Nut Milk Bag
Nuts are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, and a host of other minerals such as manganese, calcium, potassium. One of the nuts, cashews, is rich in oleic acid, which is also found in olives. With such nutritional benefits coming with them, many people use nut milk either to supplement their milk intake, or as a health food. The best way to make nut milk out of nuts is using a nut milk bag. These milk bags are designed specifically for nuts, and as such have many advantages over your normal strainer you could buy in your nearest store. Here we talk about the advantages of nut milk bags, and go over the process of getting the milk out of almonds using one.
Advantages of Nut Milk Bags
Nut milk bags are made out of mesh cloth, usually nylon, which does not allow the nut pulp to stick with it, so once when you are done with making the milk, you do not have a mess to deal with. Furthermore, you can then use the pulp of the nut for some other purpose, such as dehydrating the pulp to make into biscuits. Most of the nut milk bags also come with a drawstring, which adds to the ease of use of the bag.
Another advantage of nut milk bags is that you can use them as sprouting bags. Why buy packages of sprouts when you sprout your own legumes, seeds and pulses? For a bag that has twin purposes, and is reusable, nut milk bags are a must have for anyone with interest in healthy eating and living.
How to Make Almond Milk Using a Nut Milk Bag
Almond milk is a great alternative to dairy milk. Almonds are good for balanced cholesterol, are gluten free and low in carbs. Here is how you can get almond milk:
Ingredients: 200 grams of raw unsalted almonds; 1 vanilla bean or vanilla extract; 4 cups of water
Steps to make almond milk:
- Soak the almonds in water and keep them like that overnight. This will soften th almonds, and make it easy to get their milk.
- Put them in a blender with 3 cups of fresh water. You can also put the vanilla in the mix now, or later blend the vanilla when the milk is ready.
- Blend the almonds with the water till you get a smooth puree.
- Â Now pour the pure into a nut milk bag, and squeeze the bag till you get the almond pulp. Pour the almond pulp into a cup or container. Your almond milk is ready. Additionally you can save the pulp for some cookie or biscuit recipe.