Creamy Homemade Cashew Milk- 5 Ways

Hi guys, welcome to the Feel Good Kitchen. I am Jacqueline King, and I'm really excited today because I'm doing my first YouTube video. And today we're going to make some of my absolute favorite drinks with cashew milk. So once you learn how to make your own nut milk, you're never gonna wanna buy the store-bought stuff again. It has a lot of additives, a lot of times, and unnatural ingredients. So this is a lot more delicious, first of all, which is the most important thing, and super quick and easy. So I'll show you how. So we're starting off with one cup of soaked and rinsed cashew nuts. And to that, we're going to add three cups of filtered water. And then we're just going to blend that, starting on low and then bringing it up to high for two minutes. And that's it. That's delicious, creamy cashew milk. The great thing about cashews is that you don't usually have to strain them if you've soaked them. So this is unsweetened, and I like to keep this in the fridge. It's great on granola or if you wanna add some creaminess to soups or sauces. But then I also like to use half of it to make a vanilla-flavored milk. And that's my favorite thing to drink in my coffee in the morning. So I'm just going to take half of this, which is going to be two cups. And to this, I just add about a teaspoon of vanilla extract and a teaspoon of maple syrup. And you can add more or less if you like it sweeter. And then just a little tiny pinch of sea salt. Really brings out the flavor. It's delicious. Shake it up. And that is ready to go for tomorrow morning. So now with our unsweetened cashew milk, we can make one of my favorite drinks, which is a strawberry rose-flavored milk. It might sound a little bit strange. A rose flavoring, but it is so wonderful with strawberry. I actually had that for the first time as a gelato flavor in Italy. So I decided to try to recreate a similar flavor here. So we start off with one cup of the unsweetened cashew milk. And to that, we're just going to add a half a teaspoon of vanilla extract and one teaspoon of honey. So next we're gonna add the rose water. This has a really concentrated flavor. So you just want to add a drop at a time. You just want to use about two or three drops. Add four ripe strawberries. And we're just gonna blend that up. That's it. So I'm just gonna give it a little taste to make sure the flavors are all balanced. Okay, so I like to serve this over ice and I like to finish with a little fresh mint leaf and a slice of strawberry and then another drizzle of honey. So next we're gonna make salted caramel cashew milk. And it literally just has three ingredients. So we start off with one cup of the unsweetened cashew milk. And to that, we're going to add two medjool dates. These are what gives it that incredible, sweet caramel flavor. And I know you wouldn't think that dates will taste like caramel, but mixed with the creamy richness of the cashew milk, it really, really does just taste like caramel deliciousness. I'm just gonna add a little pinch of sea salt. So start off with just a little bit and you can always add more. And that's it. We just blend it up for a few seconds. I'm just gonna taste it. So it has that perfect balance of the sweet with the salty and the creamy. Okay, and the last drink we're going to make is one that I absolutely love because it is really chocolatey, but it also has a little bit of spice and a little bit of smokiness from the smoked salt that we're using. And smoked salt is just exactly that. It is salt that has been smoked. So you can find it at most grocery stores. We're going to use cacao powder to give us that really rich, chocolatey flavor. And it has a lot of antioxidants. It actually has a higher antioxidant rating than blueberries. I love this one because you can drink it either cold or hot. My favorite is to drink it hot, like a hot cocoa, spicy though. All right, so we're going to start off with one cup of cashew milk. And this is per serving. And to that, we're going to add one heaping teaspoon of cacao powder. Maybe just a little more, why not? Pinch of cinnamon and cardamom. Just to add some warm, spicy flavor. And a teaspoon of vanilla extract. And this is ready to go just like this, but I like to add a little bit of heat. I'm Mexican, so I like my chocolate to be really spicy. So I'm going to add just a pinch of cayenne. And a bit of smoked salt. I love the smokiness that this adds to the chocolate flavor. And that's ready to go. You can serve this over ice, but again, it's wonderful heated. So I'm just going to heat this up on the stove for just a couple of minutes. You just want to bring it to a simmer. You don't have to boil it or anything. And I love to finish it with just a bit of fresh grated nutmeg. All right, and that is our cashew milk five ways. I hope you guys try them and love them. Thank you so much for watching. You can subscribe for more great recipes. If you have any problem finding any of these healthy ingredients, you can check out my partner Thrive Market, and they deliver nationwide. Bye.