Oat milk - 6 recipes how to make at home

In Western countries, the problem of intolerance to cow's milk has been solved for a long time. There on the shelves of shops you can find almond, coconut, hemp and cereal milk drinks. Similar products also began to appear in our supermarkets, however, the price of them strongly “bites”. But many of them can be done independently in your own kitchen. Like, for example, oat milk. Learn the secrets of its preparation from our article.

The chemical composition and calorie content of the drink

For more than a millennium, people have consumed milk. Most often on our tables you can find a cow’s “production” product enriched with vitamins and useful elements. But not everyone can drink such a drink. There is a category of people who cannot tolerate lactose — the carbohydrate present in it. What to do in this situation? Indeed, the composition of milk includes calcium, which any organism needs, regardless of age ...

There is a way out of this situation. And all thanks to oat grains, rich not only in calcium, but also in a number of other nutrients. From such cereals you can get tasty and healthy milk, which in saturation and color is no different from cow's. In such a drink, all the nutritional benefits and benefits of oats remain, since in the process of preparation the cereal is not subjected to any heat treatment. It has everything that our body requires for normal functioning - vitamins, minerals, vegetable protein and oils, lipids and unsaturated fats.

Oat milk is difficult to attribute to low-calorie foods - 145 Kcal per 100 ml of drink.

Such a drink is recommended to drink not only for those who cannot tolerate cow's milk, but also for everyone who suffers from pathologies associated with digestion, as well as people with reduced immunity. The use of a cereal drink has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin, teeth, nails and hair, helps to remove excess fluid from the body, helps the heart and activates mental activity.

There are no particular restrictions on the intake of oat milk. Of course, provided there is no allergy to cereal plants.

Classic Oat Milk Recipe

Oat milk is really a special product, however, its price is several times higher than the cost of a drink of animal origin. Therefore, it is better to cook milk from oats yourself - it’s both cheaper and better. Learn how to make oat milk at home right now.

For the recipe we’ll take oatmeal, such as “Hercules”, and plain cooled boiled water. To get milk, you need to take the ingredients in a ratio of 1:10, that is, per 100 grams of cereal you will need a liter of water. From improvised means you will need a blender and a sieve (you can take gauze).

Cooking method:

1. Pour cereal into the dishes, but not those that do not need cooking. Due to steaming, such flakes remain practically without vitamins, which means that the value of milk is reduced to zero.
2. Fill the flakes with water and wait until they swell. It will take about 10 to 12 hours. Therefore, it is better to do such a process at night in order to enjoy the finished drink in the morning.
3. Soft flakes beat with a blender until smooth. In the process of whipping, the mass will become almost white. You can say that this is milk, but it is better to filter it so that the drink is pleasant to drink.
4. To do this, take a sieve (gauze) and filter the resulting composition. The mass remaining on the sieve can also be eaten, for example, with fruit or used as an ingredient for baking.

About 100 cups of milk comes out of 100 grams of cereal, which can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.

Whole oats

You can make a tasty and healthy drink not only oatmeal, but also from whole grains. To do this, take oats, wash it well and pour it into any suitable container.

Water must be boiled and cooled (ratio of oats and water, see above). Pour the grains with water and leave for 12 hours.

Now, as in the previous recipe, beat all the ingredients with a blender and filter the finished drink. Oatmeal or whole oat milk has equally beneficial properties.

Cooking with Cow's Milk

If you can easily carry cow's milk, you can use it in cooking oatmeal.

Ingredients:

• liter of cow's milk;
• a glass of unpeeled oats;
• sugar at will and to taste, starting from one spoon.

Cooking method:

1. We sort out the oats, wash and dry.
2. Pour the cow's milk into a stewpan, put it on the fire, and as soon as the drink boils, pour the grains into it. Reduce the heat and simmer the liquid under the closed lid for two hours.
3. If you have a crock-pot in your house, then feel free to use it to prepare the drink in question. To do this, put all the above ingredients in the bowl, set the "Extinguishing" mode and wait for the sound signal.
4. After the specified time, we filter the milk, while the oats must be squeezed out properly.

If you like sweet drinks, then you can sweeten the resulting composition, but it will bring more benefits without any additives.

Oat milk smoothie

Smoothies - a thick drink made from crushed fruits, berries and vegetables, with the addition of juice, ice cream or milk. Oatmeal is also quite suitable for making such a cocktail. You can take any berries or fruits, because each component has its own unique properties.

Ingredients:

• a glass of cereal milk;
• one banana and one kiwi;
• if desired, a spoonful of honey.

Cooking method:

1. In a bowl of a blender or mixer we put pieces of fruit. You can put honey, but do not forget that the fruits themselves are sweet.
2. Beat the ingredients until smooth, then pour in the milk and mix with a regular whisk.
3. Ready smoothies are best served chilled.

Nutty drink

If you add a little nutmeg to oat milk, you get a drink with a pleasant nutty flavor. It is also worth noting that nutmeg is a rather healthy product. Helping the human body to better absorb milk, it also strengthens memory, makes thoughts clear, and sleep sound. But remember that an excess of nutmeg can dull the sharpness of the mind. Therefore, in a glass of oat milk, just add the nutmeg on the tip of the knife and mix.

To prepare such a drink, it is better to take a whole nutmeg nut and rub it on a fine grater. Its valuable oils evaporate quickly, and therefore a ready-made powder will give the drink only a nutty taste, but not good.

With the addition of different cereals

Milk can be prepared in a more original way, using a mixture of cereals from 5 cereals. Such a product can be found in any store, the main thing is that the flakes are intended for long cooking.

Ingredients:

• 15 tablespoons of cereal mixture;
• 700 ml of water plus a glass for soaking;
• optionally honey, cinnamon and vanilla.

Cooking method:

1. Pour the flakes into the bowl, fill them with water and wait until they swell.
2. Then we drain the water, and send the swollen mass to the mixer. Fill a bowl of clean boiled water and beat for less than a minute.
3. The resulting composition is passed through a sieve, the milk is returned to the mixer and whipped again. Then filter and pour into a convenient container.

If desired, you can add honey, cinnamon and vanilla to the drink.

And if you put cocoa, you get delicious chocolate milk.

Oat milk is certainly useful, but if you are not allergic to cow, then you should not refuse it, because each of these products is rich and unique in its own way.