The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw by Mark Reinfeld & Bo Rinaldi & Jennifer Murray

Author:Mark Reinfeld & Bo Rinaldi & Jennifer Murray [Reinfeld, Mark & Rinaldi, Bo & Murray, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: IB Dave's Library
Published: 2010-05-10T14:49:36+00:00

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Nut Milks and Cheeses

In This Chapter

u The bounty of plant cheeses

u The healthiest and most delicious milks around

u Perfect cheese dips for crudités

Nuts and seeds make delicious and healthful cheeses and milks. They contain lots of nutrients and antioxidants and provide the familiar tastes and textures found in dairy cheeses. Plant cheeses, like their dairy cousins, go great on pizzas and as dips for crudités or as fil ings for live burritos. Making the cheeses with rejuvelac enhances the culturing process and brings out natural flavors. The milks are great as the base for smoothies and soups, poured over raw granola, or on their own as a refreshing beverage. In the following recipes, you’ll notice that soaked nuts and seeds are listed as ingredients. The quantity listed refers to the unsoaked amount of nuts or seeds. To use, rinse them well and place them in a bowl or jar with filtered water in a 1 part seed or nut to 4 part water ratio. Allow to sit for 2 to 6

hours or overnight before draining and using in recipes. (See Chapter 8 for the recommended soak times for various nuts and seeds.)

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Almond Milk

This simple milk has a sublimely sweet and nutty flavor.

Yield: 4 cups

1 cup almonds, soaked at

4 cups filtered water

least 2 hours

Prep time: 5 minutes

Soak time: 2 hours mini 1. Drain and rinse almonds. Place in a blender with water, and mum

blend on high speed for 15 seconds.

Serving size: 1⁄2 cup

Each serving has:

2. Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Use over live granolas (recipes in Chapter 16), in beverages, or on its own. 103 calories

Store milk in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator for 9 g total fat

3 or 4 days.

.7 g saturated fat

Variation: Add 1/4 cup pitted dates, soaked for at least 1 hour, to 3.8 g protein

step 1 for added sweetness. Also try 2 tablespoons agave nectar. 3.5 g carbohydrate

Also instead of almonds, try substituting an equal amount of your 2 g fiber

favorite nut such as macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, cashews, Brazil 0 mg cholesterol

nuts, walnuts, or pecans.

2.5 mg sodium

Tasteful Tip

Sweetening with dates provides texture and nutrition and is an easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Soaking dates as

well as dried figs or raisins leaves you with water you can use as a sweetener in other dishes.

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Chocolate-Hazelnut Milk

This nutty chocolate beverage is sure to please all members of your family.

1 cup hazelnuts, soaked at

1⁄4 cup agave nectar

Yield: 4 cups

least 2 hours

1⁄4 tsp. cinnamon

Prep time: 5 minutes

4 cups filtered water

Pinch cayenne (optional)

Soak time: 2 hours mini1⁄4 cup raw cacao powder

mum

Serving size: 1⁄2 cup

1. Place hazelnuts, water, cacao powder, agave nectar, and Each serving has:

cinnamon in a blender, and blend on high speed for 15 to

150 calories

20 seconds. Vary amount of agave nectar as necessary to alter 9 g total fat

the sweetness.

1 g saturated fat

2. Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Use as a base for 3.5 g protein

an infinite array of smoothies and shakes. Store milk in an 15 g carbohydrate

airtight glass container in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 days.

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