Make your own hemp milk - healthy, delicious, vegan

More and more people are going vegan for good reasons and often because they no longer want to support the endless exploitation of animals in dairy and factory farming. I recently decided to do the same. Having always been a vegetarian anyway, the step was somehow logical for me. It's exciting, challenging, feels right and really fun. Combined with hemp and cannabis, vegan dishes become a real treat for the senses and health.

Hemp milk is a healthy, valuable and useful substitute for cow's milk for vegans. It is free from lactose, milk protein, soy and gluten. It is also suitable for people who suffer from food allergies or simply want to do something good for their health. As an ancient cultivated and medicinal plant, the hemp plant produces seeds that are rich in essential amino acids, minerals and vitamins. Among other things, you can make your own hemp milk from these seeds together with water. Hemp milk can also be bought ready-made, mostly under the name hemp drink.

Hemp milk contains only hemp seeds, a little salt, water and rice syrup to bind and sweeten. The peeled hemp seeds are ground and mixed with the water, salt and rice syrup. A pulpy liquid is produced, which is stirred until a homogeneous liquid is formed. Industrially produced products sometimes contain emulsifiers. Compared to other milk substitutes, hemp milk has a relatively high fat content. Due to the unsaturated fatty acids, which are only utilised slowly, it helps to avoid hunger attacks.

It is very easy to make hemp milk yourself

You need for it:

• peeled or unpeeled Hemp seeds -> 1 tablespoon hemp seeds per 100ml water
• Water
• a pinch of salt
• Rice syrup/date syrup/coconut blossom sugar
• Possibly vanilla or cinnamon

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until a homogeneous, creamy liquid is obtained. Then pour this liquid through a medium-fine sieve. The finished hemp milk can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Hemp milk is classically made from industrial hemp seeds. Therefore, it does not contain THC and has no intoxicating effect. The recipes with intoxicating effects are coming soon. Before consumption, the hemp milk should be shaken or stirred.