Activated nuts simply means that the nuts have been soaked in water and salt for an extended period of time, after which they are dried at low temperatures in a regular oven or in a dehydrator.
Soaking increases the nutritional value of the nuts while this method neutralizes enzyme inhibitors and makes the nuts easier to digest.
This is particularly important for people who experience digestive problems.
Many who are allergic to nuts such as walnuts discover that they can eat activated walnuts. Interesting, isn't it?
Step-by-step: How to activate nuts
Rinse the nuts (or seeds).
Place them in a bowl or glass jar.
Cover the nuts with room temperature water (more water than nuts).
Pour over a little sea salt (about one tablespoon of sea salt per liter of water).
Cover the bowl with a linen/kitchen towel so they can "breathe".
Avoid direct sunlight.
Let sit for about 10-12 hours. Cashew nuts, pine nuts and macadamia only need to be soaked for about 2 to max 4 hours otherwise they become "slimy".
8.Drain the water in a colander.Rinse the nuts thoroughly.
You can now, if you want, easily remove the skin by "rubbing" the nuts in a kitchen towel.
Then dry the nuts in the oven at 40-50 degrees, spread them out on a baking sheet and place in the middle of the oven or place them in a dehydrator. It is important that they become completely dry – can take about 4-5 hours in a regular oven and up to 12 hours in a dehydrator. They should be completely dry and crispy.
Of course you can season the nuts with favorite spices or with nutritional yeast, see recipe further down, this is done before drying the nuts.
Recipe: Vegan Nut Milk
Maybe you'd rather make nut milk? You can easily do this in a powerful blender such as Omniblend. You can also make wonderful nut milk in Soyabella.
Soak the nuts in water overnight. The water should cover the nuts.
Drain the water.
Put nuts in the blender with cold water.
Blend. If you need to make it thinner, add more cold water.
If needed, strain the milk in a nut milk bag. This is most important with almonds. Some nuts don't need to be strained, such as cashews.
You can make milk from hemp, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pecans, cashews, sunflower seeds, etc.
Three glasses with different types of plant-based milk, such as soy milk, almond milk and hazelnut milk, are shown together with their respective nuts or beans.
