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Having researched it, I found many resaons to stop drinkikg dairy. Cow milk is a growth hormone fluid to super charge calves into a 1000kg cow. Not sure humans have any business drinking it tbh. Increasingly linked to prostrate, breast cancer, cow milk contains a lot of hormones an adult human almost certainly doesn't need. I found cutting out dairy products stopped me from having room clearing gas. Studies actually show that high dairy consumption results in weaker bones, not stronger. So basically all that stuff about milk being healthy for you was just total BS to sell a product they produced too much of. Dairy cows have utterly miserable lives also, which may or may not be of concern and intensive farming is basically destroying the planet and public health while undermining the very tool on which virtually all operations depend on - antibiotics. Health professionals are saying antibiotic resistance could be "apocalyptic".
In a (almond) nutshell, anything is better than dairy. Interesting reading mind
I have been using coconut milk for the last few months at work , I work 4 on 4 off and am trying to be as vegan as I can when at work , I was feeling pretty good about it until that guardian article 🙂 still better than dairy according to them .
So I'm just starting to have a go at dropping cows milk/diary and have bought some coconut milk for my muesli and I like it. Am going to get some oat milk and try that as well. Might even give porridge with water a go.....
One of the reasons I'm trying to cut down on diary is the gas issues! I've always kind of thought it was wheat/oats that made me bloated, Bananas are a nightmare as well. No idea if I'm lactose intolerant or not but both my sisters are and are pretty much diary free nowadays with massively reduced gut problems so I might be the same.
One question though, how long before the farting eases off?!?!?
Back to the original question – since my last post I’ve tried a couple more
Morrisons unsweetened soy, which I’d have again
Morrisons oat, which was awful – tasted very sweet
We're going through loads of the Morrisons oat in our house. It's £0.89a litre so cheap, and strangely the kids seem top like it as it's a little sweeter, thickened and flavoured. Although like you I'm not keen. It also has low/no fibre, some of the other oat milks are high fibre* which is either a bonus or a downside depending on your needs. It's definitely a good addition to the range of dairy free milks available.
*Alpro is 1.2g/l, which adds up to a lot if you're a small kid getting through 600ml a day.
we've bene going through the different oat milks here. Morrisons oat milk is very oaty, creamy, and not for coffee for me anyway.
however, in our quarantine search for deliverable supplies we have ended up with lots of Minor Figures Oat milk.
it's the least oaty and most milky oat milk I've tried. works great in coffee and in tea. possibly a little too creamy for my liking, but I'll live with that as the taste now means i can have coffees in the house without smuggling cow milk in. great on cereal too.
Never heard of them so investigated. Anyone spouting hipster vibe tosh means I'm oot.
I found the Oatly Barista to be too creamy/sickly and following recommendation on here I switched to Alpro unsweetened oat.
Never heard of them so investigated. Anyone spouting hipster vibe tosh means I’m oot.
lol. this is the coffee industry they're selling into, so I guess comes with the territory!
@Malvern Rider just reporting back on your (ages ago) suggestion for carrot and swede mash, pleased to say that Oatly cream and B12 flakes worked really well so thank you for that!
Alpro unsweetened oat drink: anyone know where I can buy this in bulk ie not supermarkets? Can find Oatly but not this.
Thanks.
No worries CG 👍🏼 Glad it worked out.
I’m constantly trying to please us indoors with new dairy-free recipes and it gets easier in lockdown as we stocked up on Lidl soy and also Oatly. Regular Oatly is working fine for Redbush and for adding to top-off cooked porridge
Latest recipe
Luxury Fruit and Nut Porridge (microwave version)
- 1/2 cup porridge oats
- 1 and 1/2 cups* long-life soy milk (I use sweetened)
- Handful of sultanas (or half a diced apple, or 50/50 sultanas/apple)
- Handful of mixed nuts (thanks again Lidl for helping us afford nuts) roughly crushed in mortar or with heavy thing + bag.
- two good pinches of salt
- 1 teaspoon of honey (1 and a half if soy milk is unsweetened variety)
- sprinkle of ground nutmeg
- Cooking time 5 minutes + 5 minutes cooling.
Mix together in microwaveable bowl/container. IMPORTANT - Ensure bowl is at least TWICE the volume/height of the mixture as it bubbles up a LOT! Not fun cleaning 😑
Cook on high for 2 minutes. Stir well
Cook on high for another 2 minutes. Stir well.
Cook for final 1 minute.
Let cool for 5-10 minutes. Stir in a dash of soy milk if too thick*
If you’re feeling flush and feel like a treat then top it off with a tablespoon of Oatly Creamy Oat and a dash of that there whisky 🧐🕺
For variety try adding zest of an orange into the mix. Boom.
Bliss.
* depends how thick you like yr porridge. Try this way and adjust next time to own spec.
Just a quick nod to non-dairy custard tarts, found this looks good
PSA
Ben & Jerry’s non-dairy cookies on cookie dough ice cream currently on sale (£3:50) at Mozzers (maybe elsewhere too?)
Have purchased this once or twice before on a blue moon at full price (normally a quid more expensive than it’s uddery cousins) and was a hit with everyone who tried it. The ice cream is subtle, creamy, yet has a tantalising tang of caramel that hits the spot. The little random pieces of cookie-dough are delightfully chewy enough to make it last a little longer, and the choc chips are nicely-sized nuggets of nom.
Shorter review: ‘Bury me in a bath of it’
Anyone else thought use non-dairy milk in soups?
Just cooked this mushroom soup and am licking the bowl clean. Used bog standard mushroom as had too many. Oatly Barista and Kallo veg cube for stock. I followed the recipe for the most part, not missing anything out - but also added more garlic, also stick of celery and 2 med carrots chopped up finely (mirepoix). Gert lush.
https://invegetableswetrust.com/2015/01/09/creamy-oat-and-mushroom-soup/
That looks cool, thanks for the recipe
I am probably late to the party, but we have just discovered Oat-ly barista. Really good for lattes. Impressed as the last lot of regular oat milk was awful for steaming.
Have tried a few awful grated dairy-free parmesan things over the years. Found this cashew-based offering on, er, on offer today. Don’t know why but thought I’d risk it. Maybe I’m a gambling man.
All I can say is YES! Well done Willicroft. It even has a pungent pong. Pasta tonight 🙂
fancied a crumpet. Fancied a change from usual veg oil spread. Was going to try and make an online vegan butter recipe but saw this on offer in the supermarket
Turned out be horribly moreish, melty, buttery (not quite salty enough so I added a little) but now I want all the crumpet.
Xmas has started in P7eaven non-dairy realm. Today was missing a shot or three of Baileys/whisky cream liqueur - so thought how hard can it be to make?
(Roughly) chucked in a measuring jug:
- 250ml Oatly Barista
- 250ml Lidl/generic oat milk (could gave used alk the Barista I had keft but needed to keep some for coffee)
- 1 x Tablespoon of Stevia powder and 1 x tablespoon of sugar (again could use all sugar but am pretending to be making a nod to lower fat options 😋) - adjust to taste at the end
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee powder (I’m using Alzera)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla natural extract
- about 400ml Irish whisky (add, taste, add taste etc til happy 🥳)
Zapped it with the hand-blender and tasted. Added a little more sugar. You get the idea.
Can’t believe quite how good/authentic it tastes!
Blimmin delicious on ice. As evidenced by drinking most of it before getting a pic . Merry Xmas all.