hi everyone I recently learned how to
make non-dairy milk so I am so excited
to share this with you so that you can
make it too and this way you know what
you are putting into your body and what
you're paying for hi everyone welcome
back to my channel and Happy New Year
it's 2020 and I thought I would share
with you something a little different on
my channel today I'm gonna be showing
you how to make your own non-dairy milk
I prefer non-dairy milk because I'm
lactose intolerant and milk gives me a
huge stomachache non-dairy milk is
actually quite easy to make and I prefer
it because when you buy store-bought
almond milk or cashew milk you're
actually getting predominantly water
with a tiny bit of nuts you're paying
four or five dollars for water today I'm
gonna start off by showing you how to
make cashew milk then almond milk and
then oat milk let's go first you are
going to grab three separate bowls and
pour one cup of almonds one cup of
cashews and one cup of oats into your
bowls almond milk is probably one of the
most popular non-dairy milks up there
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you want to start off by soaking your
cashews almonds and oats overnight and
if you cannot soak them overnight
because of time go ahead and pour hot
water into the bowl for two hours and
they should be good to go they should be
soft enough for you to blend it but I do
recommend doing it overnight if you can
so this is just cold water and they will
be soaking for about 12 to 15 hours and
then we're going to empty out the water
so it's not like you're gonna be
drinking this I'm so excited that I'd
know how to make my own non-dairy milk
now because honestly the store-bought
ones totally bamboozled us next you are
going to need either a milk bag or a
cheesecloth
I went with a cheesecloth because it was
two dollars at Target while a milk bag
was nine dollars and so I thought it's
the same thing we're gonna do it all
right we're going to need some tunes
because this next step is going to take
a little bit of time some people skip
this step and they blend the almonds
with the shell on it but I do find that
you get a creamier consistency when you
DL all of them so that's what we're
going to do this whole process of Dee
shelling one cup of almonds probably
took me about ten minutes and so for me
to just listen to music and D shell all
of these almonds went by pretty quickly
they pop out pretty easily so it's not
like you're struggling to take it off
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next comes the blending part so I'm
going to start off with my cashew milk
so I'm going to empty out all the water
that we use to soak overnight and then
I'm just going to pour all of the
cashews into my blender then you want to
get a cup and you want to add five cups
of water if you want a thicker cashew
milk you can add four cups or if you
want a more liquidy one you can add six
cups you want to blend it on high to
make sure that it crushes all of the
cashews up then we're gonna add some
dates and then some ground cinnamon as
well you can also add vanilla extract to
make vanilla cashew milk but I decided
to just go with these two so I'm just
going to add three dates to my blender
and then the ground cinnamon you could
have added all of this before blending
but I decided to do it in the middle of
it
alrighty next you're gonna grab a bowl
and then use a strainer and then get the
cheesecloth I'm going to cut the cheese
cloth so that I can save portions of it
for all of the other non-dairy milks and
it'll just make my life so much easier
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once you have everything set up you're
going to pour the cashew milk through
the cheesecloth and the strainer to make
sure that there are no tiny bits in your
cashew milk and there you have a nice
light cashew milk then I pour it into a
reusable jar and it can last in the
fridge for three to four days next is
almond milk did you know that the
store-bought almond milk contains about
2% almonds and 98% of who knows what so
making your own is definitely healthier
and the most bang for your buck I just
follow the same exact recipe as my
cashew milk for my almond milk you're
going to notice a whole lot more is left
in the cheesecloth this is called almond
meal and it contains the proteins and
the fibers that are really good for you
- you can toast it in the oven to make
granola or use it in baking so I just
pour it back into the blender to make my
life easier as I pour it into my
reusable jar which used to be a pasta
jar so that's a way to be sustainable
and reuse things last but not least is
oat milk you want to be able to rinse
your oats because it's going to have a
little slimy consistency so you want to
rinse it all off and then dry it then
you guessed it I add five cups of water
three dates and some cinnamon adding
dates just naturally sweet into your
milk but you definitely don't have to
add it and the cinnamon also just add
some flavor but honestly if you are
adding frozen fruits to make smoothies
or protein powders you'd really don't
need it
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and that's how you make almond milk
cashew milk and oat milk yay quick taste
test hmm very OD tastes like oatmeal mmm
I love the cashew milk one it is so much
sweeter in a natural way and it tastes a
little creamier I'm actually going to
heat up my almond milk and then put some
tea in it I put this in a mug so that I
can heat up my almond milk and add some
tea to it but this one has a much more
wholesome nuttier taste and rather than
regular almond milk which tastes like
predominantly water so yeah I hope you
guys enjoy seeing how to make all of
these nut milks if you like what you see
please like and subscribe and I'll see
you later
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