Good
morning out there!
Today I
want to share with you my favourite recipe for homemade nut milk. Although I am
not vegan and consume cheese, yoghurt etc., I am definitely not a huge fan of
dairy products. I don’t want to explain this in detail right now, but you can
inform yourself by e.g. reading the China Study or on several vegan homepages on
the internet (always check the source and how reliable it is).
What I
really dislike is the taste of milk especially in my breakfast oat
meal/cereals. Of course there are many alternatives you can buy in any supermarket
e.g. soy milk, oat milk, rice milk, but most of them contain artificial flavors,
fillers, salt and preservatives.
And for
this reason I try to make my own non-dairy milk as often as I can. Sometimes I
just don’t have any time for that and like to enjoy “rice-coconut milk” by
Provamel.
So let’s
come to the recipe, you can exchange the cashews also for almonds, oats, hemp,
coconut etc.
Cashew milk
Ingredients:
- 1 cup
cashews
- 2 cups of
water
- vanilla,
cinnamon
- 4 medjool
pitted dates
- mixer (I
use a “Stabmixer”)
- a nutbag,
cheesecloth or “Wäschenetz”
Directions:
- Some
people have problems with digesting raw nuts, so if you count to one of those
let your nuts soak about 2 hours and remove the water after that time. I use
them raw without soaking.
- Put your
nuts, dates and fresh water in your mixer and mix until you have a white
liquid.
- Pour the
milk through a nutbag or cheesecloth or something like that to remove the nut
left-overs otherwise you will have some small nut pieces in your milk.
- Flavor with vanilla powder and cinnamon as
much as you like. You can also add a Chai spice blend if you want more “oriental”
taste.
- Store in
a glass bottle in the fridge up to 3-4 days.
Maybe you
have to get used to the taste as it differs a lot from dairy milk. But you can
make anything out of your selfmade nutmilk e.g. mango smoothies, banana shakes…
Just explore what you like and what kind of taste you like the most.
Last tip
from me: If you want to make your own milk regularly I recommend buying a
gadget called “Veggiefino”. You don’t have to pour your milk through a
nutbag/cheesecloth, because the net is already built in and that makes it more
practical.
Have a
nice day and let’s drink some cashew milk :D
