The Vegan Thread

What's the go-to milk alt these days? Still Oatly?

Missus is going dairy-free for a while and I find the impact on these bircher modifications pretty gross (coconut milk ruins the taste and almond milk just doesn't seem to soak in enough)

Good Hemp - hemp milk for breakfast cereals
Oatly Semi - in normal tea/coffee
Oatly Barista - in coffee and hot chocolate

Alpro normally has good offers so we try them all, hazeltnut is a favourite, it's like drinking a light chocolate milk shake, goes in coffee and doesn't split. Not sure how it'd go on bircher.

Ta, I think Oatly was the best last time we tried a few. Not tried Hemp. Looking for something better for bircher that doesn't ruin the other flavours.

Alpro normally has good offers so we try them all, hazeltnut is a favourite, it's like drinking a light chocolate milk shake, goes in coffee and doesn't split. Not sure how it'd go on bircher.

Ta, I'll pass this over too.

I’m properly accustomed to it now, so it just seems normal to me, but I seem to remember when I first tried it, i was aware of the slightly seedy/nutty flavour, very mild flavours though. Defo my preferred for Bircher.

Rice milk is pretty mild on the flavour. Too watery for me but I have a friend who swears by it

For bircher this might be ok.

If it's a choice between alt milks and black coffee though, black coffee is winning. The alts all taste too strange for me.

My non vegan brother has switched from dairy milk to oatly barista for coffee because he prefers the taste and consistency. I drink my coffee black anyway but seems like it's worth a punt if you've not tried that variant!

yeah that was what we tried a while back. It's definitely the best of the alts that I've tried but cow milk still wins. But I could probably cope if she sticks with that. I was drinking espresso only for the last 6 months anyway, but now working from home with the big machine steaming milk is easy so we've been doing lattes again.

Best beetroot recipes? I have quite a lot to get through after a bumper harvest on the allotment!

Partner makes a really good roasted beetroot risotto. Can ask for a recipe.

Yes please!

Morissons own brand 'Oat' is pretty good.

Ta. There's one of those near here so will give it a go. I know I can get Oatly here too.

It's this one, just switch the butter for an alternative and optionally use a parmesan alternative https://gordonrumsay.com/beetroot-thyme-risotto

Borscht, can have it cold as well so makes for a refreshing lunch these days

As an almost-dairy-free convert, I've only really tried a few soya milks and a little bit of oat milk. From memory, oat milk does taste great in coffee but it seemed a little watery, and required too much to get the same effect/taste difference. Having poo-pooed soya milk for some time, I finally converted full time after realising that the unsweetened stuff is more palatable in tea and coffee than the sweetened.

IANADietician, etc. but I do try to read up on what's being consumed. I'm not convinced by the article above; criticising a product for being a combination of fat, sugar and water, when actually the quantities of the "bad stuff" really aren't that high, or much different from the product it's supposed to be replacing, seems a bit disingenuous. Besides, is rapeseed oil really that bad? It's the main oil I use for cooking precisely cos I thought it had a good nutritional profile as far as fats go??

In fact, if you wanted to make a case against oat milk from a vegan nutrition perspective, IMO it falls down on protein content: only 1%, compared to >3% in either cow's milk or soya milk.

TL;DR: I reckon unsweetened soya milk is a good shout in terms of both taste and nutrition...
edit... assuming it's got your added calcium and B and D vitamins. :)

@gms and @spinnnout thanks! Borscht on the hob now. Risotto later in the week I think!

Really enjoying Rebel Recipes atm. Check her out on instagram. Website is trove of amazing-ness.

https://www.rebelrecipes.com/

On my search for vegan toast toppings I ended up having marmite, hummus, chilli flakes and a grind of black pepper on some crunchy toast.

A nice covering of marmite on the toast first followed by a very liberal layer of hummus then the chilli and pepper on top.

I think it's amazing and I'd like someone else to try it and see if I'm just crazy.

Marmite and houmous is a winner, so much so you can now buy it pre mixed, I put black pepper on everything and chilli is never a bad addition. Also good on crumpets.

Ah man, I thought maybe I was a trail blazer.

Alas, late to the party, as usual.

It's a good party though.

For another good random combo try tahini and miso