Homemade Flax Seed Milk recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup flax seeds
4 ½ cups water

Nutrition Info

103.5 calories
carbohydrate: 5.6 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 8.2 g
fiber: 5.3 g
protein: 3.5 g
saturatedFat: 0.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 13.8 mg
sugar: 0.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Blend flax seeds and water in a blender on high for 1 minute, allow to rest for 2 minutes. Blend again on high for 1 minute, allow to rest for 5 minutes. Blend again for 30 seconds.

  2. Pour milk through a nut bag or a strainer lined with cheesecloth into a pitcher or glass container, press solids with back of a spoon to extract liquid. Gather cheesecloth around solids, twist and squeeze to extract all the liquid.

Recipe Yield

4 cups

Recipe Note

DIY flax seed milk can not only save money but also keep you from using the store-bought kind with chemicals and additives. Adjusting the amount of water used can also produce a thicker outcome giving you a creamier texture to use in place of cream in recipes.

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