How To Make Your Own Instant Nut "Milk" Without A Strainer

The idea of creating your own nut milk sounds nice, right? However, this often involves more than a few steps, from soaking your nuts to blending and straining them—while there are devices out there that make this process a bit easier, they often cost a pretty penny.

All you have to do is place all the ingredients into your blender and blend it up—easy as can be. This recipe will make one serving of nut "milk," measuring out to about 1 cup.

There are more than a few ways you can use this: as a skin-loving coffee creamer, a quick addition to any baked goods recipe, as a base for matcha, or in your cereal or oatmeal. The options are endless.

Store-bought nut milk often contains additives—while some of these additions can help the product from going rancid or smooth out the consistency, they're not always the best for your health (like vegetable and seed oils). Nut butter, on the other hand, often comes with fewer additional ingredients. When blended with water, you've got a simple and clean nut milk.

Be sure to pick your nut butter carefully and check the ingredients for additional oils and fillers, if you're trying to avoid them. This tends to be easier with nut butter than nut milk, but it's still best practice.