Quinoa Milk

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup quinoa (for color of the final milk. pink milk= nasty!)
• water, as needed (filtered if desired)
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 1. place the uncooked quinoa in a fine-mesh seive and wash, wash, wash it. why? quinoa seeds have a bitter coating called saponin that you want to wash off.).
• 2 2. put the washed quinoa into a glass container with a lid. cover the seeds with water, put the lid on it, pop it in the fridge overnight.
• 3 3. the next morning, pour the soaked quinoa into a seive and wash it again.
• 4 4. put the quinoa into a pot with 2 cups fresh water (not the water it soaked in) and a pinch of salt. bring it to a boil, covered.
• 5 5. turn the heat down and simmer the quinoa (covered) until all the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
• 6 6. place the cooked quinoa in a blender with 2 more cups of water.
• 7 7. blend on high for 1 mkinute, then add water until the milk reaches your desired consistency. you would add any desired sweeteners and flavorings at this point.
• 8 8. strain the quinoa milk through a fine cheesecloth (a clean napkin will do) into a bowl. note that, even with the straining, there will still be flecks of quinoa in the milk. these will settle out later, so don't worry.
• 9 9. pour the quinoa milk into a clean quart-size jar, and stick it in thew fridge to cool.
• 10 note that the milk may seperate a little. this is okay. just give it a little stir.
• 11 the milk will keep about a week, unless you freeze it (i guess you could freeze it? i've never tried.).
• 12 happy quinoa-milk making!