Almonds

[jamesey]

I've just got some raw, organic almonds and am wanting to make a nut milk by blending it with water in my Vita-Mix. I just wondered, is there any need to soak the almonds? They seem quite hard, but I'm assuming the Vita-Mix would give me completely smooth results? I know you should soak nuts to release the enzymes, but I've had trouble soaking almonds before... they seem to go bad after just a few hours of saoking. It was a long time ago, but I think like the water surface had bubbles of white.. if that makes snese! any help would be great!

[Dimond]

Yes, it's very important to soak so you don't ruin good enzymes.

[laura-jane]

I don't know myself, but I am interested to read the answer.

[Revvell]

Soak overnight. Maybe what you were using were not raw and what you saw was poor lil almond detox. I dunno but, you should not have any trouble with an overnight soaking. I never have even in the hottest of days here in sunny SoCal.

Yes, not soaking you will still get a smooth milk ~ still might want to strain though... then again, maybe not.

[terry brown]

Hi,
My husband has been making delicious almond milk with the vita mix.
The recipe he got from a raw food chef was with unsoaked almonds.
I imagine it would be better to soak, but this almond milk sure is tasty and easy to make up last minute!
Terry

[Beth]

I made fresh raw almond milk yesterday. I soaked the raw almonds for 5 hours. It came out wonderful! I used a vita-mix and nut milk bags.
I posted some photos on my website posted below.
Enjoy!

[Vrindavan]

anyone compared soaked and no soaking before ?

[Amarynth]

Beth, I am definitely wanting to try that raw almond milk with the banana and raw cacao. I have some raw almonds in the fridge...and some of the cacao nibs, can I use those too?

[spicyfull]

You can always soak them in the Fridge. I soak mine, Peel them and make the Milk, I know I could leave the peeling out but that's how I learned to do it and I have "White" Milk.

The Vita-Mix will Chew up a Tree if you can cut it into small pieces to fit into the Canister.