How to make: cashew nut milk and coconut milk #lowcarb #vegan

You will not believe when I say that it’s very easy to make your own vegetarian milk!
In today’s video you will learn how to make two different types: Cashew Nut milk and Coconut milk.

They are yummy, healthy, and ridiculously easy to make at home. Ah, and using the same directions described in the video above, you can easily create other milk flavours, such as almond, Brazil nuts, and macadamias.

Ingredients

• Cashew nut milk
  • 1 cup (100 grams) of raw cashew nuts
  • 750ml of hot water
• Coconut milk
  • 1 cup (100 grams) of coconut meat (or coconut flakes)
  • 750ml of hot water (in case you are using fresh coconut, you can include here the water from the fruit).

Directions

1. Cashew nut milk
   1. Soak the raw cashew nuts with fresh water for at least 5 hours.
   2. By the next day, drain and rinse the nuts. Reserve.
   3. In a blender, add the nuts and blend them until a paste is formed.
   4. Now add the hot water.
   5. Once everything is smooth and well combined, pour the liquid in a glass container.
   6. It’s done and ready to drink! You can keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days – no more!
2. Coconut milk
   1. In a blender, add the coconut meat (or coconut flakes) and hot water.
   2. Blend everything together for about 3 minutes.
   3. Cover a bowl with a cheesecloth (you can use a sieve to add some support to the cheesecloth) and pour the blended liquid on it.
   4. Squeeze through the cheesecloth. All the milk will pass through and small coconut flakes will be retained by the cheesecloth. Don’t throw them away when you finish; you can add to a cake or use to make pancakes.
   5. Store the milk in a clean glass container.
   6. It’s done and ready to drink! You can keep it in the fridge for a maximum of 3 days.

Tip: In case you decide to make almond, brazil nuts, walnuts or any other kind of nut milk, I suggest you to follow the same process as I showed above to make cashew nut milk, but then drain the liquid using a cheesecloth. These types of nuts always leave some residues, different from cashew nuts.

* Note: net carb count = total carbs - fiber. Carb count is estimated based on the products I used.
Always check nutrition labels for accurate carb counts and gluten information.