Make your own soymilk!

I’m taking a break from the crafty thing today to share a tip that will save you money! I have been making my soymilk for 9 months now. I got a Soyabella soymilk maker for Christmas and I love it. What’s more I can make a gallon of soymilk for about 25 cents! Compare to $8 a gallon at the grocery store. And I am using Organic soybeans too which are $1.50 a pound at the health food store and keep over a year (in Maine anyways). If you drink soymilk you will cave about $200-$600 depending on how much you drink and the machine costs only $100. Plus you are not paying to have what is 90% water shipped across the country, an ecological nightmare, and the savings are nice too!

My recipe: Fill the measuring cup about 1/4 inch from the top with soybeans, fill the rest of the way with brown rice. The brown rice makes the milk creamy. Do not add rice if you plan to use the milk to make tofu.

Soak the beans/rice for 4 hours or overnight in the grinding basket inside the utility cup. Rince the beans and hook the gringing basket to the head unit. Fill the soymilk maker base to the top line. Put on the head unit, plug it it and press “milk”. You will have fresh milk in 20 minutes!

You may add sweetner, vinalla and salt to the milk or enjoy it as is.

Okara: When your milk is made you will have a basket of soybean pulp called okara. It is pure protein/fiber and great to add to mashed potatoes, bread and pancakes.

for mashed potatoes simply dump in the okara, add garlic, chives, salt and margerine for a tasty side dish~

For pancakes replace halk the water/milk with okara and make sure they are thinner than usual. They will take longer to cook but you won’t feel “carbed out” after you eat them. You may want to add a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg to mask any soy flavor in the pancakes.

Bread is the trickiest. I use a beardmaker and replace half the water with okara. keep an eye on the bread as it mixes. If it is too sticky add more flour 1 tablespoon at a time until it looks normal.

You can find recipes out there on how to make soymilk from soy flour and with soybeans without a machine but this has worked the best for me. You can find a link to soyabella on the right sidebar under “products I use” I have not been paid to say that 🙂

Til next time, Happy Crafting and soymilkmaking too!

PS if you have okara tips please leave a comment and share!