Non dairy diet

Toooldforhotpants encourage their mum to buy organic?

Good job I drink skimmed milk Faye. ("hormones reside in milk fat...)

The one I have is Alpro soya original. It seems quite sweet, may be Ok in custard or milkshakes, but is not to my taste in tea.

Having read the above article, maybe I should just get over the withdrawal symptoms and stick with the green, fruit and herb teas. It has though left me quite concerned for my two youngest grandsons, aged 20 and 22 months. Both of them drink a lot of cows milk daily. Makes me wonder what future problems they may be storing up. Thanks Faye, I am not sure if I should pass this on to their mums. Both of them feel they are doing the best for their babies. I will give it some thought.

I mostly use almonds because they go nicely in my smoothies and why I make my own almond milk jingles. Though cashews would blend up finer though and seem creamier when added with water.

If you read this link from the Harvard University Gazette you probably wouldn't consume anything dairy ever again.

I read that too Faye, but I guess you don't really drink it for the almonds. It's just a milk substitute IFSWIM.

Some brands of almond milk have been found to only contain as low as 2% of almonds. I seldom have dairy and just blend about half a dozen almonds per cup of water (you can use more almonds) if I am making a cake instead of using milk. I have made rice milk, it tasted awful. I use my home made almond milk if I ever have coffee at home.

Almonds have calcium, so do green leafy vegetables.

I quite like Alpro Soya milk and it makes lovely custard!

I notice they are selling almond milk in Aldi now.

DD was using almond milk or oat milk.
I cannot recommend oat milk unless you want your cup of tea to taste like porridge.

Is it the lactose that is causing the problem, because they do much better lactose free milk these days

And in a Gee & Tea.

A slice of lemon is very nice in tea.

DGD2 is only thirteen months old and dairy intolerant. We did not realise till the other day that they make dairy free chocolate buttons, pure bliss for her, every girl should be allowed a bit of chocolate. Sorry, I digress......

Could you manage goat's milk?

Thank you for the suggestions. I do drink green tea and herbal teas, but so miss a 'good old cuppa'. While Coffee Mate wold be fine in coffee, I'm not sure it would be so good in tea. There is such a variety of milk substitutes, all quite expensive, I am not sure which to try next.

I instead of builders tea have you tried green tea or jasmine or other herbal teas? You drink them weak without milk. They are an aquired taste but now I much prefer them to milky tea, far more refreshing. A dash of almond milk in coffee frothed up like a cappuccino is also ok when you get used to it. Almond or soya milk is fine on muesli, and the no dairy yoghurt ( alpro? ) is nice,

Could you use a spoonful of Coffee Mate? It's described as 'non dairy'.

My daughter uses coconut milk in tea.. I've not tried it though

My niece is a strict vegan and she uses soya milk but it tastes very odd to me. I think our taste buds are attuned to cow's milk after all these years.

My friend uses rice milk. Not sure what it tastes like though.

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I have been thinking of trying unsweetened almond milk, but I worry about missing out on calcium. They add calcium to it, but is that as good? I'm cry unsure. (Not much help, sorry)