Recently the Midwest went through an intense cold snap. You know, the kind that makes you run to the store for ingredients to stock your fridge and cupboards, and then makes you bake and eat nuts and carbs incessantly... or is that just me? But before all the trips to the store- we have to wake up and get moving, right? Even when the temperature is dropping fast... everyone was posting all over Facebook about how they were preparing, and a friend of mine mentioned that she might have to leave the house to get strong coffee.
Someone suggested to her:
"homemade almond milk with date, black or cayenne pepper to get the blood flowing -- no jitters with this and it is so yummy...."
First I should say I LOVE everything almond... almond wedding cookies, chocolate covered almonds, almonds in savory rice dishes, in rice pudding, in the crowning glory recipe for almonds - marzipan, and even in my favorite almond body cream and almond hand cream! I keep a big glass jar of almonds on my counter and my four children are always snacking on them. So her comment sent me right to my kitchen!
In less than 3 minutes I had made my own almond milk (1 cup of raw almonds in the vitamix blender with a couple of cups of water, then squeezed through a "nut bag" and stirred with a pinch of salt and a bit of coconut sugar. I tasted it and I really liked it. I hadn't made my own almond milk since summer and I realized how much I missed it.
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So for the hot drink, I simply heated up a cup of it on my stove - I made it with cayenne first - since I am in love with cayenne. Tasty and intense heat, yet creamy! Then I tried another cup, this time with black pepper. I cannot say that it woke me up like coffee, but it was yummy! And it was so filling and truly nourishing too! Later that afternoon I also made a cup of it with chai spices in it and loved that too!
P.S. Thank you Anne Hirsch for your wonderful drink suggestion!
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