Chia or Hemp Milk

By vdub

Ingredients

• Quick and Easy Hemp Seed or Chia Seed Milk
• For Chia Milk: 2.5 tbsp chia seeds
• For Hemp Milk: 5 tbsp hemp seeds
• 3 cups of water
• 1.5 tbsp walnuts
• 1 tbsp Artisana, organic raw sesame tahini
• 1/4 tsp vanilla powder or liquid vanilla
• 2 to 4 drops of liquid Stevia, or another sweetener mentioned in the delicious tips.

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins

Preparation

Step 1

Soak all ingredients in a glass container for about 4 hours or overnight in the fridge. Shake the glass container a few times, as chia seeds like to clump together.
Poor the soaked chia or hemp seeds mixture into a blender and blend at high speed for approx. 1 to 2 minutes. The blending time varies with the type of blender you are using. I have a Vitamix and it takes about 1 minute.

The milk will keep for about 4 days in the fridge.


Other ideas:

You can rotate the types of nuts used each time you make the recipe to get a variety of nutrients. I use a variety of nuts like mac nuts, cashews, brazil nuts, and pecans. At times I substitute the nuts with pumpkin or sunflower seeds.
Instead of Stevia you could add 1 to 2 dates or 2 dried apricots. Some people prefer to sweeten with dried fruits to get extra fiber. One of my favorite sweetners is coconut sugar (also called palm sugar). I add a 1 tbsp.
Please do not use white sugar or artificial sweetener. Make the milk with as little sweetener as possible. Your body will thank you for it!