Cashew Milk
Cashew milk, a creamy and delicious plant-based drink. It’s ready in 5 minutes and it only needs 2 ingredients: cashews and water.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Total Time5 minutes mins
Course: Drinks, How-Tos
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegan
Servings: 4 cups (1 l)
Calories: 178kcal
- 1 cup unsalted raw cashews
- 3-4 cups water I used 4 cups (1 l)
Soak the cashews overnight the night before. You can also soak them in hot water for 30 minutes before you start making the milk, but it’ll have a lighter texture if you soak the cashews all night long.
Drain and rinse the cashews, put them into a blender with 3-4 cups of water and blend until well mixed.
If you have a powerful blender and don’t mind if your cashew milk is thicker you can drink it just like that. If not, you can strain the milk using a cheesecloth, a fine mesh strainer, a napkin, or a nut milk bag.
Keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- Using raw unsalted cashews is the best option, but if you can’t find them, use roasted cashews instead. I wouldn’t recommend using salted or fried cashews.
- Feel free to replace cashews with any other nut and make a different kind of plant milk.
- To make this homemade cashew milk, use just 3 cups of water (750 ml), try it, and then add more water until you obtain the texture you’re looking for. Use a bit less water for a creamy texture and a bit more for it to be more liquid.
- Use a high-powered blender or a regular blender.
- You can also incorporate some other ingredients like vanilla extract, cocoa powder, ground cinnamon, or sweetener (dates, sugar, maple syrup or agave syrup, etc.) for dairy-free milk full of flavor. I sometimes add a pinch of salt, but it's not necessary.
- Nutritional info has been calculated after straining the cashew milk. If you don’t, it’ll be more caloric.
Serving: 1cup (240 ml) | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 213mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 2mg