IF COWS COULD TALK THEY'D SAY; GO MILK A NUT!

Native American traditions 

teach that you never take more than we need;

Thank Creator for what we have 

or what we will receive;

Use all of what we have;

Give away what we do not need

Everything on earth is alive;

Everything on earth has purpose;

Everything on earth is connected;

Everything on earth is to be embraced.

A principal tenant of our belief is that all things are connected and we are related to all things in the circle.

Humans are the only species that drink milk from another animal. Drinking cow's milk increases your chances of developing heart disease, diabetes, several types of cancer, and many other ailments.

We can get all the protein that they need from nuts, seeds, yeast, grains, beans, etc. Other good alternatives are almond, rice and hemp. For more information on the affects of milk visit www.notmilk.com

I think it is amazing when we can take something from nature and use all of it and for several different purposes. Here is my story of making my own raw almond milk and using all of the bi-product too. 

Soak your raw almonds over night at least 12 hours then blend them in your home or commercial blender. 1 cup of almonds to 4 cups filtered water. 

Blend for a while then pour over unbleached cheese cloth or a nut milk sack into your desired container. 

It takes a while for the milk to make it's way through the cloth so give it time. 10 to 30 minutes. Scrape off the "nut flour" that is left in the cloth, set this aside for raw cooking later. 

 I added into my milk; stevia and a small amount of pumpkin spice with vanilla. You can add honey, yucon, agave, raw cocoa whatever you want. Shelf life is 3 to 5 days per batch. 

I love that you can take almonds just almonds and make milk and dessert! 

Desert was dry soaked almonds in the food processor with a teaspoon of agave and a tablespoon of coconut oil. Make into a pie crust and refrigerate. 

The filling is the left over nut flour from the milking, add in raw cocoa powder, a tablespoon of raw peanut butter and a few drops of stevia. Mix together and fill pie crust with filing. As an option for adding an extra layer on the pie, make home made chocolate with 1/2 a cup unrefined organic coconut oil and 1/2 a cup raw cocoa powder. Place the bottom of the bowl holding the oil above a bowl of hot water to met the oil without over heating it. This should make a chocolate soup. Add in stevia until desired sweetness then drizzle a think layer over the top of the pie and put in your freezer immediately but for 5 minutes only. This chills the oil in the chocolate causing it to harden like a dipped ice cream cone. Remove the pie and serve then store in your refrigerator. 

So from almonds we created all of this! RAWmazing! 
YOU ARE WELCOME COWS!