My dairy-free rant

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I've been dairy free since Monday, aside from 2 bites of a donut on Wed AM when I totally forgot. Overall, it's okay. I finally went shopping and picked out some decent-sounding replacements (almond milk, soy yogurt, tofu, etc) and am trying some new recipes. I also went to my first acupuncture appointment on Saturday and it was interesting. The vegan blogosphere is STRANGE. Did you know they make "cheese" sauce from cashews?

That said, I can't seem to make a fucking decent cup of fucking coffee without my fucking milk. Almond "milk" is not milk. It's soaked almond water that just happens to be opaque, so everyone's all "MILK! IT TASTES THE SAME!" NO. It is not my delightful flavored creamer.

I've been without a decent cup of coffee for a week. GMAIL SMASH RAGE.

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What about Silk? Doesnt it come in vanilla etc?

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May 6, 2013 8:31:32 GMT -5 @astrid said:

More importantly, how is your skin?

It's okay.

It hasn't gotten worse, but it hasn't cleared up entirely, either. IDK how long I'm supposed to do it for before seeing a difference, but I figured It'd try for 2 weeks...give my system a chance to clear out all the milk proteins, I guess?



Silk makes flavored "milk" but my experiences have been that soy milk curdles in coffee.

[Overthemoon]

I was dairy free for a while for DD2 and I settled for dairy free powdered creamer. Definitely not the same as liquid creamer but it did give my coffee a little flavor and creaminess.

[mrsgoontz]

I've also heard of some people using coconut milk in their coffee. Might be worth a shot.

[curtains]

www.sodeliciousdairyfree.com/products/coconut-milk-creamers
I use this and it is the best thing I have found so far... (But it is still not my beloved cream, close though)

[idoinjuly]

I thought liquid creamer was non dairy?

[fuckyourcouch]

silk makes soy creamer

[daisybuchannan]

I went pretty much dairy free for about two months when I thought my baby had a sensitivity. It's hard!! I wasn't crazy about all ingredients but cut out the major sources. I did find that I felt much better, and my stomach was instantly flatter. Dairy apparently causes inflammation, and eliminating dairy really helps with weight loss.

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May 6, 2013 8:50:38 GMT -5 curtains said:

www.sodeliciousdairyfree.com/products/coconut-milk-creamers
I use this and it is the best thing I have found so far... (But it is still not my beloved cream, close though)

This is the stuff I use whenever I go on a coffee kick.  Its not half and half or flavored creamer but its decent.

[bab]

I would just use non-dairy creamer (the powder stuff). I don't think almond or soy milk would taste right in coffee.

[gretchenindisguise]

The donut was probably ok if it came from a bakery. Eggs are my issue with them.

Some of the powdered creamers are dairy free, would that taste better for you?

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Oh magic dairy-free weight loss! I'll take that! ;-)

I will check out the silk creamers and see if they react better in coffee. I'll also try coconut milk.

[feistypants]

I've never had a problem with Silk curdling in my coffee. I generally put a little coffee in, add soy, then add the rest of the coffee. Other soy products have, but Silk seems to stand up the best. (It's also what Starbucks makes their soy lattes, etc. out of.)

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May 6, 2013 8:59:56 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

May 6, 2013 8:56:09 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

I went pretty much dairy free for about two months when I thought my baby had a sensitivity. It's hard!! I wasn't crazy about all ingredients but cut out the major sources. I did find that I felt much better, and my stomach was instantly flatter. Dairy apparently causes inflammation, and eliminating dairy really helps with weight loss.

Same here! I went dairy and soy free for 4 months and it sucks but I lost like 15 pounds and I gained 10 back when I re introduce dairy.

I eat dairy now but in a much more limited quantity. Rarely put cheese on sandwiches for example. I don't miss it as much as I thought I would!

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May 6, 2013 9:25:11 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Have you tried coconut oil? 

LOL

I actually smeared it on my face last night b/c i was really dry and flaky from allergies.

I laughed at myself, standing in the kitchen with coconut oil on my face, making a vegan chickpea salad for lunch. Freaking hippy.

DH told me to just cut out the middle man and eat my face cream.

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You'll get used to the milk. Don't give up on it yet. I can barely stand cow's milk now...soy in my hot chocolates and almond milk in my cereal only!

I'm thinking about going dairy free again because my skin currently looks the worse it has in 15 years. And my hormones are all jacked up (heavy spotting mid-cycle, which has never happened). This coincided with me eating regular ice cream again.

Really, just get through the first month.

Why are you not eating meat?

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Hey hey hey hey hey - do NOT KNOCK the cashew cheese.

[khaleesi]

ohsheglows.com/

This vegan lady does some awesome dairy free stuff.

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Milk is freaking everywhere, I need to try going dairy free also, but it sounds so hard.