Wednesday, March 2, 2011

100x better than store bought "yucky water"

Almond “horchata”

1 cup raw almonds
Filtered water
Organic almond extract
Organic vanilla extract
1 Tbsp cinnamon
Stevia

1) Soak almonds for 8-12 hours (I’d do it in the morning before going to work, or if you do it overnight, remember to drain them and store in fridge before leaving, you don’t want to over soak)
2) In blender, liquidate soaked almonds with an equal amount of water.
3) Strain (I used cheese cloth in order to really squeeze out all the liquid but strainer works too).
4) Mix in cinnamon, a few drops each of almond and vanilla extract, add stevia to taste.

Here’s what I did with the leftover almond pulp – hand mixed it with a large ripe avocado, fresh lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder and herbs de provence. It was REALLY good and very filling. (If you have a food processor it would be really good to try blitzing all the ingredients except for the avocados in that and then mix in avos afterwards).

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