Sunday, April 28, 2013

Homemade Almond Milk

I just made homemade almond milk. Oh my goodness. I feel like I should be getting started on churning  butter next! Haha just kidding. It was fairly tasty though and I thought I would share the recipe here.  Why did I go through all the trouble of making it myself you might ask? Well, this article explains it best, but basically there are things in the store brand almond milks that are not paleo and not necessarily good for you. Almond milk is nice to have to make things like paleo milkshakes if you want a slightly different taste than what you get when you use coconut milk. Ice creams, milkshakes and yogurts are some of my FAVORITE sweets so I like to have some recipes I can turn to when I am craving them.

As it explains in the recipe, the almond pulp that is left over can be used as almond butter or almond flour. These can be used in paleo tortillas, cookies and other foods that might normally require flour. Basically, the recipe is a win-win. Try it!

B

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Coconut Milk again.

I almost forgot! I recently started mixing raw honey with coconut milk when I craved a sweet creamy drink, which is more often now that end-of-the-semester stress has awakened my sweet tooth. It is very yummy. I have added unsweetened cocoa to the mixture--that was okay, but I am going to try blending fruits in with it to make things like strawberry coconut milk, banana/blueberry milk, etc. Maybe adding ice would make it more like a milkshake. Who knows. Mmmmm I'm so excited for my next glass of the stuff!

B

Almond flour!!!

Okay so almond flour is SO great. I was craving something bread-ish today and decided to make these tortillas (the tortilla recipe is at the bottom of the page on the recipe site) made with almond flour. Oh my goodness they are good. Add some honey on top and they taste like sopapillas. This is a Paleo miracle!!! *cue Angelic music*

B