BRYANNA'S TOFU MILK
Servings: 8
Yield: 2 quarts
This is a great recipe to have around if you run out of your favorite non-dairy milk. Not the best for hot beverages, but great for cereal, smoothies, shakes, and just plain drinking, as well as for cooking and baking.
This recipe is from my first cookbook, "The Almost No-fat Cookbook". I developed it when the Mori-Nu boxes of silken tofu weighed 10. 5 oz. Now they weigh 12.3 oz.! I haven't figured out an easy way to increase this without making a huge amount, so just slice 1/6th of the box of one end aqnd save that tofu for a smoothie or something, and use the rest in the tofu milk!
And, BTW, this milk is much lower in nutrients than soymilk, so, like rice milk, it is not meant to be a nutritional substitute for soymilk or dairy milk! (1 cup Rice Dream Original contains 120 calories, 2 g fat, 11 g sugars, and only 1 g protein, so the tofu milk is superior in protein and lower in sugars and fat-- see the nutrition facts for the tofu milk below the recipe.)
10.5 oz silken tofu (I use extra-firm, but any type will do) (See directions for measuring this amount of tofu without weighing in the text above.)
3 cups cold water
1 cup more cold water
2-3 tablespoons organic unbleached sugar or alternative
1/2 to 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (omit if it's for cooking savory items)
(or use 1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract instead)
3/4 teaspoon salt
enough cold water to make 2 quarts total
If you have a large blender, such as a Vita-Mix, you can just add all of the ingredients to the blender and whiz like mad!
If you have a smaller blender container, or a less powerful blender, follow these instructions:
Blend the tofu and the first 3 cups of water until very smooth. Add the next 1 cup of water, the sugar, vanilla (if using), and salt and blend again.
Pour this into a 2-quart container and add cold water to make 2 quarts. Stir well, pour into sterilized 1-quart bottles, cap tightly and refrigerate.
Shaek before pouring, as this tends to separate on standing. This milk will keep about a week in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per 1-cup serving): 32.7 calories; 19% calories from fat; 0.7g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 202.1mg sodium; 57.4mg potassium; 3.9g carbohydrates; 0.0g fiber; 3.5g sugar; 3.9g net carbs; 2.8g protein; 0.7 points.