Organic Walnut Milk Recipe

My friend M. was asking about raw vegan walnut milk. I haven’t seen many people write about walnut milk. So I decided to experiment in the kitchen to answer my friend M.’s questions. Assuming that you’re using high quality raw organic walnuts¹, it ends up that walnut milk is really quite nice. The recipe below is an adaptation of the recipe I use to make vanilla almond milk.

Special Equipment

• blender, ideally a high-powered blender like a VitaMix

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup high-quality organic raw walnuts (soaked for 8-12 hours or overnight, then rinsed extremely well)
• 1/4 cup dates
• approx. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean powder (optional)
• 2 1/2 cups water

Directions

• Blend all the ingredients well in the blender.
• Optionally, strain the milk to remove any walnut and date grit.

Now that I have a Vitamix in my raw vegan kitchen, I can safely double this recipe. Any milk that you don’t use immediately can probably keep in the fridge for a few days.

If you decide to strain the milk with a nut milk bag², you can use the grit in a batch of raw vegan Better Than Brownies. The basic ingredients in that recipe are walnuts, dates, and vanilla powder afterall

If you want a less sweet walnut milk, use less dates (or none at all). After you’ve made the milk, you can also try mixing in some cacao powder or organic chocolate energy mix³, if you’re up for a chocolate kick.

After this experiment, I think I’ll make walnut milk more often. I’m guessing the reason I’ve seen less written about walnuts as a base for nut milks is that when walnuts go slightly rancid, you can really taste it, more so than other types of nuts. So for this recipe I think it’s vital to have really good quality organic walnuts like those grown in the Hunza valley or if you’re fortunate enough, from a organically raised walnut tree in your own back yard like M.’s brother. You also should make sure you soak & rinse the walnuts to help rid them of some of their natural bitterness.

QUESTION: Have you ever tried making walnut milk? Did you like the results? Why or why not? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

Notes

1. I get my organic walnuts, vanilla powder, and dates from OrganicLives Enterprises. I also purchased my VitaMix Pro from OrgancLives.
2. You can get quality nut milk bags from NatureProvides.
3. I get my raw cacao powder and organic chocolate energy mix from OrganicLives.

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