Author Topic: nut milks (Read 19213 times)

gebuh · « **on:** May 08, 2014, 10:37:29 PM »

I made some almond milk a couple of weeks ago - it was dead simple and worked well for tea and such (soak, blend with water and strain). Oddly enough, every recipe I looked at said it only keeps a couple of days but I found that to be completely untrue, mine kept til it was gone - over a week.
So I decided to try making soy milk. I ordered some organic beans, they came in today. The process for soymilk is a bit more involved (you have to cook it after soaking and mixing) but I'm going to give it a try.
I'll report back with my results.

diablita · « **Reply #1 on:** May 08, 2014, 10:42:46 PM »

interesting. I'll be watching for updates.

fancypants · « **Reply #2 on:** May 09, 2014, 06:25:34 AM »

Almond milk IS easy. And yummy.

mango · « **Reply #3 on:** May 09, 2014, 07:16:21 AM »

Quote from: gebuh on May 08, 2014, 10:37:29 PM

So I decided to try making soy milk.

while at it, give kongguksu a try also:

plus, more deliciousness of kongguksu here.

caribougrrl · « **Reply #4 on:** May 09, 2014, 07:31:19 AM »

Quote from: mango on May 09, 2014, 07:16:21 AM

while at it, give kongguksu a try also:

plus, more deliciousness of kongguksu here.

hi mango!

we missed you

witchypoo · « **Reply #5 on:** May 09, 2014, 08:39:16 AM »

mango!

merigayle · « **Reply #6 on:** May 09, 2014, 10:37:25 AM »

i want to try to make brown rice milk next. I will not buy anything with carrageenan in it and since now i can no longer drink almond milk, soy is my only option unless i make something myself. I could only find almond and soy milk without carrageenan.

caribougrrl · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2014, 11:40:52 AM »

remind me again why you won't buy things with carageenan?

merigayle · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2014, 02:02:06 PM »

Quote from: caribougrrl on May 09, 2014, 11:40:52 AM

remind me again why you won't buy things with carageenan?

I chose not to buy anything made with it because it can be extremely inflammatory to the digestive system as well as the body. I believe it is also illegal in many European countries. The doctor I saw yesterday was thrilled when I told her i made sure i did not buy carageenan.

ihop · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2014, 03:21:48 PM »

Quote from: caribougrrl on May 09, 2014, 07:31:19 AM

hi mango!

we missed you

1!

diablita · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2014, 04:13:39 PM »

hey mango!

caribougrrl · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2014, 06:35:28 PM »

Quote from: merigayle on May 09, 2014, 02:02:06 PM

I chose not to buy anything made with it because it can be extremely inflammatory to the digestive system as well as the body. I believe it is also illegal in many European countries. The doctor I saw yesterday was thrilled when I told her i made sure i did not buy carageenan.

gotcha... I couldn't remember if it was health or ethics!

does seaweed have the same issues, do you know, or just the extracted product?

merigayle · « **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2014, 07:57:04 PM »

Seems to just be carrageenan. Must be something with the extraction/ processing of it that makes it so inflammatory.

gebuh · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2014, 02:56:47 AM »

I soaked a cup of dried beans for about 15 hrs. Then steamed them in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes (some recipes called for cooking them, I found one that recommended steaming for 45 minutes, I thought the PC was a stroke of genius). Blended with 4 cups of water and strained (a really tedious process). The results tasted kinda beany. No one was very impressed.
I will keep trying.

diablita · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2014, 07:53:23 AM »

thanks for reporting back

merigayle · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2014, 09:58:42 AM »

gebuh, you need your daughter to make you tofu, didn't she used to make tofu?

I love my pressure cooker.

I guess I should find a rice milk recipe and try it this weekend.

gebuh · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2014, 11:49:28 AM »

Quote from: merigayle on May 10, 2014, 09:58:42 AM

gebuh, you need your daughter to make you tofu, didn't she used to make tofu?

I love my pressure cooker.

I guess I should find a rice milk recipe and try it this weekend.

Yeah she's going to have to - I have 15 lbs of beans to dispose of. Anybody want any?

merigayle · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2014, 12:04:56 PM »

they do not go bad, dried beans, i would let her make her her own tofu for the next 10 years

gebuh · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2014, 01:51:36 PM »

as an aside, after squeezing out the liquid you're left with a mass of gunk called okara. I used it to make vegan crab cakes from here. I fried instead of baking, they weren't bad, though next time I'll season them a bit differently.

Quote from: merigayle on May 10, 2014, 12:04:56 PM

they do not go bad, dried beans, i would let her make her her own tofu for the next 10 years

They prolly don't, but after awhile they do get old, I've seen that with other dried beans - keep them around too long and they don't soften well when you cook them. A few sites I looked at for the soymilk stressed using fresh beans.
But I'll try that also - I have a bag of soybeans in the pantry that dd2 got a couple of years ago from a farmer nearby (we used that to make tofu) - and see how it compares.
I soaked some more beans last night, I'm going to cook them instead of steaming and see if it makes a difference.

Dagstag v 2.0 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2014, 02:07:39 PM »

There is a great chocolate cashew milk recipe, as a treat...since it uses agave nectar as sweetener. Plain cashew milk is good too, though.

http://www.shutterbean.com/2012/raw-chocolate-milk/

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Author Topic: nut milks (Read 19213 times)