description
Struggling to cook healthy meals at home? Forks Meal Planner is here to help. Sign up now!

Sweet, creamy, and nutty flavors combine to form this delicious almond milk. You’ll get the best results if you use a great quality vanilla bean and soak your almonds overnight.

This recipe was adapted from the original in The Plantpower Way, a new book by Rich Roll and Julie Piatt.

Sweet Vanilla Almond Milk

By Julie Piatt,

Add to meal planner
22 Shares

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup raw almonds
  • 3 dates
  • 2 cups filtered water, plus more for soaking
  • 2” piece vanilla bean
  • Pinch Celtic sea salt

Instructions

  1. Soak almonds in enough filtered water to cover overnight or for at least 2 hours. In a separate bowl, soak the dates in enough filtered water to cover for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Drain and discard the water from the almonds, and place almonds in the Vitamix or high-powered blender.
  3. Drain and discard the water from the dates, remove pits, and throw dates into the blender.
  4. Add 2 cups of filtered water to the blender.
  5. Blend on high for 1 minute.
  6. To open the vanilla bean, slice lengthwise. Scrape out the insides and add to blender. Add a pinch of sea salt. Blend again on high for 30 seconds.
  7. Pour through a cheesecloth or strainer into a glass bottle.
  8. Reserve the pulp and freeze for later use in baked goods or blends. Enjoy!
description Meal Planner

Healthy eating shouldn’t be a hassle.

With weekly meal plans customizable for any size table and any dietary restrictions, Forks Meal Planner takes the hard work out of healthy plant-based cooking.

Start Planning
description Cooking Course

Learn to cook plant-based meals at home

Forks Over Knives online cooking course will help you learn new techniques, flavors and styles to live your very best life.

Join the course

How to use Almond Milk:

Almond milk tastes great and adds creaminess to dishes. Try it in one of our favorite treats:

Banana Ice “Cream”

Chocolate Chia Pudding

This sweet vanilla almond milk recipe is also available in our convenient iPhone app and newly released Android app.

description
about the author

Julie Piatt

A true renaissance artist, Julie Piatt aka “SriMati” is a plant based chef, singer-songwriter, author, spiritual guide, yogi, and mother to four. Julie is the creative force behind her Ultraman husband, Rich Roll and his amazing transformation, and The Plantpower Way is inspired by her desire to share her deep connection to food as fuel for the body temple, and to promote a whole lifestyle approach to healthy, creative, and authentic living.

Sweet Vanilla Almond Milk see more from this author
description
Free download

Summer Party Menu
e-Cookbook

Celebrate summer the FOK way with our fresh and fab recipes.

Have something to say about this article? Click to expand the conversation

More from Forks Over Knives

By continuing to browse our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can learn more about how we use cookies to improve your experience here

Want More Recipes?

Download the Forks Over Knives App and get 400 whole-food, plant-based dishes at your fingertips.

LEARN MORE
Copy link
CopyCopied
Powered by Social Snap