Have you ever experimented heating homemade plant milk? Were the results surprising? We've had some "weird" phenomena happen to us after having heated our homemade concoctions, so I decided to write this article in order to share everything I've learnt so far with you, from personal experience and also from your lovely suggestions. When we're talking main differences between storebought milk … [Read more...]
Preserving homemade plant milks at home
Given that homemade plant milks aren’t sterilised, pasteurised or homogenised, they usually don’t last as much as their pre-packaged counterparts. One of the latter can travel in 30ºC heat and still last in a store shelf for 2 years. This wouldn’t happen with the more natural version (as it’s the case with basically all kind of fresh ingredients), so it’s necessary to take extra measures to ensure … [Read more...]
Good tips from chufamixers
We are always receiving all kinds of Chufamix questions, proposals and even advice in our blog. This means that every day we learn and investigate a little bit more about the infinite world of plant milks and how to use the Chufamix to prepare them. Today we are going to give you some tips sent to us by Esperanza (user of our blog) as comments which we would like share with the whole community … [Read more...]
Tips for making nutritious vegan milk with Aloe Vera
Would you like to make more nutritious vegan milk? We have an easy solution! This recipe came about after reading “The Great Aloe Book” by Alessandro Bassetti and Stefano Sala (Edizioni zuccari, 2007) which is about the history, botany and pharmacological aspects of this legendary plant. This book helped me to understand the nutritious potential of Aloe and we were curious to experiment with it … [Read more...]
Thermomix & Chufamix: How to improve homemade vegan milks
Thanks to the experience of “chufamixers” who have a Thermomix at home, we have discovered that the Thermomix and the Chufamix make a perfect team when it comes to making vegan milks. We had already noticed this in some fairs and we even did a few tests at the Thermomix stand. Nowadays, the Thermomix reps in Valencia also carry the Chufamix in their cases as the perfect complement for making … [Read more...]
