Coconut milk? Almond? Soy? Dairy?

I've just started using almond milk as it was suggested to me by a gym instructor. I don't like drinking it but it's fine with cereal.

Almond and Coconut. I want to try Hazelnut milk.

I love califia farms vanilla almond milk...and I like coconut milk alot too. You should have fun trying some different things...

Depends on you personally and what you're using it for. Almond milk is my go to. I use vanilla almond milk for my smoothies. To me it has more flavor than Soy milk. Also, I'm not a big fan of coconut milk but I do love it for my hair lol. I suggest you try all and see which one you like the best.

This may be a little weird, but i use a tablespoon of TruWhip and let it melt. I'm working on cutting out soy tho, google what is does to your nervous system.

governatorkp wrote: »

I would advice against almond milk.
It's basically very expensive water.
It contains the protein of only a few almonds.
But for heaven's sake don't buy almond milk.

A good argument if you only but it for the protein, but if you want it for the taste and low cals I would say go for it. It still had a lot of vitamins and almost 50% of your daily calcium requirement per cup

Almond milk on offer in asda at the moment £1 per carton, instead of £1.69

The only milk comes from animals. Anything else is water combined with nut pulp (or whatever) and processed. I prefer the raw milk from my dairy goats and will occasionally buy cow's milk cream or half and half for a bit of a change up. I have used almond "milk" before and found it to be all right, but not something I would use outside of Lent, when I had a choice. I rather enjoyed the fruit-flavored soy beverages, but they made me feel awful when I drank them--so I pitched the bit I had left and haven't had them for a couple of years. Those are my personal choices, though, and you need to decide for yourself.

I prefer almond milk or coconut milk over dairy or soy. There are many kinds of almond milks but I would suggest those labeled non GMO. If used for cooking, the unsweetened almond milk is perfect substitute for dairy. It's not really good as a coffee creamer (I prefer organic half and half). As for soy, check out this article: http://wellnessmama.com/3684/is-soy-healthy/

Sephixteeo wrote: »

I go for unsweetened vanilla almond milk, just because I prefer the flavor. I can't handle milk at all, and it hits the spot. I found I can eat Greek yogurt with no problems, so that is a win win for some calcium and protein.

For coffee, I just go with non dairy creamer. Again I am probably used to it, but the off brands usually taste odd.

I do the exact same thing. I love unsweetened vanilla almond milk.

I adore cow's milk. I understand it's not the amazing superfood as it was plugged in the 80s but I can't help but love it.

TavistockToad wrote: »

cnekniher wrote: »

Whats the scoop? What's the best and worst? What should I choose?

Whichever you like the taste of and fits your macros/calories best

^^This

I use evaporated milk or half and half in my coffee/tea, vanilla soy milk in my cold cereal, whole milk in my warm cereal, and coconut milk for baking/coking I think I have all the bases covered!

sweetened condensed milk a spoonfull in coffee is so good

I use coconut milk to bake and cook, and I'm starting to get used to using it on cereal. There's no alternative to dairy I'd straight-up drink, but it works really well for my purposes. That said, I'm intolerant to dairy and allergic to almonds so that's why I do it. Otherwise, I don't know that there's any real reason to choose one over the other besides taste or tolerance.