How I prepare raw, plant based milks using a simple blender

My technique is very straightforward, simple without any need to prepare beforehand/soak. Most will probably know this method already, but the simplicity of this is so great that I even got some regular dieters interested in it:

1. Choose what will be the base material of your milk. My favorites are poppy and hemp seeds, but it can be basically anything: most grains, seeds and nuts. With a good blender, you can even make milks from for example whole oat grains, but they have a very strong taste, so be careful!

2. Put around 100g of the material for every liter of milk you would like to make. Then add just ~300ml of water, so that it'd be easier to blend a small quantity. Blend everything for up to 5 minutes depending on your blender. You should now have 400ml of very strong milk with some unblended materials depending on the base material of your milk. Now add the rest of the water (~700ml more) to the blend. You should now have ~1100ml of plant milk with minimal to some plant materials floating around, depending the plant material you chose.

3. (OPTIONAL) If the milk has too many or inedible materials floating around (as would be the case with wholegrain oat milk), use gauze (cheesecloth) or a strainer to filter your milk.

You should now have your raw plant milk ready for drinking!

With so many tasteful varieties of plant milks, cow milk now appears like a very bad alternative.

I have also took a look at the money required for all kinds of milks and found out that at least in the country I live in, many plant milks are actually cheaper than cow milk! The cheapest was sunflower milk, which is really great with cereals. Nut milks is a more expensive choice. So provided you have a blender, you could actually save money by choosing raw plant milks!

Hope this helps someone and please do not hesitate to leave any comments on improvements to the method or your own experiences with it!

Comments

  • Claire TurnipClaire Turnip Raw Newbie

    What blender do you use? I have a bad habit of running cheap ones into the ground on an annual basis. I would love to be able to try recipes like this without worry.

  • Mine is Russel Hobbs 750W, it looks like this http://images.kalahari.net/img/2013/09/12/47764703_0_Img2.jpg It was very cheap and quite powerful and that's why I chose it. The only downside is that it is VERY loud. But I can live with that as long as it blends well :) I have it for a year and it is still working well.

  • Claire TurnipClaire Turnip Raw Newbie

    Thanks for sharing. It definitely looks durable!

    I'll have to see if I can find one before my current blender takes its final spin. I've been through so many that I can just about tell when they're going to stop working.

  • Thanks for sharing. Good reminder that all milks don't have to be nut based. Nut consumption grows big so easily at least for me. Also transitioning to more plant based diet

  • Claire TurnipClaire Turnip Raw Newbie

    Macadamia, that's a good point about milk bases other than nuts. Bonus: some of them probably won't kill my blender as fast!

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