Dairy Free Diet

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Violet_Isle wrote: »

I made a cup of coffee with soya milk this afternoon as I was desperate for a caffeine boost. I was on the phone to a client and was just about to take a sip when I looked into my cup and nearly threw up - it looked like an white blobby piece of, well I dont know, I guess the nearest thing I can think of is soggy broccoli - urgh - needless to say it went straight down the sink but is this normal with soya milk? does rice milk do the same thing in coffee?

Some brands of soya milk do curdle when added to hot drinks. Try adding the milk before the water, heating the milk before adding or allowing the coffee to cool slightly before adding the milk.
Also UHT soya milk tend to be more likely to curdle than fresh.

Violet_Isle

Thanks I'll give it a try. I think I'm getting used to the stuff now - can you make scrambled eggs, custard etc with it?

nappentass

FWIW - I like SoGood Chocolate Soya milk - addictive, also use sogood soya milk with protein powder mixed in on cereal/muesli which i enjoy,
I use it in cooking if I need milk but OH won't have it in drinks, I just have coffee/tea black.
Also try the Alpro deserts (in the chiller) and provamel I've tried and will buy ( though often only if on offer)
I'm lucky because I can eat cooked dairy so ice cream is still my prefered treat.

HTH
Jill

Elle00

Hi my son is allergic to dairy and can't have any. I'm lactose intolerant but it doesn't stop me LOL.

My son adores the little cartons of flavoured Alpro Soya milk in strawberry or chocolate (96p for 3). Previously he had a special baby formula which of course tasted foul so I always added a spoon of crusha milkshake mix to it (the strawberry and raspberry are milk ingredient free) and he yummed it up. You're not a baby or on formula milk but same principal! Have you tried flavouring regular soya milk?

Son also likes Alpro Soya Desserts which come in vanilla, caramel or chocolate and I have to say they really do taste very nice indeed and aren't too bad at around £1.50 - £2 for a pack of four yoghurt sized desserts. You can get the above mentioned pre-chilled ones too but I've never tried those.

The hard cheese alternative that's been mentioned is called Parmazano and is stocked in most big supermarkets in the organic/free from aisle and I'm sorry to say this but I think it is just WRONG. I mean do try it if you're game but I personally could not believe how overpowering and smelly that stuff is!

If you have a health food shop locally with a chiller cabinet you can get milk free cheese slices but I have never found these I'm afriad.

In Tesco they have a fab range of cakes and biscuits etc in the free from / organic aisle and most of these are nice. I make sponge cakes for my son using soya spread and find they're just as yummy as ones made with butter.

For butter I actually quite like the Pure soya spread (the green one) but if you didn't like soya spread why not try the Pure Sunflower (yellow one)? Oh and thinking about it, you are obviously not a veggy like we are so actually you could have margerine! It's not just vitalite like someone said, read the packets because a lot of margerines are made with gelatine etc but no milk ingredients and I think Flora might be???

For chocolate you can buy dairy free bars from the free-from Tesco range but I find them expensive even though they taste quite acceptable. Better is to get used to eating dark chocolate. You can eat Fry's fondant bars or Bourneville or you can buy the big Green & Blacks or Tesco Finest dark chocolate bars as these are usually vegan (so free from dairy).

In crisps you can have most ready salted versions (Walkers, Hula Hoops etc) but you have to read the packets of most others.

For bread I have found most Stay-Fresh brands (inc Tesco and Somerfields) are milk ingredient free.

HTH