Once I made the decision to remove dairy from my diet, I thought it would be the end of my latte addiction. Good-bye Starbucks and hello pungent black coffee! Then a friend introduced me to some alternatives and thanks to her, my addiction has resumed with hemp milk lattes. Rice milk lattes weren’t creamy enough for my taste and soy has too strong a flavor but hemp milk was exactly what I was looking for. This experience made me realize how easy it actually is to make your favorite foods dairy free. Here are a few suggestions for dairy-replacement items so you don’t have to remove your favorite foods from you diet:
Replace 1 cup of milk with one of the following
•   1 cup of hemp milk
•   1 cup of soy milk
•   1 cup of coconut milk (helpful hint: when cooking, coconut milk can add additional flavor and creaminess!)
•   1 cup of Vitamite 100
Replace 1 stick (8 Tbsp) butter with any of the following:
•   8 Tbsp Earth Balance spread
•   8 Tbsp Fleischmann’s margarine
•   8 Tbsp vegetable or olive oil
•   8 Tbsp Spectrum shortening
•   6 Tbsp unsweetened apple sauce + 2 Tbsp oil
In Baking:
•   1 cup of rice milk + 1 egg yolk
•   1 cup of water + 1 egg yolk
•   1 cup of fruit juice
Happy experimenting! If you have any replacement items that you’d like to suggest, please let us know in the comments section below.
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