Today I want to talk about one of my favorite products that I use daily:
Silk Almond Milk #SilkAlmond @LoveMySilk
Growing up, I was always a big skim milk drinker. I don’t think I could ever drink a straight glass of milk, but I loved it alongside my food. Cereal tastes way better with a ratio of 2 cups milk to 1 cup cereal. Any dessert item needs a glass of milk with it. Toast and milk is a favorite. Also, my mom and I would always couple a glass of skim milk with a Luna bar or other protein bar to make a more filling snack.
It wasn’t until a few years ago that I started to stray from dairy milk. I remember seeing Silk soy milk in the grocery and on commercials on TV. I thought it sounded interesting so I gave it a try! Soy milk is an awesome milk alternative because it’s still high in protein, calcium, and vitamins just like regular milk.
Kyle knew I loved my vanilla soy milk; he told me his mom had just tried almond milk and really liked it.
I remember thinking, “Almond milk!?! How weird. I bet it’s gritty and high fat and just… weird.”
I didn’t jump on the almond milk bandwagon right off the bat but when I finally did, I was hooked! The biggest thing to influence my switch from soy milk to almond milk was the nutritional stats. Almond milk is SO low in calories I couldn’t believe it. 30-40 calories per cup? Pour me a glass! Also, almond milk comes in the unsweetened vanilla flavor which just fills my heart with joy. It’s sweet and creamy but very low in fat and has NO SUGAR! What more could a girl want?
I’ve been religiously using almond milk for over a year and I don’t think I will every make the switch back to skim milk.
What Do I Use It In?
Smoothies
It’s extra creamy. Protein powder will never be the same.
Oatmeal
Piping hot oatmeal with ice-cold vanilla almond milk poured on top = my favorite breakfast
Cereal
The subtle vanilla flavor kicks any cereal up a notch.
Baked Goods
I’ve used almond milk in countless recipes without ever having a problem. It’s a great substitution.
Just How Good For You Is It?
I made this little chart comparing some of the big differences between skim milk, soy-milk, and almond milk. For comparison sake, I used nutritional info about skim milk not regular milk and unsweetened soy and almond milk. Of course, if you use regular milk the fat content is higher. If you buy regular soy or almond milk that is sweetened, the calories and sugar content will be higher. There are slight differences in vitamin content between brands of soy and almond milk. I used info from Silk soy and almond mild. There are also variances in vitamin A and D content when you compare regular milk and the non-dairy forms but all 3 types have significant amounts of these rockin’ vitamins 
Some of the Fitfluential Ambassadors have teamed up with Silk to create new recipes and boy are they drool-worthy! You can check them out on the Silk Facebook page. If you like the page, you even get a coupon to try out Silk for yourself!
I was absolutely thrilled to find out that Fitfluential paired up with Silk for this campaign.
FitFluential LLC compensated me for this Campaign.
All opinions are my own.
My opinion is that I’ve been using Silk Almond Milk every.single.day for a year and LOVE it. They couldn’t compensate me to NOT talk about it. Just thought I would throw that in there
Questions:
Do you use non-dairy milk? What kind? Do you like it?
If you don’t use non-dairy milk, have you ever thought about switching?
Were you one of those kids who could drink a whole glass of milk without anything else? Not me!
I made the switch to almond milk about a year go and am obsessed! I wish Starbucks carried almond milk! It’s so good and so creamy– I will never go back to skim milk again!
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I have only recently started incorporating almond milk into recipes as a substitution.
Growing up, I never enjoyed the taste of milk. While Zi was pregnant I began craving milk and really enjoy it but the calories and sugar make it a special treat rather than an every day drink for me. Using almond milk helps me save calories while enjoying the milk!
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I use the unsweetened vanilla almond milk for everything! It’s the only “milk” I use. I love that it is easily digestible for me, low in calories, and lower in carbs than soy. It bakes up perfectly, I use it for smoothies, and oatmeal too! Great product breakdown post girl! Thanks!
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I was one of those kids who would drink 3 glasses of milk in a row with nothing else. I loved milk. I got into almond milk recently and I love that too. I buy almond breeze vanilla and it seriously just tastes like heaven. I use it all the time, especially for smoothies, cereal, and baking. I still drink dairy milk sometimes. I don’t know if I could ever give up chocolate milk with dairy milk. SO GOOD!
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My family and I just made the switch to Almond milk earlier this month. I am loving it instead of milk (which NONE of us wanted to drink)and even my kids love drinking it. Win. Win.
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Yay!!
I love almond milk!! So much! They don’t sell Silk at the store I shop at, but I have tried it and like it a lot. By the way, that smoothie you have up there looks FANTASTIC! Hope you have a wonderful day!
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Thanks Amanda! xoxox
I love almond milk too but it’s one of those things that my family doesn’t buy often (I’m usually the only one that drinks it). I also like soymilk too. I don’t like dairy milk much but my parents always buy it because of my siblings. At least it’s fat free milk they buy (after I convinced them to switch from 2% to fat free).
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Also, the only reason why soymilk and almond are higher in calcium than regular milk is that they are fortified. If they weren’t there would be way less calcium.
Helen recently posted…蕃薯糖水 Chinese Sweet Potato and Ginger Soup
RIght- it is fortified. But I guess that’s better than nothing right? Thanks Helen!
Great review. I must say I definitely agree – I was never a cow milk drinking – but I love Silk! I tweeted, but I couldn’t find your twitter handle.
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Thanks Jen! I thought I had added my twitter handle to the ‘shareaholic’ button, but it’s not working!! Grrr!! I will try to fix it- thanks so much for sharing! I’m @doctrinthehouse on twitter
I found out I was lactose intolerant last year, so I made the switch to soy milk at first. Even with soy milk I noticed a HUGE difference in the stomach problems that I’ve had since high school. But during the summer I switched to almond milk and love it even more. I’m not a big milk drinker, but I have it in my coffee every morning (and well..throughout the day). My stomach has been so much happier with almond milk!
I’m so glad that the almond milk sits better with your stomach Sandahl! That’s so great!
loooooooooooooooooove it in baked goods! works like a charm
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It really does! And it tastes so good so I imagine it only makes baked goods better!
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Because almonds are naturally very nutritious, almond milk doesn’t need to be fortified. You can make almond milk yourself at home, and it will have the same nutritional value as the almond milk available commercially.