Making your own plant based milks is one of the easiest and quickest ways to reduce waste and save money. Yes, you really can have it all.
This recipe makes about 2 cups of milk but you can adjust the water to nut ratio based on your taste or increase or decrease the recipe based on your desired amount.
1 cups raw almonds, cashews or the nut of your choice (you can even get creative and use a variety of nuts) soaked overnight
or
1 cup of rolled oats
4 cups cold water, plus more for soaking
Optional
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp maple syrup, honey or 1-2 soaked dates pinch of sea salt
Supplies
32 Ounce Mason Jar
Blender of Food Processor
Nut Milk Bag
Instructions
Soak (skip this part if making oat milk, oats do not need to soak)
Place nuts in a bowl and fill with water until the nuts are submerged under an inch of water. Soak for 8 hours or overnight.
Once soaked drain and rinse, nuts will have swelled with water and will be a bit soft.
Blend
Place the soaked nuts or oats in your blender along with two cups of fresh, cold water and any optional add-ins. Blend on high for 2 minutes.
Strain
Place the nut milk bag in a 32 ounce jar, folding the top over the mouth of the jar. Pour the mixture into filter and let the liquid pass into the Jar.
To strain, twist the neck of the filter, wrap strap around twisted fabric, fit ring over twisted neck of filter, drop filter into the Jar.
Store
Store the plant milk in an air-tight storage container and place in the fridge for up to 3 days. Note that homemade oat milk cannot be heated.
Don't Waste The Pulp!
There are so many great nut and oat pulp recipes. Here are a few ideas.
Make crackers
Make "cheese"
Make almond flour
Coat bread fish and meat
Make a body scrub
Add to muffins, breads and cookies
Make a pizza crust
Make an almond spread
Make power bites
Make granola or add it to a smoothie!
