
DIY Elderberry Syrup
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing, Vegan
This is really just an update on my process rather than a recipe or a good how to because I’m a total novice! But if you want my elderberry process…
You will need:
1/2 cup chia seeds
2 1/4 cups almond/coconut milk (DIY version HERE)
1/2 tsp vanilla powder
If you want to make you’re own nut milk you’ll also need to pick up a Nut Milk Bag – (They’re an inexpensive kitchen addition but so great for making all your own nut milks! THIS is the one we love.)
To serve: 4 mini bowls or 2 large ones
Toppings: We like bananas, berries, and other fresh fruit, chopped nuts, hemp seeds, coconut flakes, nut butter, honey, chocolate sauce… anything you can dream up really!
In short: That’s it! Mix them together well so that there are no clumps of seeds, cover, and set in the fridge overnight. I like to use a 50:50 almond and coconut milk for this one so that the coconut flavour really comes through, and I alter the DIY nut milk recipe so that it has 3 dates instead of 1 to give the final pudding a little more sweetness, but any milk will do.
The vanilla powder I like as it’s a raw recipe and I don’t want the usual alcohol (and often sugar) of a vanilla extract, plus I think the flavour of the ground bean powder is far richer and nicer than the extract, but you can use either.
This is really just an update on my process rather than a recipe or a good how to because I’m a total novice! But if you want my elderberry process…
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