SoyMilk Crossroads

Keep Your Milk Maker in Top Form

To assure the best continued consistency of the milk, it’s important to keep the milk screen free of protein build-up.

A clogged screen can cause the milk to be too thin.  It can also cause overflow during the milk making process.

The screen will be very HOT!

Protect your hands while transferring the hot pulp.  Use the utility cup to remove the screen from the head unit.   Then cool it with cold water.

Use the scouring pad and cleaning brush.

With hot, soapy water, clean the screen well, making sure all the holes are open.   This is the best way to maintain consistency of the milk with each future operation.  The whole clean up process takes about 10 minutes.  A clean Soymilk Maker makes great milk!

The Relationship

The relationship between food and high blood presure can basically be summed up into one work, FAT.   High fat content products contribute to this disease.  Maintain a diet lower in saturated fat and those pressure readings go down.

Meat and Dairy

Meat and dairy are very high fat content products.  This is why vegetarians generally experience fewer of these complications than people who rely on animal protein as the foundation of their diet.

Fruit and Vegetables…

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains and beans should create the larger percentage of the “balanced diet.”  Among those beans, of course, is soybeans, high in calcium, helps lower blood pressure.   Want to read more, go to the full article.

Why not just buy it in the grocery store?

How about saving hundreds of dollars a year instead?

You pay $2 - $3 per quart at the store.  You can have and enjoy a high quality drink that you make at home for pennies a quart.  A soymilk machine will pay for itself in just a few months.

What about the conservation factor?

How many plastic and cardboard containers do we throw out?  When you make fresh soymilk at home, the only by-product is the pulp.  And that’s good stuff, it’s high in fiber and can be used in a variety of recipes.

What about the concern with additives and unwanted preservatives?

When you make your own soymilk, you have total control of what goes into it.  You know exactly what you and your family are drinking.  Plus that, you have more options with flavors.  You choose.

How about having something other than soymilk?

Think about branching out.   The Soyabella can open your world to a wide variety of different and fresh milk drinks.  You can make milk from any bean, grain, seed, rice, or nut.  What about a combination of nuts and grains or seeds and beans?  Let your creative mind soar, the flavors are endless.   Vitamins and minerals never tasted so good!

Soybeans are part of the legume family.

They are native to East Asia.  They have been a source of protein in the Oriential diet for over five thousand years.

The Western world are late comers.

Soybean we brought here during the 20th century. 

Storage

Keep them in an airtight container and soybeans can be stored for long periods of time.

Soaking

Definately soak you soybeans.  It will shorten cooking time and add to the flavor.

Nutrients in 1/2 cup of soybeans:

• Calories…..149.0
• Protein (gm)…..14.3
• Saturated Fat(gm)…..1.1
• Total Fat (gm)…..7.7
• Unsaturated Fat (gm)…..6.6
• Calcium (gm)…..88.0
• Carbohydrate (gm)…..8.5
• Crude Fiber (gm)…..1.8
• Folacin (mg)…..46.2
• Iron (mg)…..4.4
• Niacin (mg)…..0.3
• Riboflavin (mg)…..0.3
• Thiamine (mg)…..0.1
• Vitamin b6 (mg)…..0.2
• Zinc (mg)…..1.0     

 What is tofu?

  Tofu can be compared to cheese because it is made from soybeans the same way that cheese is made from milk.

It’s Reputation?

In the United States, it is often the butt of jokes. For Asians, it has a sense of sacredness. In Japan, tofu is often referred to as o-tofu, meaning “honorable.”

How is it made?

The following is how I make it with my Soyabella Soymilk Maker and Tofu Mold kit.

Ingredients

• Soybeans - 1 measuring cup
• Water - 1L (32oz.)
• Tofu Coagulator - 1 package
• Tofu Mold and cheesecloth

Directions

1. Soak soybeans 6-8 hours or overnight, rinse, and drain
2. Load soybeans into milk screen
3. Follow instructions for making soymilk
4. Slowly stir 1 package of tofu coagulator to soymilk, cover, and let sit for 20 minutes
5. Line the tofu mold with clean cheesecloth
6. Once soymilk separates into curds and whey, pour it into the tofu mold.  Fold excess cheesecloth on top of the tofu and press out excess water
7. Place a weight (3-5 lbs) on top of the tofu mold lid and let sit for another 20 minutes
8. Remove tofu from the mold and enjoy!

Soybean Facts: The soybean (U.S.) or soya bean (UK) (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia. It is an annual plant that may vary in growth, habit, and height. It may grow prostrate, not growing higher than 20 cm (7.8 inches), or even up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in height. The pods, stems, and leaves are covered with fine brown or gray pubescence. The leaves are trifoliolate, having 3 leaflets per leaf, and the leaflets are 6–15 cm (2–6 inches) long and 2–7 cm (1–3 inches) broad. The leaves fall before the seeds are mature. The small, inconspicuous, self-fertile flowers are borne in the axil of the leaf and are white, pink or purple. The fruit is a hairy pod that grows in clusters of 3–5, with each pod 3–8 cm (1–3 inches) long and usually containing 2–4 (rarely more) seeds 5–11 mm in diameter.

Like some other crops of long domestication, the relationship of the modern soybean to wild-growing species can no longer be traced with any degree of certainty. It is a cultural variety (a cultigen) with a very large number of cultivars. However, it is known that the progenitor of the modern soybean was a vine-like plant that grew prone on the ground.

The genus Glycine Willd. is divided into two subgenera(species), Glycine and Soja. The subgenus Soja(Moench) includes the cultivated Soybean, G. max(L.)Merrill, and the wild soybean, G. soja Sieb.& Zucc. Both species are annual. The soybean grows only under cultivation while G. soja grows wild in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Russia. Glycine soja is the wild ancestor of the soybean: the wild progenitor. At present, the subgenus Glycine consists of at least 16 wild perennial species: for example, Glycine canescens, and G. tomentella Hayata found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Beans are classed as pulses whereas soybeans are classed as oilseeds. It is a versatile bean, having a diverse range of uses.

The English word soy is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu), the Japanese word for soy sauce; soya comes from the Dutch adaptation of the same word.

For decades people have been drinking soymilk has a healthy alternative to dairy. Over the years soybeans have been further developed into a whole host of innovative and healthy products. As a complete protein, soy provides a richly nutritive source of essential vitamins and minerals. In addition, the FDA has recognize and acknowledged the role of soy foods in lowering cholesterol and helping to prevent heart disease. More recent research is concentrating on soy’s potential as a preventative measure for people at risk for cancer.

As you can see soy is a remarkably versatile and effective product. Its unique properties make it one of the most productive and used crops on earth. Health experts agree that soy is a much healthier alternative to traditional dairy. Priced lower than cow’s milk soy milk also provides an alternative to the sometimes horrifically inhumane treatment of farmed animals. What’s more, humans are not exposed to the chemicals and hormones used on dairy animals. With so many great qualities don’t you think it’s time you gave it a try? For everyone, everywhere the affordable and easy to use Soyabella just makes sense.

SoyMilk Crossroads is your gateway to affordability and convenience in soy based products. With a focus on quality and service we provide the products you need to start enjoying home-made soymilk today. As soy products continue to grow in popularity their price steadily rises. In addition many soy based products are made with questionably grown soybeans. We provide you the means and the instructions to decide for yourself what type of soy milk you’ll drink!

The Soyabella Soymilk Maker is the elegantly easy way to make fresh soymilk and a variety of other delicious recipes in your own kitchen. Simply add soybeans and water to the Soyabella Soymilk Maker and you get fresh soymilk in about 15 minutes.

Soyabella is also great for making milk from a wide variety of beans, as well as for making fresh rice milk, rice paste, sesame paste, and porridge. Soyabella makes delicious soups like sumptuous split pea and luscious lentil. For raw-vegans, Soyabella can make amazing raw almond milk, cashew milk, and other nut milks in as little as 30 seconds. It can even be used as a coffee grinder and mill with the included accessories. Plus, the Soyabella Soymilk Maker is extremely easy to clean.