hi guys hope you're all doing well today so I thought today with it being close to Christmas I put on my new Christmassy jumper I found it in a charity store and I was so happy so yeah it's gonna be a Christmas themed video today but I wanted to first show you how to make oat milk so this is the milk have been making recently and I mentioned in one in my past videos and you all said that you would love to know how to make it so today I'll show you how to make oat milk and I will also at the end include a little recipe that isn't my new favorites and it's kind of like a Christmasy oat milk so yes stay tuned to the end to watch that let's get into the video so first you want to start by adding about a cup of oats to about one and a half liters of water I use one and a half liters because I like it to be watery like the ones you buy from the store but if you like it to be a bit thicker then just add less water and then I add two big juice in medjool dates just to add some sweetness you can skip this step entirely if you like or add whichever sweetened you prefer I really like the taste that they date skin is kind of caramely and nice yeah and then you add about a teaspoon of vanilla extract just to give it that vanilla goodness and then I take it away and I blend on high for about 30 seconds until it's all nice and blended together and then you want to grab your nut milk bag I like to turn my bag inside out just so that it makes a cleaning process a little bit easier and it doesn't all get stuck in the scenes so pour your milk into the bag and make sure you containers big enough that you are pouring into otherwise you'll end up in a big mess like I have quite a few times when it overflows so once it's in just pull it tight and make sure you hold onto the top so that it all doesn't come squirting out on you then that before as well so yeah then you just want to squeeze firmly until all of the liquid goes into the container so once it's finished it will start to look a little bit like this and you won't really be able to squeeze out anymore so pop your ball to one side and then I like to grab this bag out of the freezer the cost you'll be left over with some pulp and so I like to keep this and just store it in the freezer with the rest of the pulp that I've made from all the oat milks and I like to bake with that I'll add it to my smoothies and it's just really nice and you know it saves wasting it because it's still got a lot of nutrients and goodness in there so yeah just pop that back into the freezer and you can forget about it into the Emeco milk again so then grab your container of choice I use this nice jar and pour your milk in try not to spill it everywhere like I always - and you'll be able to keep this in the fridge for two to three days but just keep your eye on it because there's nothing in there to preserve it so it will go off but it should be good for a few days and enjoy so next up I want to share how to make my Christmasy out milk so pop one and a half cups of milk into a pan I use that because my mug is absolutely gianormous but you can use laughs and then I've got nutmeg cinnamon and whole cloves I like to add about two cloves into here just to give it a nice taste and then I will add probably about 1/8 of a teaspoon of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of nutmeg go study with and nutmeg you don't know add too much cuz it can make you ill and then give that a good stir around and then I would just pop it on the stove and just heat it until it's warm don't boil the outlook too much because it will go up like a weird gelatinous mass and then pour it into your favorite mug and enjoy so I hope that you all enjoyed that and I hope that you try making your own nut milk or oat milk sometime soon what milk is an amazing amazing thing oh it's a seriously cheap and you can buy them in bulk so it's kind of a really good zero waste option and I know for me at least like buying nuts and stuff they come in plastic bags so yeah I'm really really happy with the oats and I just want to say there's not as much calcium in oats as there are in almonds so if you are concerned about calcium and you get most of your calcium from a plant-based milk then think about maybe adding in a calcium supplement into the milk or just taking one as well yeah just keep that in mind especially if you've got children and you're giving the children the old book like yeah just just keep your wits about you and don't be ashamed to add in a calcium supplement because that's all that the stuff that's in the bottles it's like when you buy them from the shop it's just got a calcium supplement inside it so you might as well take out the middleman and just do it yourself so yeah that's it for me you guys I hope that you enjoyed this video if you give this milk a try then let me know I would be so happy to hear from you all and yeah if you enjoyed this video please give me a big thumbs up and subscribe if you're new I will see you all in my next do have a lovely week wherever you are bye guys