Vanilla almond milk

Perhaps it's just the brand I was using.. but when I put it in my coffee, it went a bit funny. On the surface little white bits formed and floated around.. a bit like it had curdled. I've since switched brands, but haven't tried it again.

I tried to make Jello instant sugar-free pudding with Silk Light vanilla almond milk last night and it didn't set. I'll stick to dairy milk for that, I guess. I also don't really like it in coffee. I feel like it overwhelms the taste of the coffee.

I do really like almond milk on cereal, in smoothies, and for oatmeal. I haven't baked much with it yet except for some protein mug cakes, but I plan to try it.

The chemistry isn't right for that. It's lacking in protein and fats, and although you can make jello with skim milk, even that's a bit runnier. I've heard you can make jello pudding with coconut milk or hemp milk if you add a scoop of protein powder or something, but I'm not a big enough fan to try that one.

I use almond, hemp, and hazelnut milk (unsweetened) store bought. If you look online, YouTube etc, you'll see it's really easy to make your own non-dairy milk, and so far the best homemade was a pistachio milk sweetened with nectresse(monk fruit). It's an easy switch to save calories. My roommates are also paranoid about consuming hormones and antibiotics from commercially farmed cows, and almond milk/coconut milk etc are way cheaper as a bonus.

Yes! It tastes great in coffee or even certain flavors of tea. I put almond milk in my smoothies every day. I love the stuff.

ditto

I use it in my coffee! It's still creamy but not as heavy as regular coffee cream.

There is hemp milk? AND hazelnut milk? You have made my day!!

I cannot give up cream in my coffee either. I have tried and tried over the years and I just cannot get to the point where I enjoy black coffee. More importantly for me, black coffee gives me heartburn and stained my teeth a lot. These two things were really what helped me to finally decide to just stay with the half & half. In reality, 1 TBSP of half & half is only 20 calories - so it really isn't a lot of calories that we are talking about here. I have 2 TBSNs of it in my coffee (40 calories) and I am satisfied with it.

BTW, I did try the fat-free half & half and I don't like it. To me, it has a bit of a sweet taste (I don't like anything sweet in my coffee) and it really does not satisfy my desire for that little bit of cream in my coffee.

I have ultimately made a trade-off in that I can have a few less calories for food per day and still be able to have my half & half in my coffee. I think we have to make choices on what we will give up and what we won't give up. For me, I won't give up the half & half.

I use it in my protein shakes mainly, but honestly haven't bought cow milk in months, if I can't make it with egg whites or almond milk, I guess I don't need to make it lol.

You can substitute almond milk for anything you use cow's milk with, though the nutty flavour of the original can sometimes alter the flavour if used in cooking. I prefer unsweetened vanilla for smoothies as the flavour is lighter than original unsweetened and goes well with all fruits (especially orange, where I often add a little vanilla extract to the mix as well to make it taste like a Creamsicle). I like unsweetened vanilla almond milk for iced coffee, but it tastes off in hot coffee to me, so I use unsweetened original almond milk instead, which gives it that nice creamy, nutty flavour. I usually drink black coffee and don't like flavoured coffees/lattes so that may be why I personally don't like the vanilla taste in my coffee. I'm lactose-intolerant and prefer almond to soy milk any day of the week.