5 Healthy Recipes for Dairy Free Milk
Want to avoid added Sugars, Gluten, gums, vegetable oils? Here are 5 easy and healthy DIY Dairy Free Milk Recipes. Make sure that your “healthy alternative” is actually healthy in under 5 minutes!
1. Oat Milk
Ingredients: 1 cup organic gluten-free oats, 4 cups filtered water
Blend together 30-40 seconds. Strain through a clean t-shirt for best results (you can use nut milk bag).
Optional* Add a pitted date for sweetness, cacao powder for chocolate milk, or sea salt and berries for different flavor varieties.
How to make your oat milk not slimy?
Do not over blend, do not soak the oats prior, strain twice to remove any excess starch, use clean t-shirt rather than nut milk bag.
Best served cold.
2. Almond Milk
Ingredients: 1 cup raw organic almonds, 3 cups filtered water, pinch of sea salt
Soak almonds in water overnight, drain water out and add almonds to blender with fresh water and salt.
Optional* Add dates for sweetness, cacao powder for chocolate milk, berries for berry milk
Strain through nut milk bag
3. Coconut Milk
Ingredients: 2 cups raw shredded organic coconut, 4 cups filtered water.
Blend together. You don’t have to strain through a nut milk bag, but you can to remove fibrous texture.
4. Macadamia Milk
Ingredients: 1 cup raw organic macadamia nuts, 3-4 cups filtered water, pinch of sea salt, 1 pitted date
Soak macadamia nuts in water for 1-2 hours, rinse and drain, add macadamia nuts to blender with fresh water and salt. Strain through nut milk bag
5. Hemp Milk
Ingredients: 1 cup organic hemp seeds, 3 cups filtered water, pinch of sea salt
Blend together. Strain through nut milk bag for smoother texture but not necessary
Optional* Add dates for sweetness
Refrigerate all of the above in air tight container, they should last 3-5 days.
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