Peanut Milk: The Even Cheaper Alternative to Almond Milk ketorecipes

Once upon a time (like, three weeks ago) I was shower-thinking about less expensive and more environmentally friendly alternatives to almond milk. Almond milk itself, is pretty cheap, with a half gallon costing somewhere around $2 at Aldi, but almonds use a TON of water to grow.

"There has to be another nut out there that can be made into milk, that doesn't cost that much, and doesn't use that much water!" I thought. So I did some internetting. The answer was staring me right in the face for years and I didn't even see it. Peanuts. "That's it!" I decided to look around and see what I could find on this used-for-everything-else-but-milk legume. I couldn't find much info on nutrition, but did find a good few recipes on how to make it. It's just like every other nut milk- easy! And you can use the roasted kind that always seems to be on sale at Kroger. Score!

I used dry roasted unsalted peanuts and soaked them overnight. This helps soften and plump them up. One cup of soaked peanuts to three cups of water in the blender for 20-30 seconds. Strain, and you have peanut milk! A 16 oz. jar, which contains about 4 cups of dried peanuts is around $2.00-$2.50, and can make about 5 batches of this milk. That is around a gallon of peanut milk for about two bucks. That's half the price of almond milk. According to the National Peanut Board, peanuts use about 6% of the amount of water to grow that almonds use. Win-Win!

The consistensy is the same, and the taste isn't overwhelming of peanuts. It smells like it, but really just tastes like fatty, milky, liquid. Kinda like unsweetened almond milk does. Plus, you have the pulp left over to use for other recipes. So far, I've only put it in my smoothies, and haven't really tried it for other recipes. I plan on trying it for other things, but thought I'd share it with you all so you can too. I can't wait to see what we come up with.

Here it is in recipe form: 3/4 cups dry roasted unsalted peanuts- soaked in water overnight (they plump up to equal about a cup of soaked peanuts) 3 cups water

Rinse soaked peanuts and add to blender with water. Blend for 20-30 seconds. Strain in nutmilk bag, cheesecloth, or other fine mesh strainer. Store in refrigerator.

Thanks for reading!

Submitted March 09, 2017 at 11:12PM by thefamilyjules42 http://ift.tt/2mLrWuY ketorecipes