It’s a beautiful day when you can sit back and enjoy a fresh juice, nut milk, or some combination that you know is making you healthier, helping you lose weight, and just feel better moment to moment.
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Soaking and Activating Nuts and Seeds
It’s always best to use nuts and seeds so that they are activated. This means that:
- The enzymes inside are fully awakened and ready to be super beneficial to the body
- Easily digestible (no more cashew tummy aches)
- Highly nutritious
- Taste better
Soaked nuts and seeds are not only raw, but a living food!
To activate your nuts and seeds you need to remove the enzyme inhibitor, which prevents them from starting the germination process (ie, growing into plants).
By soaking your nuts and seeds, you prepare them to germinate. It’s similar to when it rains in the spring on fresh seeds: things start to grow! When the plant starts to germinate, it increases the amount of life force, enzymes and nutrition. Sounds good, ya?
To make an example, compare alfalfa seeds with an alfalfa sprout. What is easier to digest?
The same laws goes for all nuts and seeds. Here’s how you can soak and prepare your nuts and seeds:
How To Soak
1. Rinse well in soak in lots of water. Each nut and seed have different soaking times. The basic idea is that small nuts and seeds have a shorter soaking time, and larger ones have a longer time. (See chart below).
2. After soaking, strain and wash well. They are now ready to use for nut milks or other raw recipes!
Soaking Time Charts
Here’s a easy guide you can use to find out exactly how much soaking time you need for each nut or seed! Soaking time and yield time listed below:
Almonds
— soak 8-12 hours
— 1 cup dry yield 1 1/2 cups
Brazilian Nuts
— No soaking or 2-4 hours
— 1 cup dry yield 1 cups
Cashew Nuts
— soak 2-4 hours
— 1 cup dry yield 1 1/2 cups
Hazel Nuts
— No soaking or 4-8 hours
— 1 cup dry yield 1 cups
Macadamia Nuts
— No soaking or 2-4 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 1 cups
Pecans
— soak 8-12 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 1 1/2 cups
Pine Nuts
— No soaking or 2-4 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 1 1/4 cups
Walnuts
— soak 8-12 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 1 1/2 cups
Pumpkin
— soak 6 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 2 cups
Sesame, hulled
— soak 8 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 1 1/2 cups
Sesame, unhulled
— soak 4-6 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 1 cups
Sunflower, hulled
— soak 6-8 hours
— 1 cup dry yields 2 cups
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