Making your own nut milk. Like any new thing, because you buy it at a store, or have never made the attempt, it seems so far out of reach. I was astounded, once again, how easy it is to make your own nut milk! This year seems to be the beginning of a new trend in my life that brings me profound happiness and self awareness. Breaking away, one by one, from packaged and processed items. Reducing my carbon footprint, one step at a time. Even the simple act of: saving your produce bags, joining a CSA, buying your nuts, seeds and grains in bulk and reusing your bulk bags, saying no at the counter, "I don't need a bag", opting to make your own tomato sauce rather than buying a can... The list goes on and not just when it has to do with food products. How many toiletries to do you own? How many do you use? But most importantly, how many do you truly need? What about your cleaning products? Did you really need to buy that brand new winter jacket with goose down, or could you have found a perfectly good and stylish jacket at your local second hand store? I found a top name ski jacket for $10 and I love it! Every small decision you make every day makes a difference to our world, to the environment and to you. But yes, onto the step I learned yesterday! Almond milk!!! It was shockingly easy to make!
Just take some raw nuts, I chose almonds, but anything would do, I am personally trying an almond/cashew blend the next time. I filled my glass mason jar 1/4 full with raw almonds, filled it to the top with water and let them soak overnight. (At a minimum of 12 hours.) The next afternoon, I put the almonds (which had grown about double in size from soaking) in my blender with a ratio of 3:1 water to almonds and blended the mixture on high (with the lid securely sealed! Messy ;) ) for approximately 5 minutes. I strained my milk using some screening material I bought from the hardware store, but there are also nut bags sold at most health food stores if you'd rather. I found the screening worked just fine, it also doubles for me as a strainer for making sprouts. I mixed about a teaspoon of maple syrup into my milk and put it in a clean mason jar. You could turn your milk into any flavour you like, or simply enjoy it in its raw deliciously creamy form! Stay tuned for an upcoming sweet recipe make with the almond pulp!!
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