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Nut Milks

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Pecan Milk

  • 3/4 cup pecans
  • 4 cups of water
  • 1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
  1. Soak pecans in bowl with water overnight.
  2. After soaking, pour off the water and rinse pecans well
  3. Blender with 4 cups of hot water for 3 minutes or until completely creamy
  4. Strain through cheesecloth
  5. Store in fridge

For flour, spread pecan pulp onto a tray and cook in open oven (door open) at 170 for 2-3 hours until dry.  Blend the pulp into flour.

 

Almond Milk

  • 1 cup almonds, covered in cold water and soaked overnight
  • 3 cups water
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla (optional)
  1. Add 3 cups of water and drained almonds to blender.
  2. Blend for 1 minute
  3. Store in fridge

 

Cashew Milk

  • 2 cups cashews, covered in cold water and soaked overnight
  • 2 cups water (include soaking water)
  • 1 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 cup ice cubes
  1. Blender ingredients in order listed above for 40 seconds
  2. Store in fridge

Iced Coffee

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1/3 cup whole coffee beans
1 1/2 cups cold water, preferably filtered
Ice, to taste
Milk, to taste
Sweeteners, such as flavored syrups, caramel, or melted chocolate, optional

  1. Grind the coffee beans: Grind 1/3 cup of coffee beans until they are coarse enough to be filtered by the French press, yet fine enough to infuse well. On my burr grinder, I grind right in between middle and fine.
  2. Combine the ground coffee and water in the French press: Pour the ground coffee into the French press and top with 1 1/2 cups of water.
  3. Stir to incorporate: Gently stir the coffee with the water until well-blended.
  4. Put on French press lid: Make sure the plunger is in the up position.
  5. Steep the coffee overnight in the fridge: Leave the plunger in the up position so the grounds infuse the water overnight.
  6. Plunge to separate the coffee from the grounds: The next morning, plunge the French press to separate the coffee from the grounds.
  7. Make your iced coffee: Fill a glass with ice cubes and fill partway with milk. Fill the rest of the glass with iced coffee. Stir to combine and enjoy!