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Maple Date Golden Milk with Cardamom
A silky, gently sweet golden milk where blended dates add caramel body and cardamom, turmeric and vanilla bring warm, floral spice.

- One pot
- 12 min · 10 min hands-on
- Makes 2 glasses
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Up to 30 g carbs
- Sodium 600 mg or less
- 500 calories or less
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups (410 ml)480 gAlmond milk, unsweetened
- 36 gMedjool dates, pittedfinely chopped
- 1½ tsp10 gMaple syrup
- 1 tsp3 gGround turmeric
- ½ tsp1 gGround cardamom
- ½ tsp1 gGround ginger
- ⅛ tsp0.2 gBlack pepper
- 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
Steps
- Finely chop the dates so they soften quickly.
- In a small pot, combine the almond milk and chopped dates and warm over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes, until steaming and the dates are soft; do not boil.
- Whisk the turmeric, cardamom, ground ginger and black pepper into the pot and simmer gently for 2 minutes, stirring.
- Take the pot off the heat and stir in the maple syrup and vanilla.
- Carefully pour the hot mixture into a blender, vent the lid and blend for 30 seconds until smooth and frothy (or use an immersion blender in the pot).
- Pour into two mugs and serve hot.
Contains: Tree nuts.
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