Allergic to cow dairy or just do not want to use dairy products but need some kind of milk to cook with. Here is a good recipe that will allow you to do just that.
BASIC HOMEMADE RICE MILK - Adjusted
yield 6-8 cups
You can use all kinds of brown rice - basmati, jasmine, short grain, long grain, even sweet brown - to make this milk. While they all work, I like the overall effect of short grain best. But the choice is up to you, feel free to experiment.
1/2 cup short grain brown rice
8 cups water
optional: stevia or other natural sweetener to taste, Maple syrup, or 1-3 pitted soaked dates
2 TBP sunflower oil to make it creamier.
Rinse rice and soak for for 6-8 hours. Rinse then place in a large pot with 6-8 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cover and cook until rice is totally soft and starts to dissolve and get very mushy, about 45 minutes to an hour.
You can also do this in a crockpot and cook it on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
Once your rice is super soft, transfer rice and water to a blender,, fill your blender halfway with the rice mixture and halfway with water and blend until totally smooth, working in batches as necessary. If using, add sweetener to taste and blend until combined. If you are not using a Vitamix or other high-powered blender, you may want to pour through a fine sieve, straining out any small chunks. Pour into jars, cool, and cover, then store in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Shake well before consuming. Milk will thicken slightly as it cools; dilute as necessary when ready to use.
A look at the label of Rice Dream Rice Milk reveals that it contains oil. Oil does make things creamier, and can add about 2 Tablespoons of organic sunflower oil to your batch of milk.
You can also add about 4 Tablespoons of Maple Syrup to our batch of milk,instead of sugar, as most are still used to the slightly sweeter taste of the Rice Dream product than what you get from homemade. It’s not a big difference…just a little one.
You may have to experiment to get the milk the consistency you want. Have fun!
Will take more photos in the next couple of days but even stringed, the bow is taller than DS. Is a Traditional Red Oak Huntsmen's Longbow design from the Middle Ages.
What a beautiful morning for a little Archery practice. Can see our lopsided straw bale targets. LOL
Getting ready...
Stjarna happily sunning herself after her breakfast.
DS, getting some help on how to move a bale of hay from Nari. LOL
This cool looking Moth that ended up right by the back door. Looks a lot like a Autumn Leaf, have never seen this kind before. 
Finally put up the last line of heavy duty hot wire. We have had a bear trying its darnest to get into the the horse pasture, over the camel backs.. even bent one of those 8' tall heavy duty T posts. Sigh ~~ So beefing up things even more. Have a predator rated charger too, so it has some bite to it.
Beautiful slightly foggy morning yesterday. The sun did come up a little later. The weather has been perfect for doing things outside.
Can see how lush and green the miniature horse pasture, as we call it, is. And the main hay pasture is growing quite well now. Much better than last spring. Which means, the horse's haven't been able to run in that pasture during the day as the green grass is too rich.
Am going to have to put some horse's back in this pasture for a few days, so they can eat it down.
This is such a beautiful place!
Early Sunrise the other morning, looking over Rainbow Hill.
Sunrise a couple of mornings ago.
Think I did pretty good here, with the photos of the house, front and back. Bright green of fresh spring grass and a bright blue sky with wisps of clouds.
