Saving money by using dried milk

nick_b

Great idea, thriftlady! Our milkman has just told us the milk's going up by 4p a pint, so this may be an idea to keep costs down. I found this site with some recipes using milk powder, which sound interesting. (Anyone know where I could find ascorbic acid powder?)

Gingham_Ribbon

I use dried milk in h/m cereal and hot chocolate. I use organic milk and dried organic milk is both difficult to find and hugely expensive.

lil_me

rach wrote: »

apologies if this is dim but i want to make a white sauce for fish pie tonight and have some dried milk, so i'll give it a go. how exactly do you do it? microwave or hob? and do you mix it up first or just as you make the sauce?

sorry to sound dim...

I do mine on the hob and mix the milk powder and water first, sorry bit of a late response.

Zero

Is powdered milk available in Lidl, and if it is, would anyone here know how much it costs?

Thanks! :j

Fozz

I had never used dried milk before this morning, didn't like the thought of it at all. This morning I had run out of fresh and found a forgotten tub of dried in the cupboard.
Made up a pint and put some in my tea, tasted nearly the same, and my daughter had it on her cornflakes and in her coffee (not knowing it was dried!!) and made no comment. This was the acid test 'cos she is the fussiest one in the family and quite often asks me how fresh the milk is before using it.
So for anyone else put off by the thought of dried milk, it's worth a go!

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, there! I often use dried milk in cooking

There's an exising thread on dried milk economics, started by thriftlady. I'll add this thread later to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

Olliebeak

I've been a great fan of dried milk for years - especially when my kids were quite young.

Mine loved ground rice as a dessert - but very often we didn't have enough fresh milk because they guzzled it like there was no tomorrow!

Ground Rice Pudding recipe using dried milk

Into a saucepan put 2ozs dried milk powder, 2 ozs ground rice, 1 oz sugar and gradually stir in 1 pint of cold water. Try to make sure that it's all equally mixed in. Bring to the boil slowly while still stirring to stop it from sticking. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Allow to cool a bit (especially for small mouths!) and serve with some stewed fruit or a dollop of jam. Can be served cold with a little cold stewed fruit in the bottom of a dish or put into a mould a bit like a fruit conde.

Could be done in the microwave, but would leave out the sugar until it's cooked - sugar and microwave are a no-no!

I wouldn't worry too much about using dried skimmed milk for young kiddies in this instance - as long as they're getting plenty of ordinary milk in their diet to maintain their 'fat intake'. I did it this way for convenience and because I used all the fresh milk on their cereals and drinks.


Also good for low-fat milky drinks. Teaspoon of coffee in a mug. Add three or four teaspoons of dried milk and a small amount of cold water to mix the coffee and dried milk together (make sure there is no dried milk lurking in the depths!). Add boiling water stirring at the same time. Lovely frothy coffee! Works with drinking chocolate/ovaltine as well - use whatever sweetener you choose!!

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someone on the old thread pointed out the anti-caking ingredients in powdered milk and she bought tesco value milk as it is only milk and vitamins. I went on the website and looked at the ingredients of tesco skimmed milk (not value) and the list of added-ins is quite eye-opening, including 24% added oil :eek:

I am getting tesco value milk from now on and will keep it in a lock and lock so it stays nice and dry

ZoeGirl_3

I use dried (we call it powdered) milk all the time, I often use if soley if I am doing a "no-spend" challenge. I do make sure I buy milk when I have guests, or they have been known to wonder why my milk is in a large glass jar!! (reconstituted in the fridge it is awesome).

COOLTRIKERCHICK

ok with the ever increasing price of milk i bought the 5pint powdered milk stuff and hve eventually got round to using it....wow it is fab in cooking. my rice puddings have never tasted sooooo good..

at the moment its working out just over 20p per pint.

i was just wondering does anyone else use it for cooking, and is there anywhere where i can buy it in bulk..or a larger amount. ( Hopefully not from a supermarket as i am trying to go back to not using supermarkets again..)

this is the one i am using at the mo.

http://www.tesco.com/superstore/xpi/5/xpi50031405.htm

i must admit i didnt like the idea of using dried milk.. but i am totally suprised at the results.. so if anyone uses lots of milk in their cooking and need to cut costs.. give dried milk ago...