It took some time for me to jump on this bandwagon. For most of my life, there wasn’t an efficient way to make milk from grains or nuts. It took Erica’s consistent use of small amounts of dairy and the current insane prices for me to try it out. 

I must say, making oat milk is surprisingly easy and extremely cheap. I highly recommend it for those who like just a little milk in their coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, but don’t consume much milk otherwise. Erica would always buy the smallest amount of milk she could, and even that might go bad before she used it all. 

Now that milk is so much more expensive, I looked into making oat milk. It worked out perfectly since she had an old drum of oatmeal in her kitchen. 

I used this recipe from Love and Lemons. It was quick, cheap, and did the trick.

The reviews are in and Erica says there is a little bit of an oat aftertaste in her tea, but she likes it. And better yet she likes that it’s so cheap! One note she had was that, when making hot cocoa, it tends to thicken up like pudding if you leave it on the heat too long. Other than that, I consider us both converts!

-Ella

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