A little while back, I did a 5-day juice fast with Blueprint Cleanse. (It's a liquids-only juice fast program that provides you with six fresh-made, nutrient-rich juices per day -- and it's awesome! Five days without food and you're never hungry and feel totally satisfied. Amazing.) Anyway, my favorite part of the experience was juice #6, the rich, lightly sweet and cinnamon-scented cashew milk drink that you get to enjoy each day. It was like a delicious, delicious dessert and felt entirely indulgent -- but was actually totally good for you.
I loved it so much that after the cleanse was over, I was on a mission to get more of it. But Blueprint doesn't sell their juices a la carte, and my exhaustive search of juice bars and health food stores in NYC didn't turn up anything even close.
But after making homemade almond milk last week, I had a feeling I might be able to recreate that delicious Blueprint cashew elixir in my own home. And I was right! I can't believe how easy it turned out to be.
Almost Just Like Blueprint Cleanse Cashew Milk
1 cup raw cashews
4 cups water
3 tablespoons agave, or to taste
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
optional to make chai: 1/2 teaspoon each ground nutmeg, ginger and cardamom
1. Soak cashews in water overnight.
2. Blend cashews and their water in a blender until smooth. If desired, strain through cheesecloth. (Cashews are soft enough that they blend almost completely into a liquid, so straining isn't really necessary. I only sort-of strained it this time, and next time I probably won't bother. The result is a kind of "chewy" drink, but I don't mind that. Protein!)
3. Stir in remaining ingredients. To stay true to Blueprint, add only agave, vanilla and cinnamon. To take it up a notch (which I highly recommend!), make it chai by adding the remaining spices.
Enjoy!
15 comments:
I tend to not cook with nuts often as I have allergic family members :( but I love your directions to make things chai! I LOVE chia! I'll have to try adding that to my own regular black tea and save some money! :-D
I'm a little confused about how to use this outside of doing the whole cleanse. Would you use this as a meal replacement?
hey Paige - sorry, I can see how that was confusing! Outside of the cleanse, I just use this as a beverage or a smoothie. I really like it as a light pre-breakfast to take the edge off if I'm starving in the morning!
oops, that last comment was for Jocelyn.
But - hi, Paige! I hope you try the chai trick in your tea, it's yummy. :)
this is literally like "reading" in a mirror! i did the blueprint cleanse and went on a hardcore HUNT for cashew milk - chelsea market has a little place that sells it but its not comparable in my opinion. you have no idea how grateful i am for this post!!!
OMG thank you so much for posting this recipe!! I've been looking for it EVERYWHERE. Do you think you could substitute almonds for cashews???
Lauren - You can definitely use almonds instead of cashews - I've done it and I posted about it here, actually: http://manhattancraftroom.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-make-your-own-chai-almond-milk.html
have fun!
Brett
Thank you for that recipe and I am reluctant to ask you this, but I can not afford this "cleanse". I ordered their book, but it does not have all the recipes for all their drinks that those shelling out the big bucks are getting.. Can you pretty please post a little bit more of what they offer so we DIY's who are currently under the strain of a bad economy could have a shot at being healthy? I would be so grateful, and I am sure many others would be as well.
hi Beth, I wish I could help but I'm really not a good resource on DIY cleanse. The rest of the Blueprint Cleanse consists of vegetable and fruit juices, and I've never attempted to make those myself. (I wish I could!) sorry, and good luck!
I just finished the 3-day foundation cleanse and was happy to find this recipe. This is perfect! Thank you so much!
Thanks for posting this recipe! I am in the process of soaking the cashews and it occurred to me - what is the serving size? I can't imagine it is meant to be one serving size because 1 cup of cashews is about 800 calories!! Thanks again :)
Just made this and it came out great - thanks so much!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Very excited to try this. Although I might use almonds since that is what I have... Yay!
Was so happy to find this, as I was searching a recipe to replicate BPC juice#6! During my cleanse, I would put this particular juice in the freezer for about 45 min. before drinking, ending up with slushy, shake-like goodness.
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