When I noticed how much of my waste goes there too, I decided to improve. This was the starting point for my nut-milk love (and other sustainability efforts of which I will write in a different post).

Update November 2019: Over the years I have come to realise that recycling is not the answer to plastic waste either. Because only a small fraction of plastics actually get recycled (the number are somewhere between 10 and 40%) This is just not good enough, considering the billions of tons of plastics that us humans create each and every year. Refusing plastic is the best option after all. If we all give our best and reduce our plastic consumption, we can make HUGE impact! Let’s do it!

And should I actually mention that the main reason for me to make my own nut-milk is an ethical reason? Because I don’t want any animal mamas to have their children taken away and killed. And I don’t want these animal mamas being used and abused year after year until they will have their life brutally ended, once they don’t produce enough milk for us humans. It’s simply not necessary.

So there are 5 good reasons to make your own nut-milk:

1. You Reduce Waste

As I already said above, making your own nut-milk reduces packaging waste, especially if you focus on buying in bulk. Your local organic shop might be happy to accept your own containers (it works well for me). Imagine how many Tetrapaks you avoid in a month or year by making your own nut-milk!

2. You Choose The Ingredients

When you make your own nut-milk, you can also choose what goes into it! No weird ingredients that can’t be pronounced or whose function is unclear. And it still tastes good! Simplicity at it’s best! And it also works with seeds or even rice. There are almost no limits for your imagination.

3. You Can Save Money

When using seasonal, local nuts in your home-made nut-milk, you can save money and support local farmers.

4. You Can Make Yummy Stuff With The Leftover

Yes, that’s right! You can use the leftover pulp to make yummy treats and snacks. For example chocolate muffins or chocolate cookies or apple cinnamon cake. More recipes to follow soon!

5. You Get Satisfaction

Last but not least, it is very satisfying and gives one a sense of achievement to create your own delicious, sustainable and healthy nut-milk. Do you miss anything here? Are there other reasons that you would like to see added? Please let me know in the comments below.

How To Do It

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5 Good Reasons To Make Your Own Nut-Milk (+How To Do It)

To make your own nut-milk you need a reasonably good blender. A high-speed blender will be the best choice. And a nut milk bag. These can be bought at the organic shop or health shop. Alternatively you can use a clean dish-washing towel in a sieve.

Course Nut-Milk

Diet Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegan

Keyword Almond, dairy-free, Hazelnut, Nut-Milk

Servings 1 liter

Equipment

• Place nut-milk bag
• high-speed blender

Ingredients

• 1 cup of nuts, almonds, hazelnuts etc. soaked in filtered water for at least 8 hours, the drained
• 3 cups of water
• pinch salt
• some sweetener of your choice if desired
• 1 additional cup of water

Instructions

• Blend the nuts with approx. half the amount of water until they are ground very fine.
• Add the remaining water and keep blending for a little longer.
• Place nut-milk bag (or sieve with clean dish-washing towel) over a bowl and pour the blended mixture into it.
• Then take the nut-milk bag and gently knead it until most of the fluid is pressed out. Then press it a little more tightly but not too hard (in my experience your nut-milk bag might not last that long if you put too much pressure onto it).
  
• Pour the finished nut-milk into a glass jar. Add the additional cup of water into the nut-milk bag and let it soak a little. Then repeat step 4.
• Pour into the jar, cover with lid and store in fridge. Shake well before using.

Notes

Enjoy!

Please let me know what you think about this recipe, I’d love to hear from you! And if you remake this recipe, please share the picture with me on Pinterest, Instagram or Facebook.

A good reason to do some sprouting! Healthy and fresh and green, grown on the kitchen bench – so easy and so good to add some green to your diet!

I have a little corner where the sprouting jars do their thing. I try to have one starting when the other one is almost ready to harvest. This way I’m always in stock.

Seeds are available in health shops, organic shops and gardening centers. I recommend to search for a sprouting chart online, there are plenty available

What you need:

– a sprouting jar (a common large glass mason jar will do just fine)
– a sprouting lid (can be bought in health-shops, or made with a mason jar ring and a piece of cheese cloth)
– sprouting seeds

– a flat bowl works well to keep the jar in the preferred slight angle

How to do it:

Step 1
Put some seeds into the jar (depending on the type of seed, often a few tablespoons; for red clover seeds I use 1-2 tablespoons).

Cover well with water, screw the sprouting lid on and let soak during the night.

Step 2
In the morning, with the sprouting lid still on, rinse the jar with fresh water a couple of times and then place the jar on a slight angle in a warm, airy place, but avoid direct sunlight. The angle helps to get rid of the excess water, increases air circulation inside the jar and gives the sprouts more room to grow.

Step 3
In the evening, rinse the sprouts again and put back in their place.

Step 4
In the morning, rinse the sprouts again and put them back in their place.

Repeat step 3 and 4 until the sprouts are long and green enough for you.

Then place the sprouts in an airtight container and keep refrigerated. They should last up to 5 days.

Make sure the sprouts are dry enough before putting them into the container (best at the end of the drying cycle).

Enjoy!