Non-dairy milk probably isn’t something you usually think of making yourself. And yet homemade nut milk is so delicious and so EASY! I mean 5 minutes max. Why not make it yourself?
And making your own means you have a plethora of varieties and flavors to choose from instead of drinking the same thing every day. Use almonds to change things up, add more coconut milk for a richer taste, drop in a few strawberries for strawberry flavored milk, vanilla flavoring can be replaced with almond flavoring or maple flavoring, throw a banana in for a sweet banana milk. Whatever suits your fancy.
How to Use This Non-Dairy Milk
Enjoy this Coconut Brazil Nut milk over Baked Apple Blueberry Oatmeal, Cranberry Apple Crisp, Tropical Granola or Maple Nut Granola or with another of my delicious breakfast recipes.
Or you can use it in my recipes for smoothies, like Cherry Milkshake, Blueberry Smoothie, or Strawberry Lime Smoothie.
Or with these yummy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies.
Coconut Brazil Nut Milk
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raw Brazil nuts
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup – optional
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups (one 14-ounce can) full-fat coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- additional water as needed to reach desired consistency
Instructions
- Place Brazil nuts, sweetener, and 1 cup water in blender and blend on high until very, very smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until well mixed.
- Chill. Stir before using.
Coconut Brazil Nut Milk and Weight Loss
This rich, creamy milk must be fattening? Right? Not at all!
In fact, it may even help with weight loss. Not only does this milk provide the nutritious benefit of nuts – which have been shown to help with weight loss – but it also offers some slimming fiber and is devoid of the cholesterol found in dairy milk.
Enjoy!
Susan
December 6, 2012 at 1:57 pmI don’t have a high-power blender. Do Brazil nuts blend well in a regular blender?
This looks good, and I’m going to try some. Thanks for the recipe.
Jennifer
December 6, 2012 at 3:54 pmWithout a high-power blender, the milk won’t turn out quite as smooth. However, Brazil nuts are one of the easiest nuts to blend, so even if the end result isn’t perfectly smooth, it may be quite good.
Or maybe you could start dropping hints : ) The holidays are here and a good blender makes cooking a lot more fun!
https://jenniferskitchen.com/2012/06/how-to-choose-a-blender.html
Zoraida
December 18, 2012 at 8:30 pmThose cookies look really nice, do you have the recipe here on the website? I can’t find it, nor in your book, In Good Health.
Thanks!
Jennifer
December 19, 2012 at 6:51 pmHello Zoraida,
I will be posting the recipe for the Chewy Crispy Coconut Oatmeal cookies on the website very soon … probably within the next month or so. : )
Jennifer
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July 17, 2013 at 10:22 amThis is exactly what I was should complete my paper.
Many thanks for such an extensive description and keeping it simple sufficient for everybody to understand without going to find crucial terms and phrases.
Much appreciated.