Transitioning to Soy Milk
I never intended to drink soy milk. For goodness sakes, how can you milk a soybean, anyway?
And the concept of milk coming from a bean just seemed strange to me. But when you think about cow's milk long enough, like weirdos like me tend to do, then that can send you off to Grossland, much like our good friend The Chicken Egg.
'Bout ten years ago I married The Mister, who is lactose-intolerant, and together we produced offspring with the same tendency. And being the dull-minded pitiful type of gal I am, it took me a while to make the switch from serving up cow's milk to paying a good chunk of change for the soy. Once we made the switch, Charmin called to inquire why our toilet paper consumption took a dive. [The lactose-intolerant crowd will catch my drift, no pun intended. TMI, TMI...]
Our family has been through nearly every kind of dairy-alternative milk out there, and we finally settled on Silk. For now. It has a good flavor, and is organic to boot. For a time, we bought dairy and soy, but both cartons ended up spoiling before we could use them all up.
Knowing that there are lactose-intolerant, milk-allergic, and other health-conscious folks in the audience, here are my tips for transitioning from dairy to soy, if you tend to have the same kind of Gag Reflex that I possess.
Start with Silk Vanilla Soy. Or if you need it even sweeter, head to Very Vanilla to get you started. Shoot, there's even a *chocolate* flavor. Live it up!!! You can trick yourself into thinking you are having a Happy Special Treat. Drink it cold and along with something--such as breakfast cereal--or drink it with your favorite chocolate chip cookie, fresh from the oven, guilt-free (because this is Work here, not pleasure).
Then gradually transition yourself down to the plain style of soy milk, which has less sugar, but still tastes good--after you are used to drinking the milk of a soybean.
And that's what Works For Me this Wednesday.
And for those of you who are still reading, because you obviously are avoiding some other unpleasant task, what I want to know is this: Do the soybeans have to get pregnant to produce milk? And where are the baby beans?
For more tips, more likely to be on things that might improve your life and not just waste your time, head over to Rocks In My Dryer.
And the concept of milk coming from a bean just seemed strange to me. But when you think about cow's milk long enough, like weirdos like me tend to do, then that can send you off to Grossland, much like our good friend The Chicken Egg.
'Bout ten years ago I married The Mister, who is lactose-intolerant, and together we produced offspring with the same tendency. And being the dull-minded pitiful type of gal I am, it took me a while to make the switch from serving up cow's milk to paying a good chunk of change for the soy. Once we made the switch, Charmin called to inquire why our toilet paper consumption took a dive. [The lactose-intolerant crowd will catch my drift, no pun intended. TMI, TMI...]
Our family has been through nearly every kind of dairy-alternative milk out there, and we finally settled on Silk. For now. It has a good flavor, and is organic to boot. For a time, we bought dairy and soy, but both cartons ended up spoiling before we could use them all up.
Knowing that there are lactose-intolerant, milk-allergic, and other health-conscious folks in the audience, here are my tips for transitioning from dairy to soy, if you tend to have the same kind of Gag Reflex that I possess.
Start with Silk Vanilla Soy. Or if you need it even sweeter, head to Very Vanilla to get you started. Shoot, there's even a *chocolate* flavor. Live it up!!! You can trick yourself into thinking you are having a Happy Special Treat. Drink it cold and along with something--such as breakfast cereal--or drink it with your favorite chocolate chip cookie, fresh from the oven, guilt-free (because this is Work here, not pleasure).
Then gradually transition yourself down to the plain style of soy milk, which has less sugar, but still tastes good--after you are used to drinking the milk of a soybean.
And that's what Works For Me this Wednesday.
And for those of you who are still reading, because you obviously are avoiding some other unpleasant task, what I want to know is this: Do the soybeans have to get pregnant to produce milk? And where are the baby beans?
For more tips, more likely to be on things that might improve your life and not just waste your time, head over to Rocks In My Dryer.
4 comments:
Don't put too much stock in the "organic" claim of Silk. It was bought out by Dean Foods (who also owns Horizon Organic) and they stopped buying their beans from Canada and the US, instead buying them from China (where "organic" is a loose term, to say the least).
Just thought you might like to know with all the uproar over China and food safety.
SMM - I think you are a little too young for the Where Do Soy Bean Babies Come From explanation. Maybe when you're older. Or...on second thought...go ask your father. :)
Best recipe in our church's cookbook this year: chocolate soymilk, frozen cherries, a few ice cubes and two packets of whatever sweetener you choose. Yum!
My son and I have been drinking soy for years. He too was born with an intolerance to milk, which he got from good ol' mom.
We both love Silk. Nonetheless, for those whose bodies cannot tolerate milk, but their tastebuds want nothing else, try Lactaid. It has a longer shelf life than either soy or regular milk, and it does not taste too bad either.
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