Vanilla Hazelnut Milk

Although you can buy store bought non-dairy milks, it is easy to make them at home, and they often taste better.  One of my favorites is vanilla hazelnut milk.  It tastes wonderful, and if you add in 3 Tbsp cocoa powder with the rest of this recipe you can have chocolate hazelnut milk.  Hazelnuts contain vitamin E, folates and B vitamins, as well as antioxidants so you are getting some nutritional bang for your buck with this milk  Plus of course this is good for those who can not tolerate dairy as well as tasting delicious.  Try this on your morning cereal and I am sure you will love it.

Author: Amy Lyons O’Neil

Amy has worked for Fresh and Natural Foods since 2006 contributing to the variety of healthful foods we offer. She graduated with a degree in studio art from Bethel University in 2007, but in her senior year of college, found that her passion was with the art of food. She later used her photography and culinary skills to create a vegan food and recipe blog, Fragrant Vanilla Cake. She has also written 3 cookbooks. She specializes in vegan and vegetarian recipes. Local, fresh and organic food has always been her focus in whatever she creates.

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Servings: 8 servings | Prep Time: 3 minutes | Cook Time: 0 min | Ready in: 3 min

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw hazelnuts, soaked for 6 hours and drained
• 3-4 cups filtered water (depending on how thick you like it)
• 1/4 cup soft medjool dates, pitted
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend for 1 minute until smooth (strain if desired, but I like it as is).