Kitchen Tip Tuesday

I like soy milk my body prefers soy milk over cows milk. I am not a big milk drinker but I love soy shakes. So with the price of everything going up I wanted to just like with everything else figure out how to make it on my own . I knew I could but could I make it without a fancy machine and the answer is a big YES!

Needed
blender or hand blender
bowl
soy beans ( I bought organic from Azure Standard)
pot
colander
and somethng like a pillowcase or cheese clothe.


First soak your beans overnight like you would any dry bean

In the morning drain them off if using a blender dump your beans and 2 cups fresh water into it and puree. If like I did above using a hand blender drain off beans add 2 cups fresh water and puree.
While you are doing this bring 6 cups of water to a boil on the stove. Use a big pot.

Pour in your soy bean puree. Now stir over moderate heat till it froths when it froths it will do it fast and go up and out of the pot if your are not stirring. Once it froths you turn it down and let it simmer for 10 minutes. This is a must and has to be done. Soy has a trypsin inhibitor in it by cooking it for 10 minutes you are deactivating this inhibitor. You want this since trypsin helps you digest protein you don't want this enzyme inhibited.

Next I use a big plastic bowl a strainer and a pillow case. It is washed with natural laundry soap and is 100% cotton. Yes it is bright pink but that makes it fun. I use a pillow case for this and making ricotta because it is easier to pour it in a bag than a big flat piece of fabric.You pour the hot beans and milk into the pillowcase and strainer so it drains into the bowl. Once its drained give it a pretty good squeeze to get the rest of the liquid out this is very hot! Pour 2 cups of cold water over beans (Okara) and squeeze again. Now you have soy milk in the bowl put in jars and put in fridge will last a week. The beans you can toss make patties out of etc. I feed them to my chickens they love them. You can now make tofu with your milk or whatever you want and have the desire to try!

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