TR Mom has never had a good relationship with cow milk. Though not officially diagnosed as lactose intolerant, cow milk has always done horrible things to her digestion. TR Mom never consumes straight glasses of cow milk and avoids large quantities of it in other products to prevent gastrointestinal distress.
As a step in our well discussed move to better health, we’ve been searching for alternatives to the cow milk we use in our coffee and recipes. We were not thrilled with considering soy milk for a myriad of reasons, including concerns about the effects of consuming too much soy. We didn’t really know where to turn for more alternatives to cow milk. And then TR Dad discovered almond milk.
You can store almond milk in your cupboard, unopened, for about 1 year. It has a delightful taste and we easily add it to our coffee with no complaints. You can even get chocolate almond milk! The only drawback that we can see thus far is the price. At around $2.40 for 32 ounces, it would be quite an investment to replace the gallons of cow milk consumed by the typical family with the equivalent amount of almond milk. At the moment, only TR Mom and Dad are using almond milk. Plum doesn’t drink cow milk unless in cereal or as a rare chocolate milk exception. But Bluey still loves an ice cold glass of cow milk and we aren’t pushing him to make a change.
We have yet to explore making our own almond milk, though it appears to be incredibly easy and is definitely on our to-do list. We’ll let you know how that turns out!
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