To live without; THAT is the question??
We found out about our children's allergies about 1 year before we had baby number 3. I remember having a tough time trying to find a good replacement for milk. While milk is not necessary and sometimes counter productive in nutrition, I felt it was an easy option for one of the daily snacks and made naps/bedtime easier. So after seeking out an option for so long and even trying to find a formula that could work for a toddler, I settled on my version of a 'coconut milk' that was amounted to everything Cow's Milk did and then some more with a minimal price difference. Not to mention this choice had a very pleasant flavor compared to the other alternatives out there.
I figured out that one tablespoon of coconut milk added to rice milk had the equivalent amount of fat as a glass of 2 % Cow's Milk. At first I tried bulk mixing a can of coconut milk with a 1/2 gallon of rice milk. That did not work because the coconut milk would go bad and spoil the entire carton of rice milk. It was then that i had the idea to make coconut ice cubes. The ice cubes were approximately 1 tablespoon each, so it was perfect. It made it really easy to pull out just enough for each glass of milk as needed. I then could either defrost the cube in the microwave or preserve its nutrients by pouring warm rice milk over the cube to melt it.
Great option for our growing babies.
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