10+ ways to use almond milk

There are many reasons to use almond milk in place of milk in your diet. It's vegan, good for people who are lactose intolerant, and lower in calories even than skim milk. However, I love almond milk because it doesn't spoil as fast as milk or cream. It can be kept on hand for weeks before being opened and stays fresh at least 10 days afterwards (many brands are shelf stable until they're opened). We just don't use enough milk to make it worth buying so I try to use almond milk as a substitute where ever I can, so I don't have to buy milk.

There are a bunch of different kinds of almond milk available and different varieties work better for different things.

Plain: no sugar and no flavoring - the best for general cooking
Sweetened: sugar but no other flavoring added
Sweetened, Vanilla: sugar and vanilla flavoring added
Unsweetened, Vanilla: no sugar but vanilla flavoring added - I basically only use this when I'm on a low carb diet, in place of sweetened vanilla.
Chocolate: I only use this if I want to drink it straight or perhaps for a chocolate breakfast smoothie.

So where can you swap almond milk for milk? And which kind of almond milk is recommended?

1. As creamer in your morning coffee (sweetened, vanilla)
2. To replace cream in a quiche (plain, unsweetened), here's a quiche recipe using almond milk.
3. To replace cream in a fritatta (plain, unsweetened), here's a frittata recipe where you can try it.
4. On your morning cereal (plain, sweetened)
5. To make instant oatmeal (sweetened, vanilla)
6. To make instant pudding (sweetened, vanilla)
7. Drink it! (sweetened, vanilla or chocolate!)
8. To make a quick breakfast smoothie (sweetened, vanilla or plain)
9. To thin your mashed potatoes (plain, unsweetened)
10. In a corn bread mix (I've personally done this with the Aldi cornbread mix)
11. Add to a soup to thin it out such as butternut squash soup
12. To make pancakes or crepes

Almond milk crepes

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