tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post7817944627411398060..comments2024-03-29T07:02:32.546-04:00Comments on Tagan's Kitchen: Homemade Almond Milk, cool and refreshingTagan Engelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09664422372069062632noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-14761359043382082602012-10-24T13:01:10.528-04:002012-10-24T13:01:10.528-04:00Do you have any recipes for the quinoa and almond?...Do you have any recipes for the quinoa and almond? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15256283467276038968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-12971960071755729882011-11-03T07:10:40.274-04:002011-11-03T07:10:40.274-04:00HI AJ,
So glad that this was helpful to you. A fr...HI AJ, <br />So glad that this was helpful to you. A friend of mine started making this for her son when he was 1 year old. As you know nuts can be an allergen, so you want to be careful. But use your judegment about safety. You might want to also read up on what nutrients she will be missing when you stop giving her breastmilk, and see how you can supplement with other foods. I think that iron is a mojor one. So you can look at how much spinach or other greens could give her the iron. I used to sautee spinach with garlic and then add them to cooked lentils, or mix them into scrambled eggs or other things. I hope she doesn't have a reaction to the almond milk. best of luck!Tagan Engelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664422372069062632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-23038234566570084702011-11-02T19:37:26.202-04:002011-11-02T19:37:26.202-04:00Oh! Just noticing your daughter was 2. Anyway, I...Oh! Just noticing your daughter was 2. Anyway, I'm hoping as I increase the amount she won't have digestive issues as she has had so many in the past:( I agree with your comment on rotating milks to ensure a variety of nutrients!AJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-17251921953150598142011-11-02T19:34:57.187-04:002011-11-02T19:34:57.187-04:00Hi Tagan -
Thank you for this great article! I h...Hi Tagan -<br /><br />Thank you for this great article! I have a 13 month old who cannot have dairy. I'm currently working on weaning her to homemade almond milk. She eats a wide variety of foods except for beef, dairy, egg white and peanut (food allergies are so hard!) - I found peanut free almonds - blue diamond brand surprisingly! There are cross contaminates in other brands. Anyway, how old was your daughter or your friend's child when she weaned to almond?AJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-29874247265777097972010-07-02T17:58:24.927-04:002010-07-02T17:58:24.927-04:00I made homemade almond milk for my son, Tyler (who...I made homemade almond milk for my son, Tyler (who turns 18 next Friday). He refused breast milk when he was only a few weeks old because my mom gave him formula with rice cereal mixed in a bottle with an extra large hole poked in the nipple while I was sick and napping. "HE WAS HUNGRY!" <br /><br />It was a lot of work, but he digested that so much better than soy or rice. I bought some almond milk at the co-op recently and was amazed at how many ingredients it had, and was just way too sweet for me.Kellyhttp://herablehands.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-29143762865226561222010-07-02T15:23:41.762-04:002010-07-02T15:23:41.762-04:00A few things to add:
1 - I made a lot of nut milk ...A few things to add:<br />1 - I made a lot of nut milk when I went dairy-free for a couple of years. The biggest drawback I found was the time required to strain the meal out because the meal would clog the strainer and I'd stand there stirring and scraping... but if you make a big batch it's not so bad. Cashews, on the other hand, if you soak first, don't need to be strained - they blend in beautifully with the water. As is the case with a million ingredients kids won't eat, you can put nut milk in smoothies. Delicious! My kids also have different milks in their cereal and don't notice a difference, really. <br />2 - A tip on rice milk - in Canada we have a brand call Yu which makes organic rice milk from brown basmati rice, naturally sweet, and it's also a lot less chalky than many others I've tried. If you can get it where you live, I highly recommend. <br />3 - My naturopath suggested mixing 2 parts rice milk with 1 part coconut milk (and a splash of flax seed oil for Omega 3) for the kids to help them through the transition to less breast milk when they started daycare. It's really yummy and gives them some healthy saturated fat. My 3-year-old loved it from 12 months through 2 years when we found he didn't any longer prefer it to plain rice milk for snacking at daycare (instead of cow milk). Our 15-month-old now loves it, too.<br />4 - Great suggestions for using the nut meal!Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-58326272695553205152010-07-01T20:51:04.493-04:002010-07-01T20:51:04.493-04:00ok, so maybe I can't blame it all on "the...ok, so maybe I can't blame it all on "the Man" but it's so easy sometimes.....and, while we are at it, when exactly was fairy tale times?Tagan Engelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664422372069062632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-12923537611441559182010-07-01T14:53:35.893-04:002010-07-01T14:53:35.893-04:00My parents took me off all dairy (and a number of ...My parents took me off all dairy (and a number of other foods) when I was 4 years old due to serious chronic asthma and allergies. Since my diet was so restricted, my mom became a wizard at cooking up amazing and fairly revolutionary alternatives to all the things I was not able to eat. This was in the late 70's so you can imagine what was readily available then! One of my favorite things was shakes she would make with frozen fruit and...her own almond milk! She would also use cashews. When I began seeing nut milk in stores a few years ago, I realized just how ahead of her time she was! If only we had packaged it!<br /><br />I also use almond meal for baking, mixing with other flours (quinoa & almond make a delicious blend) particularly in muffins....Sabrinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125771927276076146.post-81270911719519770552010-07-01T13:32:31.135-04:002010-07-01T13:32:31.135-04:00I'm not sure I buy the dairy industry as the s...I'm not sure I buy the dairy industry as the source of our cow's milk mythos, given that cow's milk was a staple in the 19th century (think Laura Ingalls Wilder), and a cow has been a prize possession since fairy tale times. Might be worth investigating the history--in all your spare time!!Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002802440403969922noreply@blogger.com