rejuvenating date nut milk

Certain foods and preparations are considered rasayanas, or rejuvenating preparations. This Date Nut Milk recipes combines many of these foods in one deeply nourishing beverage, that can be used to rebuild after times of depletion. It makes a lovely evening beverage and can help with entry to sleep. Use caution if you are working with a Kapha imbalance, this beverage will exacerbate that.

Ingredients

1 medjool date, pitted and chopped
10 soaked peeled almonds
¼ tsp sweet spice
1 cup milk or mylk
* optional ½-1 tsp ghee or well adapted ghee

Method

Blanch date and almonds. Pit the date, peel the almonds.
Heat the milk/mylk, with dates, almonds, and spices.
If using daily milk, soft boil. If using mylk alternative heat, but do not boil.
If using ghee, add ghee of choice.
Blend until smooth.
Garnish with a dash of sweet spice, cinnamon, or nutmeg.
*makes approx. 1 serving

* This delicious drink is building in nature and should be used in small, infrequent qualities when working with excess Kapha dosha.