Fresh Blended Nut Milk

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It only takes 30 seconds to whip up some nut milk for your coffee or granola. Here is the quick method I use each morning.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup raw nuts or seeds (pecans, cashews, almonds, filberts, walnuts, brazil nuts or shelled seeds from hemp, pumpkin or sunflower all make delicious milks)
  • 1/2 cup water (or just enough to cover the nuts/seeds)
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla
  • pinch salt (optional)

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Puree on high for 1 minute or so, until you get a smooth mixture. Add 500ml (16oz) water and puree again for another minute.

Pour the nut milk into a nylon bag (like a jelly bag or a nut milk bag) and squeeze to extract all of the liquid. Store your nut milk in the refrigerator and use within 3 days, shaking before use if it separates.  If you are putting the nut milk in a recipe or on granola, you don’t have to strain it at all.

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Cashews, cranberries, matcha, inulin and vanilla extract, ready to become nut milk.

Yummy additions to your nut milk:

– frozen or fresh cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, etc            -matcha green tea powder               – real almond or orange extract        – stevia or inulin for a hint of sweetness                                        – cacao or vanilla powder                 – substitute prepared tea for water in the recipe

I would love to hear your favorite nut milk flavors and additions in the comments below!

Don’t forget to use the leftover strained nut/seed granules in recipes in place of flour – my raw vegan friend has a recipe for dehydrator cookies I will try to post in the future. Ciao!

Written byKalyn Kodiak, ClH