If you ever have wondered where some of the Weelicious recipes come from, very often they’re from you. For instance, last week I received a passionate email from a mom that I want to share with you as it inspired today’s recipe.
Lisa P_ I’m a huge fan of your site. My toddler is super picky and it’s been a lifesaver. My new one year old is a great eater, but she’s been refusing to drink whole milk (cow’s milk.) She prefers her brothers vanilla soy milk or the 2% vanilla milk from Horizon. The only way I can get her to drink whole milk is in her bottle with formula and I’m trying desperately to ditch the bottle.
PinMy son is no longer lactose intolerant so I am trying to move him to 2% cow’s milk but he is also attached to the vanilla flavoring of his soy. I can’t find vanilla milk in the stores if it’s not soy or almond. Do you have any thoughts on what I could add that’s not too sugary but still has that vanilla flavor? I’m weary about what’s I’ve seen online so far and I can’t afford to buy the travel size horizon milk as our only milk supply!
After reading Lisa’s email I went ahead and bought some Horizon vanilla milk to try for myself and man oh man, I get why her daughter loves it so much. Creamy and sweet with a lovely hint of vanilla flavor, it’s pretty addictive stuff. Still, I thought I could come with a version less sugary, without losing a bit of the flavor.
“One family, one milk” doesn’t necessarily apply in many families. In my house, Chloe is a big milk drinker and has no real preference for skim versus whole cow’s milk, whereas Kenya generally prefers vanilla rice milk or almond milk like his dad. In spite of those differences, when I perfected this recipe everyone under my roof went crazy. Believe it or not I served it after dinner as I thought it was just as satisfying as dessert!
Homemade Vanilla Milk
Ingredients
- 2 cups reduced fat organic milk
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a pitcher and stir well to combine.
- Tip: To make the milk really creamy and frothy toss all the ingredients in the blender with a few ice cubes. It's a frosty treat!
I just made this for me and my little one. We both love it 🙂 We used honey and real vanilla. She doesn’t mind the black stuff floating in the milk 😉 She also loves to drink milk itself but this is a new flavor and love love love it! I got both of your books and made so many recipes already. Right now I am making the crock pot lentil soup!
I have been giving almond milk to my one year old buti have so Manny questions I would love to give my son to try cows milk but I don’t know what to do. Almond milk is so expensive and he drink it very fast. Please any suctioned thank you
I cannot thank you enough for this recipe!! My son was BF for over 2 years, and he didn’t want anything at night except for Horizon vanilla milk before bed. We were spending $15.00 ever week and a half for it! It was getting so expensive, I am thrilled we have a cheaper, healthy alternative. Thank you!!
thank you for the great ideas!
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Thank you thank you thank you! My LO is not super fond of plain milk but will chug the vanilla milk from Starbucks (at $1.95 a pop) like it is going out of style. Now I can make it at home!
yet again you have changed my life with one of your posts! first it was the crock pot chicken and now its the vanilla milk. the simplest yet most powerful solutions. thank you!