{"id":4032,"date":"2016-02-15T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2016-02-15T13:28:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T19:28:46","slug":"revisiting-not-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/revisiting-not-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Not Milk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been several years since I posted our experiments in making milk substitutes. We have been dairy-free for close to 20 years. Over those years we have tried soy milks, rice milks, raw goat&#8217;s milk and many others. For the last at least couple of\u00a0years we have landed at homemade <strong>Almond Milk<\/strong>, (with raw goat&#8217;s milk being\u00a0my 2nd choice.) So it&#8217;s time to do an update on making Not Milk, in this case, the easiest and\u00a0highly\u00a0healthful Almond Milk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 cup Raw (organic) Almonds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6\u00a0cups Purified Water<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Soak Almonds in 2 cups Water several\u00a0hours (overnight).<\/p>\n<p>Drain and rinse well.<\/p>\n<p>Put soaked Almonds and\u00a04 cups water\u00a0in high performance blender, and blend 45-60 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Pour through a <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1XtvlaO\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nut Milk Bag<\/strong><\/a> (or Unbleached Cheesecloth) into large bowl (I use an 8 cup <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/20zuYeL\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pyrex<\/strong><\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1XtvsDk\" target=\"_blank\">Anchor Hocking<\/a> measuring pitcher). Squeeze all the Milk out and pour into a <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PAaRdn\" target=\"_blank\">1 qt. covered pitcher<\/a> or jar and Refrigerate.<\/p>\n<p>Almond Pulp (remaining in bag\/cloth) can be sealed in a container and refrigerated or frozen to be used in desserts, or\u00a0dehydrated\u00a0and ground into Almond Meal\/Flour.<\/p>\n<p>Options:<\/p>\n<p><b>Tip!\u00a0<\/b><b><\/b>If you desire a \u201cwhiter\u201d milk you can peel the almonds after draining and rinsing. Rub each almond between your fingers to remove the peel.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tip!<\/b><b> <\/b>You can flavor the milk with Real Vanilla (bean, extract, flavor) if you desire.<\/p>\n<p>You can also sweeten it with Raw Honey, Real Maple Syrup, or Dates. Just stir in the Honey or Maple Syrup after blending &#8211; about 2 tsp. &#8211; 2 Tbl. depending on how sweet you want it. Some also like to add just a dash of unrefined salt.<\/p>\n<p>To sweeten with Dates, add 3-4 pitted dates, cut up, to the blender and blend with the almonds. If adding the dates, you will get more of a cream color, even if you peel the Almonds.<\/p>\n<p>[subscribe2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been several years since I posted our experiments in making milk substitutes. We have been dairy-free for close to 20 years. Over those years we have tried soy milks, rice milks, raw goat&#8217;s milk and many others. For the last at least couple of\u00a0years we have landed at homemade \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/revisiting-not-milk\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4032"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4051,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4032\/revisions\/4051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}