Re: Cooking with Milk alternatives

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@evelyner wrote:
almond milk even the one with no flavor had a taste. It's ok in sweet stuff only. You can use oat milk which has no taste.

@evelyner I made the mistake of using almond milk on cheerios. I was the nastiest thing I ever tasted. I had to throw the whole bowl out after a few spoons because it just kept getting worse.

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

All I buy is unsweetened almond milk. Check the labels before you decide which you want to try. There's a lot of sugar in some.

We use it on cereal or anything that needs milk.

DH made buttermilk pecan pancakes this weekend. He added 2 tablespoons vinegar to the almond milk to make a cup of buttermilk. The pancakes are soft & fluffy.

It doesn't work on pudding. The pudding will not thicken.

So far that's the only thing I have found it doesn't work on.

I have also made hot chocolate with it with shaved chocolate & some espresso powder.

I even use it when I make creamed corn. It has a little different taste but still very good.

If you want creamy white country gravy McCormick packet's are pretty good. You add 2 cups water. It does list sodium caseinate & dry milk powder in the ingredients.

I don't know if I'm lactose intolerant or if it's just high fat?

When I eat ice cream I get a messed up stomach. I can eat frozen yogurt or Gelato with no problems. Ice cream has more fat? Homemade ice cream doesn't bother my stomach either?

I use the unsweetened almond milk in smoothies almost daily.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@granddi wrote:
Would some experienced cooks share how to use milk alternatives in basic and advanced cooking.

What type is best? Almond or other?
I'm not a baker but the question comes up in things like pancake mix or cornbread mix. Complete -just add water- mixes contain milk!

I am new to the lactose intolerance club! I'm a southern girl and miss my cream gravy.

@granddi

You can still make your country cream gravy. I don't drink cows milk anymore. I make it with cream cheese, heavy whipping cream (both low in lactose) and plain, unsweetened almond milk.

To your boxed mixes, plain, unsweetened almond milk will work. Measurements are 1:1