Fuck milk! Love nuts!
 

Hey all, I have been wondering if you guys like the nutty milks as much as I do. I really enjoy the Diamond Breeze almond milk, mostly, but I can't abide the cost. Then I've happened upon some blogs and stuff where they show you how to make it yourself.

Homemade Almond Milk

Another Site Showing the Same Thing

I'm really curious, but I've never tried it myself. Like I said, I really enjoy almond and coconut milks more than moo moo juice. I cannot abide the much higher cost in the store when it could be made at home. Has anybody ever tried this?

My favorite thing about this is that this thread (profane title and all) is the sole trackback on the blog.

I haven't ever tried this, but I'm intrigued and may have to give it a shot. I love chocolate almond milk, but I never buy it anymore because it is prohibitively expensive. This sounds fun. I'm not sure if I would ever use the almond meal, though. Anyone have experience using almond meal as a flour substitute, or have used recipes specifically calling for almond meal? I'm at a loss as to what its effect would be or how I would make good use of it.

I buy soy milk at Costco since it doesn't go bad sitting on the floor, and I can leave it opened in the fridge just about as long as I want without a problem. It tastes like butt for drinking, but I've found it cooks fine, and it makes some great milkshakes.

Costco sells soy milk cheaper than just about anywhere else, so I imagine their almond milk will be competitively priced as well.

I have seen some really cool muffin recipes that used almond flour in place of grain flour.

This kind of deal

They look maybe more dense, but overall I figure they'd be worth a try. The grocer I have sells almond flour at pretty ridiculous cost, so the meal thing would be a boon to me.

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Reav, I've had soy and almond. Hated the soy milk taste (not to mention the possible deleterious effects of phytoestrogen on male physiology). I really liked the almond milk I could buy at the store. Haven't tried chocolate, but I liked vanilla and unsweetened. They sub really well for skim or 2%, in my opinion.

Almond milk is what I mix with casein powder post workout. It's great.

Huh, that sounds promising.

I just drink real milk like a normal person.

Never've had or seen this stuff. Sounds nice though, if only if it were available here. About ten years ago I used to love going to the health section at the super and there was this machine, like a gumball dispenser, only that it was full of almonds and when you turned the dial it would mash them and you could collect and buy the resulting almond butter by the ounce. Delicious and so different.

And as far as milk... Growing up in the states I always thought of powdered milk as the bottom of the bottom of class along with "government cheese," never saw either of those things though. However, I almost exclusively drink powdered milk nowadays. Not so bad actually.
I felt whey worked better post workout. I'd take casein before bedtime though, great slow release.