Almond Milk

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I bough some almond milk. I bet it's sweetened because it tastes like diluted condensed milk. Good on cereal, though. Anyone else had almond milk? What do you use it for?
 

It seems to be the rage, I've seen lots of recipes that call for it. It's a vegan's alternative to cow milk, you use it the same way. I prefer soy milk but one of these days will try the almond milk just for curiosity's sake. Soy milk is used for babies if they develop an allergy to cow milk.
 
debodun said:
I bough some almond milk. I bet it's sweetened because it tastes like diluted condensed milk. Good on cereal, though. Anyone else had almond milk? What do you use it for?
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Check to see if you bought vanilla almond milk. Also what the calorie count is. Plain unsweetened almond milk is 30 calories per 8 oz.

I use almond milk as a dairy milk replacement. I
 

I buy unsweetened vanilla-flavored almond milk 30 calories per 8oz and only 1 carb.

I use it on cereal.

I started buying it because it has so few carbs compared to dairy milk but I also like it because it keeps much longer than regular milk.

It also makes great chocolate milk if you add a squirt of SF chocolate syrup.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I use it on cereal. I started buying it because it has so few carbs compared to dairy milk but I also like it because it keeps much longer than regular milk.
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I haven't tried almond milk yet, use only soy milk. I don't use it a lot because I no longer eat cereal, just use it for recipes, and they no longer sell the smaller carton of it. I was worried about keeping it too long so I emailed them, they told me it's good for two weeks after opening it. I'm still leery of keeping it that long. Sigh!
 
PVC said:
I haven't tried almond milk yet, use only soy milk. I don't use it a lot because I no longer eat cereal, just use it for recipes, and they no longer sell the smaller carton of it. I was worried about keeping it too long so I emailed them, they told me it's good for two weeks after opening it. I'm still leery of keeping it that long. Sigh!
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If you don't use much milk it might be worth making it when you need it.

2T Raw Almond butter or 1 cup of raw almonds soaked overnight and drained.
4 pitted dates or sweetener to taste
1T vanilla extract
a pinch of salt
4 cups of water

Blend until smooth and strain/filter if using raw almonds.
 
I prefer soy milk.
BTW, it's easy to tell if soy or almond milk is sweetened. If it doesn't say "Unsweetened" on the carton, it's sweetened.
 
I just wish those “ nut juice” concoctions wouldn’t be called “milk.” It may taste “creamy” but it is not a good substitute for the nutrients in genuine cows (or goats) milk. I’m not going to bother arguing with the vegans, but I don’t believe it should be called milk any more than those ground up fried plants should be called burgers.
 
Geezerette said:
I just wish those “ nut juice” concoctions wouldn’t be called “milk.” It may taste “creamy” but it is not a good substitute for the nutrients in genuine cows (or goats) milk. I’m not going to bother arguing with the vegans, but I don’t believe it should be called milk any more than those ground up fried plants should be called burgers.
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Its not milk to me if its nuts and water. I will continue to drink my 1% milk.
 
I can't imagine anyone mistaking nut milk for dairy milk at the grocery store. Price alone is a dead giveaway.

Dairy farmers are p.o.-ed and feeling threatened that their milk sales are down. They blame it on the emergence of nut milks rather than the reams of scientific data that cow milk isn't a healthy choice for humans or the number of people who are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy.
 
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When you really think about it, drinking animal milk is unnatural in many ways. Each animal's milk is designed for THEIR babies, not for humans. All creatures, humans included, are not evolved to drink milk past weaning. Wherever humans drink milk, the bodies are bigger and taller, and so their organs have to work harder to maintain that bigger body.
 
Geezerette said:
I just wish those “ nut juice” concoctions wouldn’t be called “milk.” It may taste “creamy” but it is not a good substitute for the nutrients in genuine cows (or goats) milk. I’m not going to bother arguing with the vegans, but I don’t believe it should be called milk any more than those ground up fried plants should be called burgers.
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They aren’t all called milk. In fact most of them aren’t called milk.
 
PVC said:
When you really think about it, drinking animal milk is unnatural in many ways. Each animal's milk is designed for THEIR babies, not for humans. All creatures, humans included, are not evolved to drink milk past weaning. Wherever humans drink milk, the bodies are bigger and taller, and so their organs have to work harder to maintain that bigger body.
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We are the only animals on earth who drink milk past infancy.
 
StarSong said:
I can't imagine anyone mistaking nut milk for dairy milk at the grocery store. Price alone is a dead giveaway.

Dairy farmers are p.o.-ed and feeling threatened that their milk sales are down. They blame it on the emergence of nut milks rather than the reams of scientific data that cow milk isn't a healthy choice for humans or the number people who are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy.
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That’s absolutely right. Humans aren’t designed to drink cows milk. Period.
 
I drink only almond milk. Well,don`t drink it that much,but use it on cereal I use the unsweetened,vanilla flavored, 30 calories. Excellent on cereal and I love that it keeps so long. And yes,zero grams of sugar and 1 gram carbs. Much better than cow`s milk for a diabetic.
 

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