{"id":16001,"date":"2012-10-24T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T16:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2012-10-24T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T16:56:20","slug":"embracing-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/10\/embracing-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Milk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Back in the day Scott and I drank a lot of milk. \u00a0By\u00a0a lot<\/em>, I mean the two of us would polish off 3 gallons of milk in a week.<\/p>\n

So yeah, a lot.<\/p>\n

Both of us grew up in households where milk was served at dinner and sometimes at lunch. \u00a0Pop or fruit juices (aside from oj) were not allowed at the table to have with meals. They were considered treats. \u00a0A rule that seems to have gotten lost past our generation.<\/p>\n

However several years ago as I started looking into food a bit more, I learned that milk wasn’t so great. \u00a0Milk from factory-farmed cows were full of stuff you do not want to put in your body. \u00a0We stopped drinking milk cold turkey and switched over to soy milk. \u00a0We liked soy milk and stuck with that for many many years.<\/p>\n

When we lived in Ohio, we had access to amazing grass-fed dairy from a local farm. \u00a0We still didn’t switch over from soy milk completely though. \u00a0Scott used half-and-half in his coffee and I used the cream to make butter. \u00a0That was the extent of our milk intake. \u00a0I still used soy milk or coconut milk<\/a> for cooking and baking.<\/p>\n

Moving to Fort Collins, finding soy milk proved challenging. \u00a0Oh there’s soy milk here but the brand we like isn’t easy to find and when we did find some it was really expensive. \u00a0A lot more than what we paid in Ohio.<\/p>\n

Always keeping a budget in mind, I wasn’t fond of the increased price. Nor did I like the treasure hunt we had to do in order to find some.<\/p>\n

This actually came at a great time. \u00a0I had been considering ditching the soy milk anyway. \u00a0As we move towards less processed foods and back to a more traditional unprocessed way of eating, soy milk doesn’t really fit with that philosophy. \u00a0It has thickeners, sweeteners, and additives that I don’t really want to consume any longer.<\/p>\n

Milk only has milk.<\/p>\n

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So we have dropped the soy milk and switched back to milk fully. \u00a0We are able to get milk delivered to us each week fresh from a local dairy. \u00a0The dairy raises and owns their own cattle along with growing and producing all the food that the cattle eat. \u00a0The milk we get was just milked from the cow 24 hours prior.<\/p>\n

I know that some people are not a supporter of dairy and I’m aware of studies that suggest dairy isn’t all that great. I also know that soy milk isn’t all that great either. \u00a0I’ve done the research. \u00a0We all need to do what is right for our families. \u00a0For us, this is working right now and this is a choice that we are happy with.<\/p>\n

I’m back to having a large glass of milk each night with my dinner. \u00a0I never realized how much I missed milk. \u00a0I look forward to that glass of milk each night with dinner. \u00a0It’s bliss! \u00a0We’re not quite up to where we used to be in terms of consumption. \u00a0Only about half that. \u00a0We get a gallon and a half of whole milk delivered to us each week.<\/p>\n

I admit that I love having fresh milk delivered to my door!<\/p>\n

Do you drink milk? Have you ever moved away from dairy only to reintroduce it back into your diet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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