have any of you ever tried this?
Posted by sirensong02 on Feb 02, 2009 · Member since Jul 2008 · 186 posts
i was at the health food store the other day and i saw some powdered soy milk. i was wondering if it was any good, because my daughter is bleeding my wallet dry with the amount of soy milk that she drinks... i just didn't want to waste my money on something that is totally nasty. if any of you have tried it, let me know if it is worth the $.
thanks!
susie
I've never personally had it, i remember threads about it in the past though. I think people said it was not the same as ready soymilk. Hm. mabye search for powdered soymilk and see if it pops up?
I've been meaning to give it a shot sometime too.
I keep "better than milk" on hand all the time. I like it. It is great for baking because you can adjust the richness of it. We also use it for cereal when we run out of the refrigerated kind. I do not generally drink soymilk but it taste fine in my coffee. I just put it in as a dry powder..sort of like powdered coffee creamer.
I have the Better Than Milk and it doesn't taste good at all to me. It's like super-beany fresh soymilk (the kind you'd get in the milk-type containers at an Asian market, not like Silk/Vitasoy/etc), and it doesn't dissolve all the way for me usually. It works for baking (not frosting!), but I wouldn't drink it alone.
I keep "better than milk" on hand all the time. I like it. It is great for baking because you can adjust the richness of it. We also use it for cereal when we run out of the refrigerated kind. I do not generally drink soymilk but it taste fine in my coffee. I just put it in as a dry powder..sort of like powdered coffee creamer.
I use this for baking as well because it's cheaper, but I don't drink it. I guess it would be good for went I run out of the refrigerated kind too, but I wouldn't drink it on its own.
ok. i will probably get some to keep around just in case. thanks!
my daughter is bleeding my wallet dry with the amount of soy milk that she drinks....
My daughter drinks an insane amount of soymilk also. I don't use powdered milk, but I do love my soymilk maker. It pays for itself very quickly because you can make about 2 quarts of milk at a time for about a quarter. Something to consider--I love mine and have gotten most of my cooking students to use them too (they love it as well!).
I don't have the link, but I use a Sanlinx SoyaPower soymilk maker. Quick, easy, healthy, and cheap. MAN, those people should be paying me!! :)
my daughter is bleeding my wallet dry with the amount of soy milk that she drinks....
My daughter drinks an insane amount of soymilk also. I don't use powdered milk, but I do love my soymilk maker. It pays for itself very quickly because you can make about 2 quarts of milk at a time for about a quarter. Something to consider--I love mine and have gotten most of my cooking students to use them too (they love it as well!).
I don't have the link, but I use a Sanlinx SoyaPower soymilk maker. Quick, easy, healthy, and cheap. MAN, those people should be paying me!! :)
i have heard of those, but i've never actually seen one, or heard of anyone who has actually used one. that is a really good idea though, considering how much soy milk i'll probably be using for the next 16 years or so! thanks for the idea, i'll go look up some prices. :)
I used to use this when we were traveling or going out to eat. My son loved it! He thought it was sweeter, I think. I still have a very old container. I wonder if it really expires! It has been years.... :o
It still smells Ok so I will probably use it.
well i bought some "better than milk" today...but i bought it in bulk....how much powder/liquid makes, say, 8 oz.?
Sirensong, look into picking up a soy milk maker from Freecycle or Craigs list or Goodwill just to try it out first. If a free one works well for you then spend the money on one you research and save for!
I have one from Freecycle and it works just fine. Now I just need to use the darn thing more often!
cali, thanks for the great idea! i am going to see if i can find a used one...somehow, i suspect that it would be a pretty expensive purchase. haha...btw, i just made some "better than milk" for my daughter and it was GROSS! i was in a hurry so i added some agave nectar and some vanilla extract to it and told her that it was "ice cream milk" that did the trick. ;D
cali, thanks for the great idea! i am going to see if i can find a used one...somehow, i suspect that it would be a pretty expensive purchase.
The one I have (SoyaPower) was $125 which included shipping...I can make almond, soy, rice, whatever kind of milk in it. Good luck, or maybe you'll score a second hand one! :)
I have never even heard of powdered soy milk. I'm glad I clicked on this thread! My daughter (almost 2yo) and I go through a 1.89L carton of Silk soy milk every 2 days. Man it gets expensive. I also never heard of a soy milk maker. Thanks quintess for educating me about it, I should look into it. How does the soy milk tastes in it I wonder???
Thanks quintess for educating me about it, I should look into it. How does the soy milk tastes in it I wonder???
It depends! I like to make mine very plain--just almonds and soybeans. But if I were making it for flavor, I would add a little brown rice syrup or agave nectar. I just never drink it plain. It's delicious in everything though! My soyapower was pretty much one of the best investments I ever made. I got mine about 4 years ago, and have been using it every week since then. It's so nice to be able to whip up a batch of unprocessed, unsweetened milk, store it in reusable glass containers, and not have to run to the store!!! ;)b
It depends! I like to make mine very plain--just almonds and soybeans. But if I were making it for flavor, I would add a little brown rice syrup or agave nectar. I just never drink it plain. It's delicious in everything though! My soyapower was pretty much one of the best investments I ever made. I got mine about 4 years ago, and have been using it every week since then. It's so nice to be able to whip up a batch of unprocessed, unsweetened milk, store it in reusable glass containers, and not have to run to the store!!! ;)b
Sure sounds better than what Im stuck doing.
cali, thanks for the great idea! i am going to see if i can find a used one...somehow, i suspect that it would be a pretty expensive purchase.
The one I have (SoyaPower) was $125 which included shipping...I can make almond, soy, rice, whatever kind of milk in it. Good luck, or maybe you'll score a second hand one! :)
wow! that is a LOT less than i thought!
wow! that is a LOT less than i thought!
yeah, I think I figured out that at the rate I was buying Edensoy, the soyapower would pay for itself in about 3 months! Now I'm on easy street , years later...haha!! :)
Actually, you can even get a cheaper version that works well too--the soyajoy I think. But I like mine better, since it can make almond milk, etc. and the base doesn't get too hot.
Also, I recently got a group order together for some of my cooking students, and they ended up only being around $115/each (I think we had to order three). If you guys can do that, it is a great way to go! Good luck!
Our family all drinks soymilk, so it gets expensive. I go through almost a gallon a day! I have to cut my boys off at 4 huge glasses a day.
When you make your own soymilk, do you enrich it with vitamins or anything. Or Doc recommended fortified soymilk for our kids because the unfortified had little calcium and vitamin D. It deffinitely would be cheaper to make it, but I want to make sure they get the nutrients they need.
My boys are autistic and have very, very self limited diets. THey barely eat anything.
When you make your own soymilk, do you enrich it with vitamins or anything. Or Doc recommended fortified soymilk for our kids because the unfortified had little calcium and vitamin D. It deffinitely would be cheaper to make it, but I want to make sure they get the nutrients they need.
I personally don't add anything to it--I generally don't do vitamins. However, I occasionally drink emergen-c, just to stock up on B-12 for a while. (It stores in the body for a long time)
I have heard of people adding a vitamin to it, and I think that would be pretty easy. You could either add the vitamin to the beans and cook it in or you could add it after the milk is done when it is still very hot. I know it can be done though.
:)