Sesame Milk!

So I am re-starting this blog, quite a changed person from who I was when I was last active here.

I used to write *environmental*/DIY/recipes stuff here, from a very consumerist, ~*Whole Foods*~ perspective, which is funny to me now... considering how radical I was trying to be.

Anyways! I have freaking-fallen-in-love with sesame milk recently. Ingredients are super simple...

1/4 cup sesame seeds

1/4 cups dates

2 cups water

a pinch of cinnamon, clove, cardamom, any spice you want

Directions: Blend the sesame seeds and dates until they are grainy. Mine start piling up the sides of the blender and way from the blades- thats when I know it's ready for the next step. Add a bit of water, like an eighth of a cup, and blend further. Once it looks real creamy and blended in, add a bit more water, blend again. Repeat the last two steps until all the water is added. Adding the water slowly makes it easier for the blender to get all the little sesame grains.

Sprinkle with your spices and maybe a pinch of whole sesame seeds and some brown sugar or date sugar. Two cups is like 35% of your daily calcium or something like that. And so delish

be careful about refrigerating this. the one time i did, it tasted BITTER. also, when i tried soaking the seeds the night before, the milk was also undrinkably bitter. the fresh version has a slight bitter taste, but also sweet cause of the dates.

Aprovecho!!