Milk Substitutes

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So I am beginning the thought of removing some dairy from our diet.

We use ALOT of milk in this house - what is the cheapest milk substitute - I don;t really have a huge budget and can;t afford to pay that much more .

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I swapped to soy milk but it isn't cheap (i think £1 something for the talk skinny carton of tesco's own) the nut mills were about the same and i haven't seeb the oat or rice versions yet.

M can't have soya or dairy. Rice is not recommended due to the arsenic content so we have oatly or almond milk, whichever is on offer! Its not as cheap as cows milk though. I'm sure someone ( @littlesez ? ) has made oat milk so that might work out cheaper. I'm not sure how much oats you need to get a decent amount of milk though!

I would avoid soy milk like the plague. It has been connected to thyroid issues. I would go for oat or almond. Both are really easy to make at home.

i did lots of different things.

Soya milk for cereal and lattes and hot chocolate
Rice milk for tea and coffee
Oat milk for izzy as a drink

I made our own oat milk by just simply stirring oats in water then seiving it through, it was a bit "grainy" but i still liked it. Then we used the oats for porridge every morning, For oat milk i would say any i amount is fine and then the other two in moderation.

For yoghurt i would say soya, For cream we used oat cream and cheese i am afriad we could not find a good alternative at all they all stink like feet the only one i liked was fake parmesan. For custard i used soya and for non dairy ice cream the very gorgeous and very ££££ booja booja

word of caution on soy milk for boys - my friend is a gp & has a dairy intolerant baby boy & has done lots of research on it....because it has oestrogen like properties i wouldn't overdo the soy for boys, ok for girls tho'. She is using oatmilk a lot for her baby instead.

We're buying cravendale milk at the mo cos it's on offer but it has been filtered so much I don't think it tastes of anything!! lol

Emma
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We use rice milk because jake won't eat or drink anything made with oat milk. His dietician has said it's fine as he isn't having much yet - his main milk substitute continues to be his formula.

yes i think the key is that none of these milks should be used as a baby's main source of nutrition. But then again i wouldnt use cows milk that way anyway. Is tabitha still breastfed?

yes i think the key is that none of these milks should be used as a baby's main source of nutrition. But then again i wouldnt use cows milk that way anyway. Is tabitha still breastfed?

No she stopped feeding just after her 1st birthday but they both have milk at bed time - and sometimes for a nap So i want to replace that milk with either almond/coconut or oat....