Wednesday, February 10, 2010

milk of the week: hemp

before i started dabbling in veganism (or as family and friends would probably say, before i 'got all weird'), i had no idea there were so many non-dairy milk options. complicating matters further are the variety of flavors to choose from: unsweetened, sweetened, original, vanilla, chocolate, etc. although i'm not vegan anymore (read wannabe vegan), since discovering this wide world beyond the dairy aisle, i've stuck to rotating different milks in my fridge. this week, i've been drinking hemp milk. i'd say it ranks somewhere below almond milk and above whole grain milk (brown rice, amaranth, millet and quinoa).

current milk hierarchy:

1. almond
2. soy (non silk brand)
3. hemp
4. whole grain
5. rice

i switch off mostly between 1 and 2, but 2 is the only one that goes decently with coffee. the others (#4 and 5 especially) are pretty watery, but even so, i don't think i can ever go back to drinking regular milk.

1 comments:

Monolog said...

wow, hemp milk is a new one, even for me! it's so weird because I NEVER drink anything but soy or almond milk until I got preggo this time...now I swear I drink whole milk at least twice a day. Gross huh!
Tell me how the hemp stuff is though...I'm definitely curious...