Almond Meal

What Is Almond Meal:

Place 1/2 cup un-blanched almonds (with skin) in a clean grinder.

Put the lid on the grinder and grind several times until a medium-fine textured meal forms. Don't over-grind to avoid making almond butter. This is very important.

Put the ground almond meal in a flour sifter and sift almond meal. Put the left-over large particles of almonds back in the grinder and grind again and sift remaining almond meal.

This is called Almond Meal. The same process you can follow for any nut to make fresh, delicious nut meals.

The benefit of using Flour Sifter is to make the Almond Meal free of any gluten cross-contamination. Make sure your sifter is a dedicated gluten free flour sifter.

You can find Almond Meal from grocery shop but those are made with blanched almonds (without skin). I would suggest you to use blanched almonds (with their skins) because the skin contains healthy antioxidants. The Health Benefits of Almond is as follows:

1.  They reduce heart attack risk. Consuming nuts five times a week reduces 50 percent risk of heart attacks.

2.  Reduce ‘bad’ cholesterol.

3.  Protects artery walls from damage.

4.  The phosphorus in Almond helps to build strong teeth and bones.

5.  It can reduce weight and provide healthy fats.

6.  It helps reducing the rise in blood sugar and insulin after meals.

7.  Provide good brain function as it contains Riboflavin, L-Carnitine which boost brain activity.