Blueberry Flavored Milk
A very simple recipe to prepare blueberry juice using fresh/frozen blueberries and for preparing blueberry flavored milk.
Ingredients
For Blueberry Milk:
- 1 cup Milk (Use any non dairy milk for the vegan version)
- 4 tablespoons Blueberry Juice (see juice recipe below)
- As per taste Maple Syrup or sweetener of your choice.
For Blueberry Juice:
- 2 and ½ cups Fresh Blueberries (or frozen)
- 2 cups Water
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
Instructions
Procedure For Blueberry Milk:
- Mix together all ingredients and serve it.
Procedure For Blueberry Juice:
- Boil together the berries, water and sugar.
- Turn heat to low and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- The original recipe instructs to mash the berries with the back of a spoon or a potato masher to release their juices. But I felt that this trick did not work for me. So I used an immersion blender to blend the berries at high speed until smooth.
- Strain the mixture using a fine mesh strainer until all the liquid is released. Save the pulp for smoothies.
- This juice can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, or can be frozen in small portions in sealed plastic bags or containers.
- This measurement yields 2 and ½ cups of Blueberry juice.
Notes
- In the original recipe for Blueberry Milk, only milk and the juice were mixed. But when I tasted it was definitely not sweet enough to persuade my son to drink it. So I decided to add some maple syrup.
- Using this blueberry juice, blueberry cola can be prepared by mixing equal portion of the juice and sparkling water. I made this too and it tasted awesome. We should definitely avoid giving carbonated drinks to children of all ages. But in this era of rigorous marketing and ads all around the place for Coke and Pepsi, it's difficult to make the kids understand the effects of soda. So why not give them a cola which at least is not artificially flavored!
- Cherry and Strawberry juice can also be prepared in the above method and similarly flavored milk and cola can be made using the juice. But try to buy organic cherries and strawberries, because these fruits are on the "dirty dozen" list (Apple, Cherry, Grapes, Nectarine, Peaches, Pear, Raspberry, Strawberry, Bell Pepper, Celery, Potato and Spinach) , produce most contaminated with pesticide residues.
- These juices can be poured in ice pop molds and be frozen for a naturally flavored Popsicle.
