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Friday, July 11, 2025

5 Best Non-Dairy Milks

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When it comes to non-dairy milk, there are more choic­es than ever. More and more peo­ple are be­com­ing aware of their lac­tose in­tol­er­ance but for­tu­nate­ly, non-dairy milk op­tions are be­com­ing more read­i­ly avail­able at your lo­cal su­per­mar­kets. This ar­ti­cle will dive in­to five de­li­cious non-dairy kinds of milk, how to make it, their nu­tri­tion­al ben­e­fits and great ways to in­cor­po­rate in­to your di­ets.

Rice Milk

Every­one has rice in their kitchen and is a very ver­sa­tile dish in­clud­ing a dairy-free milk al­ter­na­tive. Rice milk can be de­scribed as a grain milk that is ex­tract­ed by cook­ing and blend­ing ice and wa­ter. The key to mak­ing rice milk at home eas­i­ly is by in­vest­ing in a “milk bag” or a fine mesh cloth to strain the rice milk from the ex­cess pulp. If you are on a bud­get, try a leg stock­ing as a do-it-your­self strain­er. Rice milk is an awe­some milk al­ter­na­tive with vi­t­a­min A and vi­t­a­min D.

Try out rice milk in your next:

Smooth­ies

Muffins

Oat­meal & Por­ridge

Bev­er­ages

Al­mond Milk

Al­mond milk is the most pop­u­lar non-dairy milk you can find in read­i­ly avail­able at gro­ceries here in Trinidad and To­ba­go. The fun part about al­mond milk is that there are many flavours to choose from. You can try mak­ing al­mond milk at home for your­self is by blend­ing al­monds (prefer­ably soaked overnight) with wa­ter and then strain­ing the mix­ture to the pulp. The ben­e­fit of al­mond milk is that it is very low in calo­ries and con­tain­ing nu­mer­ous for­ti­fy­ing nu­tri­ents.

Try out al­mond milk in your next:

Smooth­ies

Cur­ries

Ce­re­al

Re­fresh­ing drink

Cashew Milk

Cashew milk is a pop­u­lar nondairy bev­er­age made from whole cashews and wa­ter. It has gained ma­jor pop­u­lar­i­ty for its thick creamy con­sis­ten­cy with vi­t­a­mins, healthy fats and oth­er nu­tri­ents. The taste is rich and de­li­cious and is used by baris­tas for lattes and cof­fees as a great al­ter­na­tive for cof­fee cream­er. Sim­i­lar to al­mond milk, the cashew nuts fol­low a sim­i­lar process by soak­ing, blend­ing with wa­ter, and strain­ing.

Try out cashew milk in your next:

Cof­fee/Tea

Mashed Pota­toes

Ce­re­al

Sal­ad Dress­ing

Co­conut Milk

Co­conut milk is al­ready a sta­ple in­gre­di­ent in the house­holds of Trinidad and To­ba­go. It is very easy to make, just ex­tract the white flesh on the in­side of the brown co­conut and blend and you end up with amaz­ing co­conut milk. Co­conut milk has a va­ri­ety of health in sev­er­al ways, such as by stim­u­lat­ing weight loss and low­er­ing cho­les­terol. Co­conut milk con­tains high lev­els of sat­u­rat­ed fat, mak­ing it a very calo­rie-rich food which makes your dish­es rich and sat­is­fy­ing. De­pend­ing on how much wa­ter you use when blend­ing the co­conut, co­conut milk can be thick or thin in its con­sis­ten­cy.

Try out co­conut milk in your next:

Soups

Smooth­ies

Cur­ries

Stews

Oat Milk

Oat milk is the lat­est and trendi­est non-milk op­tion due to its creamy and light flavour that is ver­sa­tile for many of your dai­ly meals and drinks like cof­fee, lattes, soups and much more.

Mak­ing oat milk at home is af­ford­able and sim­ple. Like many non-dairy kinds of milk, all you need to do is soak steel-cut oats or whole groats, blend, and strain with a cheese­cloth or milk bag. The left­over oat pulp, keep it as it is a valu­able source of nu­tri­ents and fi­bre that you can at you use oth­er dish­es such in home­made burg­er pat­ties that acts a great binder.

Try out oat milk in your next:

Pas­tas

Ice-cream

Soups

Stews


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