Almond milk, Soy milk, Rice milk, cow milk?!

Also think of the environmental impacts- soy milk has questionable farming ethics, dairy farms have extremely questionable ethics, rice milk seems to be generally ok, and almond milk can effect the grounds where the almonds are grown because they are being mass produced. However, out of the options almond or dairy will be your best bet. Watch the sugar and farming methods for almond milk, and look for local farms when buying dairy to help support them rather than mass producing farms that harm the cows from over milking. That's your best bet in my opinion

I drink real milk and vary among whole, skim and 1%.

The best I can tell soybeans and almonds don't produce milk so you have to create it in a factory and bastardize the English language to call it "milk," which I find rather ironic as the clean eating crowd, which otherwise espouses avoiding processed foods, drinks that crap. It's all part of the joke that is diet food.

I can't have milk ( lactose intolerant) so I don't really buy any. Hubby and daughter like 2% so I do get it for them every now and then. We use almond or soy milk for cereal mostly though. I can tolerate greek yogurt so I use it in smoothies.

I just switched to whole organic grassfeed milk.. It's sooooo creamy I love it..

But my son is having a fit.. so i'll probably also get him the 1% he likes or the regualr whole milk (cause calcium and protein is good for him!)

I am considering getting almond milk again for smoothies.. but i really like the added protein that I get by using regular milk..



Oh for the gentleman who said this:

The best I can tell soybeans and almonds don't produce milk so you have to create it in a factory and bastardize the English language to call it "milk," which I find rather ironic as the clean eating crowd, which otherwise espouses avoiding processed foods, drinks that crap. It's all part of the joke that is diet food.

Almond milk is fairly clean, if you check lables and avoid the brand with lots of additives (like everything else on the market!)

How to Make Raw Vanilla Almond Milk

Raw Vanilla Almond Milk

1 cup soaked almonds
(Soak in a bowl in the refrigerator overnight and rinse before using)
3 cups water
1 vanilla bean, seeds scooped out
3-5 soft pitted dates (or soak hard dates in water for 1/2 hour) or
other sweetener to taste such as honey or stevia

To make raw almond milk blend the soaked almonds with the water until smooth. Then strain the mixture through a sprout bag, cheesecloth, or strainer into a big bowl. Save the almond pulp in a container and put in the refrigerator for later use.

Put the almond milk back into the blender carafe and blend in the vanilla seeds and dates or other sweetener until smooth. This milk will last in the refrigerator for about 3-5 days. Shake well before using. Variation: Blend in a banana and use a pinch of nutmeg to make a festive rawnog.



Is it processed?? In the strictest sense of the word?? Sure.. but it's fairly clean as most clean eaters would define clean eating..

As I've gotten older, my body's become less able to handle cow's milk, though I can still do cheese just fine - go figure. As a result, I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk in my protein shakes in the morning, since protein shakes with water taste horrid to my sensibilities.

I've recently started using Non-GMO Almond milk and coconut milk in smoothies and recipes for the taste. I don't drink cow's milk by personal choice.

I really wish people would stop bashing others for their personal choices though. Who cares if someone calls something clean or not? It doesn't change the essence of the question or response.

Oh, and I love whole raw milk taste wise. It is very creamy and good for you despite the fat (which isn't a bad thing if your overall diet is good).. But as I've gotten older, as others have mentioned, it does not love me back so much! So for now, my only dairy is cheese or greek yogurt, both of which are fine for most lactose intolerant people due to the fact that they contain enzymes that break down lactose that LI people are short on.

I just switched to whole organic grassfeed milk.. It's sooooo creamy I love it..

But my son is having a fit.. so i'll probably also get him the 1% he likes or the regualr whole milk (cause calcium and protein is good for him!)

I am considering getting almond milk again for smoothies.. but i really like the added protein that I get by using regular milk..



Oh for the gentleman who said this:

The best I can tell soybeans and almonds don't produce milk so you have to create it in a factory and bastardize the English language to call it "milk," which I find rather ironic as the clean eating crowd, which otherwise espouses avoiding processed foods, drinks that crap. It's all part of the joke that is diet food.

Almond milk is fairly clean, if you check lables and avoid the brand with lots of additives (like everything else on the market!)

How to Make Raw Vanilla Almond Milk

Raw Vanilla Almond Milk

1 cup soaked almonds
(Soak in a bowl in the refrigerator overnight and rinse before using)
3 cups water
1 vanilla bean, seeds scooped out
3-5 soft pitted dates (or soak hard dates in water for 1/2 hour) or
other sweetener to taste such as honey or stevia

To make raw almond milk blend the soaked almonds with the water until smooth. Then strain the mixture through a sprout bag, cheesecloth, or strainer into a big bowl. Save the almond pulp in a container and put in the refrigerator for later use.

Put the almond milk back into the blender carafe and blend in the vanilla seeds and dates or other sweetener until smooth. This milk will last in the refrigerator for about 3-5 days. Shake well before using. Variation: Blend in a banana and use a pinch of nutmeg to make a festive rawnog.



Is it processed?? In the strictest sense of the word?? Sure.. but it's fairly clean as most clean eaters would define clean eating..

Oh, I'm sure most clean eaters would call it "clean." That's the nice thing about a word with no definition. You manipulate its meaning to your own ends. Lab created almond "milk"? Okay. Bread? unclean. I get it . . . but thanks for the entertainment disguising itself as knowledge.

Bread is unclean??? I was not aware of that.. Bread using GMO ingredients that is chock full of additives would however be unclean..

You don't like the word fine.. dont' like the word.. i dont' really like it either, but I understand what most people are referring to when they say it. I just strive to eat like my grandmother used to cook. Everything from scratch, everything fresh, everything simple and good and real. It's the same thing to me. They call it milk.. is it really milk? idk.. but who cares what they call it. If it's made from whole real natural ingredients, then it's clean. They can call it a building for all I care..

Point is.. it's made from real, whole, raw simple ingredients, that are grown in nature and mixed together.

I just switched to whole organic grassfeed milk.. It's sooooo creamy I love it..

But my son is having a fit.. so i'll probably also get him the 1% he likes or the regualr whole milk (cause calcium and protein is good for him!)

I am considering getting almond milk again for smoothies.. but i really like the added protein that I get by using regular milk..



Oh for the gentleman who said this:

The best I can tell soybeans and almonds don't produce milk so you have to create it in a factory and bastardize the English language to call it "milk," which I find rather ironic as the clean eating crowd, which otherwise espouses avoiding processed foods, drinks that crap. It's all part of the joke that is diet food.

Almond milk is fairly clean, if you check lables and avoid the brand with lots of additives (like everything else on the market!)

How to Make Raw Vanilla Almond Milk

Raw Vanilla Almond Milk

1 cup soaked almonds
(Soak in a bowl in the refrigerator overnight and rinse before using)
3 cups water
1 vanilla bean, seeds scooped out
3-5 soft pitted dates (or soak hard dates in water for 1/2 hour) or
other sweetener to taste such as honey or stevia

To make raw almond milk blend the soaked almonds with the water until smooth. Then strain the mixture through a sprout bag, cheesecloth, or strainer into a big bowl. Save the almond pulp in a container and put in the refrigerator for later use.

Put the almond milk back into the blender carafe and blend in the vanilla seeds and dates or other sweetener until smooth. This milk will last in the refrigerator for about 3-5 days. Shake well before using. Variation: Blend in a banana and use a pinch of nutmeg to make a festive rawnog.



Is it processed?? In the strictest sense of the word?? Sure.. but it's fairly clean as most clean eaters would define clean eating..

Oh, I'm sure most clean eaters would call it "clean." That's the nice thing about a word with no definition. You manipulate its meaning to your own ends. Lab created almond "milk"? Okay. Bread? unclean. I get it . . . but thanks for the entertainment disguising itself as knowledge.

Bread is unclean??? I was not aware of that.. Bread using GMO ingredients that is chock full of additives would however be unclean..

You don't like the word fine.. dont' like the word.. i dont' really like it either, but I understand what most people are referring to when they say it. I just strive to eat like my grandmother used to cook. Everything from scratch, everything fresh, everything simple and good and real. It's the same thing to me. They call it milk.. is it really milk? idk.. but who cares what they call it. If it's made from whole real natural ingredients, then it's clean. They can call it a building for all I care..

Point is.. it's made from real, whole, raw simple ingredients, that are grown in nature and mixed together.

And yet, you drink fake "milk" . . .

I don't drink milk bc of the hormones. I just don't do dairy at all!