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Cheap Soy Goodness
Enjoy your soy...on the cheap
Alert reader Wanda sent in a recipe for making your own soy beverage (often called soy “milk”). Store bought soy beverages are expensive compared to this easy to make home-brewed version, and you can sweeten (or not!) to your own taste. Enjoy!
1. Soak 1 cup of soybeans overnight.
2. Drain beans and put them in a blender topped with a litre and of water.
3. Turn on blender (low setting is good enough) and blend for three minutes.
4. Strain through a cheesecloth or fine seive into a large pot. (The pulp, called okara, can be added to any bread recipe, half a cup per loaf, without any other adjustments. Makes a nice, moist, high protein bread.)
5. Bring to a boil and simmer for ten minutes.
6. Pour into a pitcher, adding half a litre of water.
Optional: a dash of salt, honey to taste, flavourings, or cornstarch (add one or two tablespoons at the blender stage) as thickener.
—the Editors, on July 11, 2009
