Milks! Help me out! rice/soy/almond/lactose free??

[Charlotte91]

Thanks I bought of that Lactose Free milk to try on DH. Going to have a look for some oat milk. Hadn't heard of it... Does it come in 'long life' cartons? How much does it cost?

We are looking for something to give to DD when we slowly take her off formula soon. She's had sips of our milk and it comes through quickly in white chunks, so cows milk is a no-go.

But yes, it would be making things like pancakes, custards, puddings. Basically, anything that says "Milk", replace it with something other than Rev. I'm sick of DH getting bloated and gassy everytime I cook something. It causes him pain, and TBH he really really stinks... And I want DD to eat more of what we do, but it's hard because she can't digest the cows milk very well.

Does 'non-rev' milks taste OK in coffee and tea??

[hipmummy]

By the sounds of her bowel movements it definately sounds like a lactose issue.

These days there are lactose free youghurt, lactose free cream and margarine, long life and fresh lactose free milk.

A lot of people find that goat's milk is another alternative however as far as I am aware it still contains lactose just is easier than cows milk to digest (Please correct this if I am wrong).

[Olive]

Oat milk is around $2.50 a liter and is in the long life milk aisle, I but vitasoy brand

[Cherished]

I have oat milk in my tea and I love it. Its just a matter of personal taste I guess.

[surprised]

I use rice milk in everything. It is naturally quite sweet. It works fine as a replacement in baking. I like almond milk, but it's expensive and has added sugar so I don't buy it. You can get rice milk and oat milk in the aisle with the UHT milks. Some supermarkets also have rice milk in the fridges.

You can make your own rice and oat milks, but not a great idea for your DD in particular as they don't have the same added vitamins as the commercial brands. Yes, you could make sure she was getting calcium through other sources, but easier to have it in the milk.

[Traveller]

We use organic soy milk from Aldi and the kids enjoy it both as a drink and on their cereal. It's ok for cooking with, although makes sweet white sauce look a little grey so I tend to add blueberries or cocoa powder to it. Not too high in calcium which is an issue but we make sure he (my son who is allergic to cows milk protein) has access to calcium from other sources such as almonds, broccoli and other leafy greens. Coconut milk is also really good, great for curries and soups.

[ll80]

coconut milk is good too.

you can make milk from most nuts
brazil nut milk is pretty good as is hazelnut, best to make your own of those though.