy free. Or even if not dairy free, why not mix things up and do something different to normal dairy milk. Nuts are full of good fats, protein and good carbohydrates and make up part of a balanced diet. Also, regular bought junky chocolate flavoured milks are full of all sorts of rubbish, including preservatives, additives, colours, flavours, and refined sugars! I just love that this milk is only sweetened with a little maple syrup and is completely free of all the junk! It’s real food!

If you are concerned about the caffeine content in the raw cacao powder, consider replacing it with carob powder! Yum!

I served something similar to these at my son’s 1st birthday party! I added coconut milk which made it that little bit thicker and creamier. You can do that if you like, but honestly this milk is just perfect as is!

20 - Choc Coconut Milks

I designed a Vintage Hot Air Balloons party for him and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! You can see a little bit of the cake in the picture above that I made, yes its got that sugary icing and all, but cake decorating is one of my ‘other’ little things I like to dabble in for the creativeness!….And my son hadn’t had any gluten, dairy or sugar before he was 1, so his cake was the basket, it was a GF, DF, chocolate cake, sweetened with a little honey! He LOVED it!! But more on parites in another post!!!

Choco Almond Milk w Dino Cookies

I made some of this milk last week along with these dinosaur cookies! Aren’t they just gorgeous! They are a Spelt Choc Chip, Cranberry & Macadamia cookie (my husbands favourite!) – I’ll get to the recipe soon! My little boy who is now 2 1/2 thought it was Christmas!

You can make my pure Almond Milk here.

Chocolate Almond Milk
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Dairy-free Almond Milk turned into guilt-free Chocolate Milk! Perfect in smoothies, with cookies or for parties!
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Ingredients
  1. 170g (1 Cup) Raw Almonds
  2. 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
  3. 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
  4. ½ tsp Celtic Sea Salt
  5. 1 L Filtered Water
  6. 3 Tbsp Maple Syrup
  7. 2 Tbsp Raw Cacao Powder
Instructions
  1. Place the almonds into a bowl, cover with filtered water and leave to soak overnight (or for at least 12 hours).
  2. Drain the almonds and place into the bowl of the Thermomix and mill 7-10 Sec/Speed 9.
  3. Add the oil, vanilla, salt and water & blend 1 minute/Speed 9.
  4. Strain the milk through a nut milk bag or muslin cloth. Keep the almond pulp for throwing into cookies, cakes, biscuits etc. (You can freeze it to save for use another day too!)
  5. Pour the almond milk back into the mixing bowl and add the maple syrup and cacao. Blend 5 Sec/Speed 7.
  6. Refrigerate until chilled, then shake well before serving.
Notes
  1. Pure Almond Milk recipe here: Almond Milk
  2. Will keep in the fridge for approx. 3 days.
Kitch'n Thyme http://kitchnthyme.com.au/

Almond Milk

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Almond MilkWhat a wonderful alternative to cow’s milk. This almond milk is really easy to make! It is completely raw, the almonds have been activated and with the addition of celtic sea salt which contains many vital trace minerals and the good fat of coconut oil, this is a winner for health benefits.

Activating the almonds is really important. It deactivates the enzyme inhibitors, helping us to be able to digest them much more easily and it brings the nuts to life!Soaking-Almonds-©-265x300

You will notice that I add a small amount of maple syrup. I do this whether I am making it for sweet or savoury use. It brings out the flavour of the almonds and doesn’t taste sweet as it’s such a small amount. You could use honey or rice malt syrup if you preferred. 

The addition of sunflower lecithin is optional. The milk will separate after a few hours in the fridge due to the fat from the nuts not emulsifying with the water. Lecithin is a fat emulsifier so it is the perfect solution. There is much question over soy lecithin, so when I learnt about sunflower lecithin you can imagine my delight. It will keep the milk homogenised and give it even more of a creamy texture!

Straining-Milk-225x300Above I’m straining the milk through a muslin cloth or nutmilk bag.

When I weaned my little boy off breastmilk I used this milk to replace his 1-2 daytime feeds. He just loved it. (As almond milk is not a complete meal replacement of breastmilk or formula for an infant or baby please be aware that my little boy was already eating a substantial well balanced diet by this stage. The almond milk was an addition to his diet.)

And perhaps you should go try my Chocolate Almond Milk too! Perfect for parties or as a yummy treat!

Almond Milk
Makes 1 Litre A wonderful super easy to make nut milk! Perfect as a Dairy Free option! You can then use for cakes, cookies, savouries etc! Or turn into Chocolate Milk or Choc Banana Milk or Raspberry or Strawberry Milk etc.
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Ingredients
  1. 170g (1 Cup) Raw Almonds
  2. 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
  3. 1 Tbsp Maple Syrup
  4. 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  5. ½ tsp Celtic Sea Salt
  6. 1 tsp Sunflower Lecithin (optional)
  7. 1 L Filtered Water
Instructions
  1. Place the almonds into a bowl, cover with filtered water and leave to soak overnight (or for at least 12 hours).
  2. Drain the almonds and place into the bowl of the Thermomix and mill 7-10 Sec/Speed 9.
  3. Add all the remaining ingredients & blend 1 minute/Speed 9.
  4. Strain the milk through a nut milk bag or muslin cloth.
  5. Refrigerate and serve.
Notes
  1. You can decrease the amount of nuts used. The amount I use here makes for a really rich & creamy milk, however you can reduce this. I would tend to use a minimum of 100g raw nuts(approx. a heaped 1/2 cup) to 1 Litre of water. Remember also that once the raw nuts have been soaked they will weigh less than unsoaked raw nuts. So make sure you weigh your nuts before soaking!
  2. Nut milk will keep for approximately 3 days. It is suitable for the freezer too.
Kitch'n Thyme http://kitchnthyme.com.au/