in a city not so far away there lives a girl who loves green. Green is her favourite colour since it matches her eyes and her favourite sweater. She tries having green in all aspects of her life since she now realizes how important it is to love green food. She uses green vegetables in her cooking and smoothies but that wasn’t enough for this girl: she wanted green milk. Rich, cool, creamy and lightly sweetened green milk. Sounds crazy right? But this girl believed in the green!

She summoned the assistance of her Vitamix cauldron to concoct the perfect green milk. Double double turbo trouble! ITS ALIVE!!

The Green Monster Milk was ready to go out into the world, spreading the goodness of green for everyone to love and enjoy.

The only problem was this milk didn’t look like the rest of the milks in the world. On the surface he looked a little different but inside he had so many good things to offer: vitamins and minerals, those important micronutrients but all anyone saw was his green colour.

He was sad and lonely so he went on a journey through the spooky Collard Green Forest in hopes of meeting others that would understand him and his greenness.

Just when he thought he wouldn’t find any green monsters like him, he finally met some! And people who loved all his green goodness that he wanted to share!

He finally found his calling and that is bringing people only the best source of green power: plant power! He lived happily ever after. Definitely not THE END of this recipe.  

Happy Halloween from our new friend Green Monster Milk!

I made this milk for those who do not like green juice (I have yet to be sold on it!) but I do love green milk! It tastes just like my Homemade Vanilla Almond Milk but with all the green juice goodness. The milk is completely raw, vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar free since it is sweetened with dates! So if you are not a fan of straight green juice this milk is a great alternative.

For complete step-by-step instructions with photos visit my Homemade Vanilla Almond Milk post, just add the chopped greens and dates with the almonds instead of just the almonds. Warning: if your nut milk bag is made of a natural fibre like hemp, it will slightly discolour the bag. Wash right away for minimal staining. Trust me….

This is a great recipe to use if you need a little detox after a Halloween fete. If you are anything like me and stuffed your face with sweet bubbly punch and tons of candy, you will need this green milk in the morning. 

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 Welcome to another Staple Sunday! So far I have posted the One-Ingredient Roasted Almond Butter (can you guess what the ingredient is?) and Basic Cashew Cream {10 ways}. This week is Homemade Almond Milk Step-by-Step. If you have never made your own milk you are in for a real treat! Milk as a treat? YES! I may not know how to milk a cow (and frankly why would I want to?) but I sure can milk a nut! Feel free to giggle.

Making your own nut milk is very easy and you probably already have all the ingredients in your pantry: almonds, vanilla, salt and a sweetener of choice, I used maple syrup but agave, brown rice syrup, dates or stevia would work (I can’t eat anything with stevia since it gives me a wicked headache, has anyone else had this problem?). So why bother to make it yourself when now there are so many great dairy-free options? Homemade almond milk is about a zillion times better than store bought. You may have a Kristen Wiig moment in Bridemaids because damn this stuff is good.

I like to soak my almonds overnight but if you forgot to 2 hours should be good. After soaking them, drain, rinse and add them to your blender. Put in some earplugs because we are going turbo! I am not too sure how this recipe would fare in a non heavy-duty blender. If you don’t have one, it is still possible but you might not yield as much milk.

A nut milk bag (more giggles!) is needed to squeeze out all the delicious milk from the mixture after it is blended.

Wtf is a nut milk bag? It is generally a medium sized drawstring bag made of different kinds of finely woven material. Mine is made of hemp but I have seen others made up of cotton, nylon or linen. I got my bag from The Big Carrot in Toronto but check any well-stocked health food store for their selection.

“Oh the blender woke you up? Sorry sweetie! Well, since you are awake can you be my hand model?” Thanks Mark! 

This milk is lightly sweetened but if you like sweeter milk just add more sweetener of choice but I think it is pretty amazing all on its own.  Milking my own almonds made me feel like a little homegrown country gal except in my high-rise apartment in Toronto.

13 recipes down, 7 more to go……

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