coconut milk
- Very smooth and satisfying
- <=1 g natural sugars so basically carb-free
- amazing replacement for milk in cereal and smoothies
Rice milk for oatmeal, oat milk for baking, soy milk for drinking straight due to protein
Swap use cases of rice and soy milk and it’s me.
Someone at work bought me macadamia nut milk when I went vegan, it was at Costco for a while, and man that was good. They don’t carry it anymore and it’s not in regular stores I’ve seen.
Oat for most things. Extra creamy.
Almond for a fewthings. Like I prefer almond in a bowl of cereal. Silk has an unsweetened one with extra protein that is my go to.
Rice Milk
Depends on what I am using it for. I quite like oat milk in my coffee drinks. I feel like it is nice to have the oaty flavor paired with the coffee taste.
Oat for lattes, rice for drinking straight, coconut for smoothies, almond for cereal
Nice call out on rice milk straight. I do think it has a nice subtle sweetness to it the others don’t.
We rotate between Almond and Coconut. Almond for stuff where the milk needs to be more neutral tasting. Coconut if we want a more creamy texture. We used to also like Oat (least wasteful on water during production vs almond), but it’s high in carbs so we avoid it now. Also, we actually use 0% fat lactose-free milk as well for coffee because it just tastes better than the alternatives for coffee.
If you can ever find it, try the Vita-Coco original no sugar added 1L carton that has around 5g of carbs, its really incredible super coconut milk that beats all for cereal. Its a little pricier but its amazing stuff.
oat milk for everything
Yes
Mostly the same as everyone else here, mostly use oat milk or coconut depending on use case, but a while back I was making something that called for pea milk and it cooked up surprisingly well.
Coconut milk is the closest to the real deal, it’s creamy, you can make a whipped cream or friggin butter with it easily and it’s white AF
Unsweetened almond milk mainly due to the low calories compared to other non-dairy milks but not as tasty for sure.
It’s been a while, but one time I had almond milk in rooibos tea* and it made it taste like cake. Can’t remember proportions or how much extra sugar or sweetener I had in it but knowing me, the amount wasn’t “none”.
* tea-like infusion. Rooibos and tea are not related plants.
I use rice milk in my cereal. Nice and sweet. Not too fatty.
Oat milk. I can make it at home and customize it for 1/10th the price.
Now this I have to try! Could you talk me through how you do this? Just read a quick article on it: you only blend oats and water, then strain it? Would coffee filters be good for straining?
I use a metal strainer.
I had to try out a couple of recipes in order to get one that works well.
My recipe:
Oat Milk:
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1 cup oats
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6 cups water (chilled)
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1 tsp vanilla
- Add all to blender and blend on high for 30-40 seconds
- Strain with strainer 2x
- Add maple syrup for flavoring (and/or honey) 3 tbsp
Keeps for about a week.
Theres some other similar ones like: https://www.loveandlemons.com/oat-milk/ that work out well and may keep for longer (salt).
Do you try cooking the oats, or just cold soak?
I think its quick oats? It just said oats when I bought them but I get them in bulk food or 25 pound bags once a year-ish.
Just tried this, worked wonders! 🙌
Awesome!
I’ve never been able to make non-slimy oat milk. I’ll give this a recipe a try.
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It’s also near the bottom for CO2 emissions as well.
neat!
Specifically: Califia Farms Toasted Coconut - Coconut Almondmilk Blend. This is the closest I have found since I started watching my carbs/sugar intake 4 years ago.
Pistachio milk. Normally I can’t stand adding anything to my coffee, but pistachio milk is the one exception. The only problem is that it only keeps for a few days so you pretty much have to make it yourself or get it at a restaurant that makes it. Otherwise I like unsweetened almond milk.
