Hemp Dream (Original)

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:47:48 +0000

We got the idea to try this from our friends in PA. I used this in a “Spicy and Cheezy Potato and Carrot Stirfry” (shown) and it thickened up like… a dream… a hemp dream. Very creamy. The dish did have a weird taste which my wife and I attributed to the fact that I put kale into the mix. Not sure if that was it or the combination of the cheese and hemp milk- more experiments to come on this recipe, which isn’t ready for prime time… I KNOW the kids wouldn’t have eaten it, so I tried it on a night where it was my turn to cook and after the kids had been at a birthday party- so had already eaten. I think it would have been better without the kale and maybe some red peppers instead. The kale was an awesome addition, but it’s distinct flavor… with the rest… not so good. The cheese sauce was made with a rue and a little bit of queso fresco and colby jack cheese… even though we did start cutting cheese our of our diet… but I hate to see things to waste. Instead of just throwing it away- I thought of it as “making room for some non-dairy cheeses” in our cheese drawer. The weird flavor could have also been from the queso fresco and colby jack and kale and hemp milk combo… not sure… we ate it and think it is worth experimentation in the future… so that is something.

I tried it for breakfast as a beverage with the kids. I have just replaced their typical small glass of milk with rice, soy, almond and now hemp milk- and this one didn’t work at all. To me, original Hemp Dream isn’t drinkable by itself. To our oldest daughter, 5, who said, “something is wrong with the milk… it is going to make me throw up” referring to the taste AND then pointed out the hemp? chunks in the glass after she drank half of it. I tend to agree. The texture is… well… a little chunky to just drink alone. Maybe I didn’t shake it enough? Our son, 2, took a tiny sip… and while he didn’t spit it out… was done.

My wife picked this up at the local Kowalski’s Market. It was a little expensive. I know they have vanilla in addition the original flavor that we tried, but I don’t think they had that at Kowalski’s.

No More Milk Challenge

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:05:04 +0000

Easy enough for a first challenge. We have given up milk before to the benefit of my allergies and all of our digestion, but recently we have gotten lazy and just gotten into the habit again of drinking cow’s milk. Enough is enough. No more. I found a couple nice online resource about can into this with some thoughts on the subject, but we decided to make up our own minds and try them all. The kids have tried and liked chocolate soy milk, chocolate almond milk (hello, when cocoa is liked as the top second of third ingredient- I love it too) but have vetoed original flavor hemp milk for drinking- though it was really nice for cooking- it was too grainy to drink. We don’t really like rice milk, but may try it again. From what I remember, it was completely nasty by itself and it didn’t even work as a coffee additive- I have also read that some rice fields have been shown to have higher arsenic levels in the water they use that flood the rice patties, so we really checked that off the list. If we can find a good rice milk that is highly rated though, we may try it. Not sure that exists.

It has been a couple weeks now and since this is a nice and easy challenge- we are up for it.

Does anyone have any other milk replacement suggestions?

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Hemp Dream (Original)

No More Milk Challenge