Coffee Creamer
Melly045
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I like my coffee light so I have to use about 1/2 cup of whole milk in each cup of coffee I drink. Looking for a lower calorie alternative. I’ve tried almond milk but it’s not the same. Any suggestions for a creamy alternative with less calories than whole milk! Thanks
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Have you tried using skim or 1% milk?2
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Agree with skim or 1%, I also like using silk coconut milk. I don’t like the flavor of Almond milk but coconut milk gives me the creamy flavor and texture I like and a half cup is 20 calories3
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I was able to switch to skim milk. Occasionally I will do oat milk, which is creamier but more calories than skim milk. Also it doesn’t taste nutty.3
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Try a few brands of oat milk, I've found that the alternative milk co (not sure if available outside of aus) oat milk is super creamy3
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If you're in US, give a go to Fairlife milk. 1% sits @ 100 cals./cup and 2% is 120(this one tastes like whole milk to me). This milk has a clean and creamy taste/mouth feel. I really like that it's also lactose free and higher in protein than regular milk.1
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I love Nutpods and Milkadamina Creamer. Recently I tried Nutpods Oat milk creamer and it was good! I buy the unsweetened. Nutpod Caramel is my favorite right now. I sometimes really like just good black coffee until only a little is left in the mug, then I add the creamer, reheat and its like a treat.3
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I use cashew milk. Naturally creamy consistency3
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Fat free half and half2
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I use sugar free Coffee Mate2
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I used to drink my coffee very light like that, but I decided to wean off of all that "cream" (whole milk) for calorie reasons. I used to require whole milk or cream plus sugar, but I slowly decreased the amounts of both over time so that my tastebuds grew accustomed to having darker coffee. My current go to is Califia farms almondmilk + coconut cream creamer (as it's thicker/creamier than almond milk) with a bit of Ceylon cinnamon which helps to bring out the sweetness of the creamer. Like I said, I had to wean slowly. One Tbsp of this creamer is 15 calories, and that's all I use now, per mug. I drink 2 mugs every morning, and I've been able to take those calories that I used to drink and use them on my favorite breakfasts, because I just love breakfast foods.
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I also use fat free creamer. 10 calories per tablespoon.1
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beautyonthebeach83 wrote: »I used to drink my coffee very light like that, but I decided to wean off of all that "cream" (whole milk) for calorie reasons. I used to require whole milk or cream plus sugar, but I slowly decreased the amounts of both over time so that my tastebuds grew accustomed to having darker coffee. My current go to is Califia farms almondmilk + coconut cream creamer (as it's thicker/creamier than almond milk) with a bit of Ceylon cinnamon which helps to bring out the sweetness of the creamer. Like I said, I had to wean slowly. One Tbsp of this creamer is 15 calories, and that's all I use now, per mug. I drink 2 mugs every morning, and I've been able to take those calories that I used to drink and use them on my favorite breakfasts, because I just love breakfast foods.
My though as well. Wean yourself to a weaker amounts.
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I also use fat free creamer. 10 calories per tablespoon.
This is actually more calories for 1/2 cup than the whole milk th OP is currently using. 1/2 cup is approx 8 tablespoons, so if she used the fat free creamer at 10 cals per tbs, it would be 80 cals.... whole milk is approx 150 cals a cup, so she is using approx 75cals worth right now.0 -
missysippy930 wrote: »beautyonthebeach83 wrote: »I used to drink my coffee very light like that, but I decided to wean off of all that "cream" (whole milk) for calorie reasons. I used to require whole milk or cream plus sugar, but I slowly decreased the amounts of both over time so that my tastebuds grew accustomed to having darker coffee. My current go to is Califia farms almondmilk + coconut cream creamer (as it's thicker/creamier than almond milk) with a bit of Ceylon cinnamon which helps to bring out the sweetness of the creamer. Like I said, I had to wean slowly. One Tbsp of this creamer is 15 calories, and that's all I use now, per mug. I drink 2 mugs every morning, and I've been able to take those calories that I used to drink and use them on my favorite breakfasts, because I just love breakfast foods.
My though as well. Wean yourself to a weaker amounts.
I guess that is the best thing to do with anything that is consumed and you want to improve it's health benefits somehow...Start reducing the amounts of whole milk with a substitute (3/4 whole milk and 1/4 of 1% - or whatever). Just keep tweaking it with an amount that you can live with.
Maybe you just need a better tasting coffee:) lol!3 -
Some almond milks are different than others - I heat up the Silk basic unsweetened one for my morning coffee and use a milk frother and like it a lot. The Almond Breeze doesn't have the same richness in my opinion. Cashew milk barely froths. I get it's a bit tough to try giant cartons of things though if you end up not liking them.2
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Buttermello wrote: »I also use fat free creamer. 10 calories per tablespoon.
This is actually more calories for 1/2 cup than the whole milk th OP is currently using. 1/2 cup is approx 8 tablespoons, so if she used the fat free creamer at 10 cals per tbs, it would be 80 cals.... whole milk is approx 150 cals a cup, so she is using approx 75cals worth right now.
If you put 8 tablespoons of coffee creamer in a cup of coffee it would be as dense as porridge so that would not work. But in any event, I don't think coffeemate is supposed to be dosed, spoon for spoon, instead of milk and you would normally use quite a bit less, a teaspoon or two for a mug.
I am no expert as I drink coffee black these days, but have used coffeemate in the past.3 -
I'm another that drinks skim milk . . . about 3/4C in every (big) mug of coffee.
It's not as creamy, obviously, but I've found it enjoyable if I heat the milk first (frothing it would also make it more pseudo-creamy, perhaps). It may not work for you, but does for me . . . and contributes almost 15% of my daily protein, which is worthwhile in itself to me for the calories involved.4 -
1/8 cup cold skim milk (17 calories) hand pumped in this baby about twenty times and then microwaved for 25 seconds. Any longer and you’ll wind up with whipped cream consistency milk all over your microwave. I tell ya, it’s like magic.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016ULW6T0/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF84 -
I like my coffee light so I have to use about 1/2 cup of whole milk in each cup of coffee I drink. Looking for a lower calorie alternative. I’ve tried almond milk but it’s not the same. Any suggestions for a creamy alternative with less calories than whole milk! Thanks
My go to is: Unsweetened almond milk (30 calories/cup) + splenda + 0-cal-flavor-syrup (currently pecan something)(Torani, Jordan's 'skinny syrups',.. make a variety of them).
ETA: doesn't really add 'creaminess' though. Possibly making a flavored protein shake and adding small quantities as a creamer would work for what you want (not likely to be lower calorie, but the excess of calories might be filling a macro you could use help with meeting).2 -
My go to is: Unsweetened almond milk (30 calories/cup) + splenda + 0-cal-flavor-syrup (currently pecan something)(Torani, Jordan's 'skinny syrups',.. make a variety of them).
(The above is also a pretty decent substitute for calorie-prohibitive amaretto). (ETA: in the situations where you want both alcohol and amaretto flavor in your coffee, then +rum to the above)
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springlering62 wrote: »1/8 cup cold skim milk (17 calories) hand pumped in this baby about twenty times and then microwaved for 25 seconds. Any longer and you’ll wind up with whipped cream consistency milk all over your microwave. I tell ya, it’s like magic.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016ULW6T0/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8
WIth apologies to OP for the digression: I looked into this, and decided I needed one. Arrived yesterday. I still need to perfect not sloshing milk out at max fill 😆, but I'm gonna like this. Perfect for me: Measuring marks on the side (skim milk for coffee is one thing I measure rather than weigh), microwaveable glass, nice froth with luxurious texture. Thanks for mentioning it! 😋1 -
If you use an alternative, which still tastes creamy, you are not retraining your brain to accept healthier foods.
As others have said, wean yourself off so much creamer and get used to healthier alternatives.
Losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle is about finding a healthy balanced diet, not just reducing calories.
Good luck.🙂0 -
One tablespoon of coffeemate creamer is 30 calories, that's all I need in my coffee every morning.0
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thechiopodist wrote: »If you use an alternative, which still tastes creamy, you are not retraining your brain to accept healthier foods.
As others have said, wean yourself off so much creamer and get used to healthier alternatives.
Losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle is about finding a healthy balanced diet, not just reducing calories.
Good luck.🙂
We have to get dietary fat from somewhere. There's nothing inherently bad about getting it in our morning coffee if that's what we prefer.
(I understand OP may want to use those calories elsewhere and that's okay too).2 -
thechiopodist wrote: »If you use an alternative, which still tastes creamy, you are not retraining your brain to accept healthier foods.
As others have said, wean yourself off so much creamer and get used to healthier alternatives.
Losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle is about finding a healthy balanced diet, not just reducing calories.
Good luck.🙂
For me, that sounds too much like the "suffer your way to weight loss" idea - that being fat is a sin to be expiated. There's no reason OP needs to give up all pleasure in eating, in order to lose weight. This is especially true when we're talking about something that's probably a minor percentage of OP's daily calorie budget (yet still a legitimate target to consider for calorie reduction, of course). "Creamy tasting" is not an inherent indicator of an unhealthy food.
Healthy weight management - mentally as well as physically healthy - is about finding a good personal balance of calories, nutrients, practicality . . . and yes, pleasure. Of course good well-rounded nutrition and generally healthy eating are extremely important - vital. Tastiness is a blessing. (The underlying implication that healthful foods aren't tasty - that you have to "train your brain to accept them" - is incorrect, besides.)
OP has been using whole milk, which is generally regarded as a healthy food for those who are not lactose sensitive/intolerant or the like . . . except by people who've fallen for the China study nonsense, or the like. Many of the alternatives suggested in the thread are not "unhealthy" either.3 -
As far as considering this unhealthy: half a cup of whole milk is about 80 calories. It's about 4 grams of fat and 4 grams of protein. It's a pretty good source of vitamin D, riboflavin, B12, and calcium.
I think it's useful to tether this conversation to the actual details of the food OP is asking about it. I think it's easy to hear something like "I put whole milk in my coffee" and our mind may default to some calorie/fat bomb of a drink . . . but in the serving size OP is talking about, this is someone that could easily fit into many people's calorie/macro goals.
The relevant thing here is that we don't know how many cups of coffee OP is drinking. If we're talking multiple cups of coffee throughout the day, that does get harder and I can understand the need to come up with an alternative.
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janejellyroll wrote: »As far as considering this unhealthy: half a cup of whole milk is about 80 calories. It's about 4 grams of fat and 4 grams of protein. It's a pretty good source of vitamin D, riboflavin, B12, and calcium.
I think it's useful to tether this conversation to the actual details of the food OP is asking about it. I think it's easy to hear something like "I put whole milk in my coffee" and our mind may default to some calorie/fat bomb of a drink . . . but in the serving size OP is talking about, this is someone that could easily fit into many people's calorie/macro goals.
The relevant thing here is that we don't know how many cups of coffee OP is drinking. If we're talking multiple cups of coffee throughout the day, that does get harder and I can understand the need to come up with an alternative.
I can also understand exploring whether there maybe equally pleasurable and still-nutritious options that are lower in calories, too. Most of us do a little juggling of such tradeoffs, especially at first, when working within a calorie goal.
On occasion, I've ended up finding alternative things that are more nutritious, similar or fewer calories, and same or more pleasurable to eat . . . there are potential wins, with an exploratory mindset.
(This is not a disagreement with the post quoted - it's agreement and extension.)
P.S. I wondered how many cups of coffee daily, too. 😉1 -
Coconut cream! I mix vanilla and lavender or make a pumpkin spice blend..0
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I use half and half. About 2ml per oz of coffee roughly. So in 12-14oz of coffee, I pour 25ml. In my thermos, it's 22oz coffee and 40ml half and half. I am willing to use up to a max of 100 calories per day on this.0
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Nut Pods mixed with a tad of Horizons HWC
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