Kathryn Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 I just bought myself a Soyabella soy milk and nut milk maker as an early birthday present, and I've been experimenting a bit. So far, I've made a hemp-sesame milk (3/4 hemp, 1/4 sesame, soak seeds 2 hours before grinding) which tastes a bit 'veggie' due to the hemp, but is better with a bit of agave and vanilla and makes a good smoothie. Today, I made macademia nut milk (1/2 cup macademia nuts, soaked overnight, makes 1 quart + 12 oz 'milk'). It was rather bland to begin with (but that's better than a funky aftertaste) but is DELISH with added agave, vanilla and a pinch of sea salt. Both milks are very pretty: 'milky' white and smooth. I hated to throw out the macademia nut past that was separated from the liquid, so I threw it together with some raw dried coconut, agave, vanilla and a touch of salt, and 6 'cookies' are now drying in my dehydrator. I don't know how they'll turn out, but the raw 'dough' tasted really good! So from 1/2 cup macademia nuts, I have over a quart of 'milk' and a half-dozen cookies. The high fat content doesn't seem so bad when it's divvied up like that! Anybody else make non-dairy 'milks'? Have a soymilk maker? Any recommendations for types of milks I should try? I'm planning to get a tofu-making kit (they cost $17.99) so I can make fresh (and I'm talking REALLY fresh) tofu from some of the soy milk I end up making. I'm always pleased when a new food experiment goes well, and so far, Im batting 100 (experimenting with raw dehydrated foods didn't have quite as positive a score!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 A few days ago I was going to make soy milk with my machine but I was out of beans(almost) so I made a 50/50 blend of soy and kasha. It was nice and pleasantly toasty...but today I made the best milk ever. I cooked short grain brown rice then put it in my machine. I don't like it sweet but it could be sweetened...anyway I think I like this much more than any soymilk I've ever made or purchased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigress Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I have never found a soy milk I like yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 We have hemp milk out here you've gotta try! Dave and I also have almond, oat, and other mylks. He has a mylk maker so we can make anything, pecan nut mylk, and really anything else. It's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelle Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I have never found a soy milk I like yet is the "alpro" brand available in the uk? I like it very much, especially the chocolate one most soy milks really suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigress Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Yes we get Alpro and you just reminded me that I tried and liked their soy shakes in chocolate and banana so thank you for that. With the plain soymilk, its the smell that actually puts me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelle Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 the smell? strange - I've never noticed that soy milk smells it's just neutral...hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I just made sesame milk for the first time(raw seeds...unhulled) and it blew my new favorite(rice milk from brown rice) out of the water. There is a lot of floating gunk in it but it tastes much better than any milk I've had(non sweetened too). ***Also a new thing I've been doing is making burgers with the filling...I add onions and/or potatoes as filler along with oregano, garlic, tumeric, a bit of gluten free all purpose flour, along with a bit of love...then I fry it in the teeniest bit of oil until it i browned...it sure is good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdarthveganx Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I second the hemp milk its really good. Either that or Almond taste the best, but I buy rice milk alot because its cheap and comes in bigger cartons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Homemade fresh tofu is so much better than the pre-packaged stuff. Other that soy milk, I have made brown rice milk, cashew milk and garbanzo milk. I liked the cashew milk quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Yeah...cashew is quite good...especially with a bit of agave By the way...how do you make your tofu??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Yeah...cashew is quite good...especially with a bit of agave By the way...how do you make your tofu??? I milk my beans with my Soyquick milker and then pour some coagulant into the pitcher, cover it for 10-15 minutes, then pour it into a press slowly over some cheesecloth, fold the cloth over the curd, press it and let it sit in the fridge for a little while to set hard. I bought all the supplies from this site:http://www.soymilkquick.com/soymilkmaker.htmlIf you already have a means of making soymilk, you just need the tofu kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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