Last year I was undertaking a big fitness and weight loss challenge and found that after one particular episode where I did not have any milk (among other items) that I developed a bit of an intolerance to milk or more likely the lactose in the milk.
Although this stopped after a few weeks of pain and discomfort during which we used a substitute in tea and coffee but carried on using milk in cooked food I hatched a plan to try out and report on the dairy substitutes that you can find in many supermarkets and most delis/health food shops.
I popped into my local healthfood store last month and here's what we (hubby and I) did with the products we found.
We tried the following items:
Rice 'milk'
Oat 'milk'
Almond 'milk'
Koko (a coconut based product)
Quinoa 'milk'
Hemp 'milk'
We tried them in:
Glasses - neat that is!
Tea
Coffee
with milkshake syrup
Porridge
Protein powder
Our methods to ensure comparisons could be considered valid were:
Glasses - all clear and cleaned before the test
Tea - all cups identical and tea from same single pot made for the test
Coffee - all cups identical and coffee from same single press made for the test
Milkshake syrup - identical syrup and 'milk' quantities measured into clear, clean glasses
Porridge - identical quantities of oats and 'milk' cooked for same time each in same way (sadly easiest method and one used was microwave)
Protein powder - one scoop of powder and 300ml of 'milk' blended with stick blender
The results of our test follow in the next blog, they will of course be somewhat subjective given that personal tastes will come into this but I hope that you will find them useful nonetheless.
Although this stopped after a few weeks of pain and discomfort during which we used a substitute in tea and coffee but carried on using milk in cooked food I hatched a plan to try out and report on the dairy substitutes that you can find in many supermarkets and most delis/health food shops.
I popped into my local healthfood store last month and here's what we (hubby and I) did with the products we found.
We tried the following items:
Rice 'milk'
Oat 'milk'
Almond 'milk'
Koko (a coconut based product)
Quinoa 'milk'
Hemp 'milk'
We tried them in:
Glasses - neat that is!
Tea
Coffee
with milkshake syrup
Porridge
Protein powder
Our methods to ensure comparisons could be considered valid were:
Glasses - all clear and cleaned before the test
Tea - all cups identical and tea from same single pot made for the test
Coffee - all cups identical and coffee from same single press made for the test
Milkshake syrup - identical syrup and 'milk' quantities measured into clear, clean glasses
Porridge - identical quantities of oats and 'milk' cooked for same time each in same way (sadly easiest method and one used was microwave)
Protein powder - one scoop of powder and 300ml of 'milk' blended with stick blender
The results of our test follow in the next blog, they will of course be somewhat subjective given that personal tastes will come into this but I hope that you will find them useful nonetheless.
