Plastic Free July | Day 9

Plastic Free July

Day 9

Today for plastic free July we made our own almond milk. First we soaked about one cup of almonds for 8-12 hours in water (or overnight). After that we put them in a blender along with four cups of water. We then blended the mixture until it was smooth. We then got a muslin cloth and secured it over a bowl. Once we had done that we poured the mixture into the bowl through the muslin cloth. After that we formed the muslin cloth into a ball with all the blended almonds inside and really squeezed out all of that milk.

Then what you have in the bowl is almond milk. It's really easy to make and saves using a lot of plastic and rubbish. Below is an image of the milk we made. You can see the Tetra rubbish beside the milk that you could save.

  

Did you know that plastic bottles take up to 700 years to dissolve!