Easy Homemade Poppy Seed Milk

Poppy Seed Milk, or aguonų pienas, is a tradition Christmas drink from Lithuania. It's considered a dessert and served with spices and honey added and is part of the 12-dishes Christmas Eve tradition.

It is a quick to make sugar-free beverage that has a really interesting flavour. Apart from making a tasty low-carb beverage option, poppy milk is the ideal dairy-free option and a nut-free alternative to more commonly used almond milk or any nut milk recipes. To keep it plain simply skip the sweetener and vanilla.

Poppy seeds are a rich source of thiamin, folate, and essential minerals including calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc and manganese. Apart from being a great dairy-free and nut-free option, poppy milk may help those with insomnia and improve sleep qualityTrusted sourceScienceDirectScienceDirect is a leading platform of peer-reviewed literature built on the widest range of trusted, high-quality, interdisciplinary research.Open link.

Serve it hot, diluted and sweetened to taste, or use as an almond milk alternative in any keto recipes. Enjoy!

Avoid consuming poppy seeds if you're planning on getting a drug screening. Eating foods that contain poppy seeds such as bagels, pastries, muffins, granola bars, or drinking poppy milk can result in a false positive for opiates in a drug testTrusted sourceWikipediaWikipedia is written collaboratively by largely anonymous volunteers who write without pay.Open link. Although consuming poppy seeds won't cause any drug-like effects, it may be enough to fail your test.

Step-by-step

1. Place poppy seeds in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Let soak for at least three hours.

   

2. Strain and then place the soaked poppy seeds in a blender, along with 3 cups of filtered water, vanilla and sweetener.

3. Blend for approx. 5 minutes, or until the seed release their milk.

   

4. Strain through cheesecloth or through a nut milk bag.

   

5. You can dilute the milk to suit your personal taste and serve warm.

   Store, in a capped bottle, in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Shake well before using.

   

Recipe

Easy Homemade Poppy Seed Milk

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An easy way to make poppy milk at home. This simple beverage is dairy-free, nut-free and sugar-free!

Hands on

10m

Overall

3h

Servings

3

3.2 g

Net carbs

1.4 g

Protein

7.4 g

Fat

88

kcal

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Ingredients makes 4 servings

• 1 cup poppy seeds (140 g/ 5 oz)
• 3 cups filtered or spring water (720 ml/ 24 fl oz)
• 1 tbsp Erythritol or Swerve, or to taste
• 1 tbsp sugar-free vanilla extract (15 ml) or 1 tsp vanilla powder

Instructions

1. Place poppy seeds in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Let soak for at least three hours.

2. Strain and then place the soaked poppy seeds in a blender, along with 3 cups of filtered water, vanilla and sweetener.

3. Blend for approx. 5 minutes, or until the seed release their milk.

4. Strain through cheesecloth or through a nut milk bag.

5. You can dilute the milk to suit your personal taste and serve warm.

   Store, in a capped bottle, in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Shake well before using.

Nutrition per serving, 1 cup/ 240 ml

Carbs 15%Protein 7%Fat 78% of calories

Net carbs

3.2 g

Total carbs

7 g

Fiber

0.7 g

Sugars

1.4 g

Protein

1.4 g

Fat

7.4 g

Saturated fat

0.5 g

Calories

88 kcal

Sodium

15 mg · 0.63% RDA

Magnesium

127 mg · 31.9% RDA

Potassium

271 mg · 13.5% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per 1 cup/ 240 ml	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Poppy seeds - used for poppy milk	2.9 g	1.4 g	7.4 g	77
Erythritol (natural low-carb sweetener)	0.2 g	0 g	0 g	1
Vanilla extract, sugar-free, alcohol-based	0.1 g	0 g	0 g	10
Total	3.2 g	1.4 g	7.4 g	88

Serving size 1 cup/ 240 ml

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Egg free
• Nut free
• Nightshade free
• Pork free
• Avocado free
• Coconut free
• Fish free
• Shellfish free
• Beef free
• Pescatarian
• Vegetarian
• Vegan