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Milks & Yogurts

Recipes, tips and ideas for making vegan Milks & Yogurts in a practical, healthy and sustainable way.

Milk nut/seed/grain beverage#

Ingredients#

  • Oats/Rice, 3 cups
  • Water, 4-6 cups
  • Toasted nut/seed butter 2 tbsp
  • Nuts and seed (1 cup)
    • Peanut/Cashews/Hazelnut/Almond
    • Sunflower/Pumpkin
    • Chia/Flax
  • Sweetener
    • Banana (1 cup, can be baked or seared)
    • Dates/Plums/Raisins (1/2 cup)
  • Flavouring and Spices
    • Cocoa
    • Cinnamon
    • Ginger
    • Pumpkin Spice
    • Vanilla/Coconut/Cinnamon extract

Examples#

  • Choco-Banana: Cocoa/Banana/Hazelnut/Peanut
  • Pumpkin: Pumpkin/Almond/Pumpkin Spice
  • Gut Health: Plums/Raisins/Ginger/Chia

Tips#

  • Sunflower seed are a cost effective way to introduce some fat and variety in texture and nutrition
  • Chia and Flax are great for a thicker texture and they contain a high omega-3 and fiber content. You can also use corn meal or equivalent to increase the thickness
  • You can find some beautiful glass bottles for fridge storage
  • A multi-functional pot which then can be used for making yogurt

Storage#

  • Up to 3 days in the fridge
  • Can be freezed in silicone bags. Let it thaw and throw it in the blender when you are ready for a refill.

Recipe#

  • Leave the nuts, seeds and grains soaking overnight or for a couple of hours. You may speed up the process by heating up the water
  • With a strainer, remove the water
  • Add the ingredients along with the water to a blender
  • Boil for 20 minutes. Mix to distribute the heat and keep the bottom from burning. May use a big pot with more water so you don't need to attachment
  • Add to a blender with more water until you find the proper consistency. If you plan on making yogurt or ice-cream, you may set aside some of the liquid without adding more water to keep that smooth gesture
  • Let it cool and store

Soy Milk#

Steps

  • Leave the soy to soak overnight with plenty of water.
  • Strain the soy
  • Blend the strained soy with water
  • Add salt. You may add other ingredients, such as bananas, dates and spices.
    • Or you can wait until straining to have the unflavoured soy for other preparations such as burgers or sausages
  • Cook in a pressure cooker or big pot, stir constantly so it does not stick
  • Add more water and let the mixture cool
  • With a strainer, filter the liquid
  • If you want to separate all the solids, use the nut milk strainer bag with the already strained liquid
  • For a sweet or spiced milk you may add dates, plums, nut/seed butter, cacao, spices or cooked bananas. You can find some example combinatios here.

Solids

You may toast the strained solids for a high protein soy product. Mix it with spices, vegetables and sauces for burgers or sausages. A simple garlic and onion powder, paprika, nutritional yeast and nut or seed butter would work, add flours iif you need an additional binder and shape to you liking or leave as crumbs. You may also make a hummus spread with the soy instead of chickpeas.

Tofu#

Yogurt#