WALNUT MILK

WALNUT MILK

Ingredients:

This is my first time making walnut milk and I'm very happy with my results. :)

• 4 cups, Water
• 1 cup, Walnuts
• Optional Sweetener (pick one or all)
• 1-2 tbsp, Organic Blue Agave (you can use more if you like)
• 1/2 tsp, Vanilla Powder
• 3 or more Dates (pitted)

Tools:

• High-Speed Blender (I used my Vitamix)
• Nut Bag 
• Large Spoon
• Something to help you pour your milk into its storage container

Directions:

Soak walnuts overnight with more than enough water to cover it. The next day, drain the container.

Put all the ingredients in order of the ingredients' list into your high speed blender.

Turn on the blender and slowly increase the speed from the lowest setting to the highest. Blend for at least one minute or more to get the consistency you want.

Let the mixture sit in the blender for a few minutes. Using a large spoon, scoop off the top layer of foam from your nut milk.

Put the nut bag into the large bowl and then pour the milk mixture into the nut bag. Pull the draw string and start squeezing your milk into the bowl until only the pulp is left in the nut bag. Put your walnut milk into your container of choice and store in the refrigerator for a week. Put the walnut pulp into a container to use for another recipe.

That's it!

Comment below and let me know if you like it! :)

How To Make Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk

How To Make Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk

(updated)

Ingredients:

This recipe is simple. It's a vegan alternative to condensed milk. Condensed milk, which you can find at any grocery store, is made with cow's milk. Well, since I don't drink cow's milk and I need some condensed milk for my Jamaican cornmeal porridge, an alternative was needed, lol. For this recipe, all you need is two ingredients:

• 1 can of Organic Coconut Milk (read the ingredients label to make sure the only ingredient is organic coconut milk). If you can't find the organic kind, you can use the regular one.

• 1/4 cup of Coconut Sugar (read the ingredients label to make sure the only ingredient is coconut sugar). Alternatives to coconut sugar: 1/4 - 1/3 cups of maple syrup or agave.

Directions:

Using a small sauce pot, heat up the coconut milk on high for 5 minutes.

After about 5 minutes, lower the heat, and stir in the coconut sugar slowly (don't burn the sugar). If you want it sweeter, you can add more sugar.

Simmer for about 1 hour and 15 minutes while stirring as needed. Stir more frequently as it gets thicker (towards the end of the time).

Cool, place it in a glass jar with lid, and refrigerate overnight. That's it!


Note: the color of the condensed coconut milk depends on the sweetener--coconut sugar will give it a light caramel looking color. Also, you can use other alternative milk and even the coconut milk that's not in a can; however, the process will take longer.

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