DIY Cashew Milk

Using plant-based milk? Try this DIY cashew milk recipe.

Concerned about the ingredients? This is the recipe you need.

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I’m a big fan of Weston Price style clean eating. I also spent two years dairy free. How did I reconcile clean eating with milk from a carton? How did I eat clean plant-based milk while working a full time job and homesteading? I finally learned how to DIY cashew milk.

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I know you are busy too so I won’t make a crazy long post. Let me just say that after spending hours and hours searching for a plant-based milk that wasn’t actually dangerous to my gut — I started making my own super easy cashew milk. This won’t work if you are allergic to cashews, but for everyone else here is the way to do it.

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DIY Creamy Cashew Milk Recipe

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Cashew milk is my favorite plant-based milk. It’s so creamy and versatile. Plus this recipe has 2 basic ingredients and you can add things like salt or add lemon juice to make sour cream substitute.

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Prep Time 8 hours hrs

Servings 4 people

Equipment

• 1 Blender or smoothie maker
• 1 Jar or other container to hold cashews and water
• 1 Measuring Cup any size
• 1 food strainer or sieve

Ingredients

  

• 1 Cup Raw Cashews
• 1 Quart Water plus more
• pinch salt

Instructions

 

• Use only raw organic cashews for this recipe.
• Measure 1 cup cashews into a strainer and rinse with cold water
• Transfer cashews to the glass jar
• Fill jar with clean water
• Let the cashews soak overnight or about 8 hours
• Pour off the water and rinse the cashews again. And rinse the jar.
• Put the cashews back into the jar and add just enough water to cover the cashews
  
• Now blend up the cashews and water. No need to strain it. Blend until it’s really smooth.
• To make sour cream: add a tablespoon of lemon juice, a Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and a pinch of salt
• To make a cheesy sauce add nutritional yeast to taste (about 2 TBS), a pinch on onion powder, a pinch of garlic powder and salt to taste.
• Store in the refrigerator for 3 – 4 days.

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Keyword Easy, Vegan, Protein, Blender, plant-based

So that’s all there is to it. Give it a try and let me know what you think.