Good uses for skim milk?

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

Add cream to it, one glass at a time and stir.

--Bryan

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

Quoted message said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

You can certainly return it, no questions asked.

I use fat-free milk for breakfast cereal. I've never had the lactose-free.

Maybe use some for the milk portion of mashed potatoes? If that's not
breaking a food law. 😉

Andy

Andy q said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

Quoted message said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

You can certainly return it, no questions asked.

I use fat-free milk for breakfast cereal. I've never had the lactose-free.

Maybe use some for the milk portion of mashed potatoes? If that's not
breaking a food law. 😉

Really. Because you'll be adding butter as well. Good idea.

Quoted message said:

Andy

--Bryan

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

I wonder how it would do in pancakes or waffles. Maybe use it in a
smoothie with lots of sweet fruit and vanilla yogurt.

Tara

Tara said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

I wonder how it would do in pancakes or waffles. Maybe use it in a
smoothie with lots of sweet fruit and vanilla yogurt.

I used some of it in oatmeal and that was okay - I added half a stick
of butter instead of a teaspoon... I just looked at the carton and
a)there's only half of it left, and b)it's past the expiry date, so I
think I'll just toss the rest out. I was just wondering if there were
any recipes that would be really great with skim milk (I guess not!)

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

Tara said:

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:42:53 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

Quoted message said:

I wonder how it would do in pancakes or waffles. Maybe use it in a
smoothie with lots of sweet fruit and vanilla yogurt.

I used some of it in oatmeal and that was okay - I added half a stick
of butter instead of a teaspoon... I just looked at the carton and
a)there's only half of it left, and b)it's past the expiry date, so I
think I'll just toss the rest out. I was just wondering if there were
any recipes that would be really great with skim milk (I guess not!)

Just drink it! Skim milk is much better for you 🙂

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

How 'bout homemade cottage cheese? Here's Alton Brown's take:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_36973,00.html?rsrc=search

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

Your taste buds are certainly different from mine; that's all I drink
and usually all I cook with (unless it's a recipe that demands
cream). I have no problems whatsoever. I love the taste (or lack
of). I can't stand the cloying cream taste of even 2% milk. Chocolate
milk with skim milk is the best! ;-)

OTOH, I've never had the lactose-intolerant stuff; maybe it's
different from regular skim.

N.

Tara said:

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:42:53 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit

Quoted message said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

I wonder how it would do in pancakes or waffles. Maybe use it in a
smoothie with lots of sweet fruit and vanilla yogurt.

Tara

People, people, you can use skim milk in any recipe that uses milk and
doesn't require heavy cream! Wake up! {slap slap} No wonder we're
33% obese!

N.

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

Oatmeal or other hot cereal that usually calls for water.

gloria p

Nancy2 said:

People, people, you can use skim milk in any recipe that uses milk and
doesn't require heavy cream! Wake up! {slap slap} No wonder we're
33% obese!

N.

I agree. I was raised on skim milk and to drink anything else is like
drinking pure cream.
I use it for everything, although when fixing a special dinner with
mashed potatoes or scalloped potatoes..a cream sauce or something, I
will buy a small carton of whole milk to use in those occasional recipes.

Nancy2 said:

Tara said:

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:42:53 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

DH accidentally picked up a carton of fat-free lactose-free milk when
I usually drink 2%... since it's not 'regular' milk it's way too
expensive to waste, but I haven't found anything to use it on that's
remotely edible. It even made chocolate milk taste like it was made
with water! Are there any recipes that will successfully disguise its
blue watery blandness or should I just toss it out?

Quoted message said:

I wonder how it would do in pancakes or waffles. Maybe use it in a
smoothie with lots of sweet fruit and vanilla yogurt.

Quoted message said:

Tara

People, people, you can use skim milk in any recipe that uses milk and
doesn't require heavy cream! Wake up! {slap slap} No wonder we're
33% obese!

Eating fat doesn't make people fat. Eating calories makes people
fat. Fat suppresses appetite. High GI carbs make people ravenously
hungry a few hours later.
Dry baked potato is about as bad as anything could possibly be, and
the obese people out there are the ones who stuff themselves full of
the stuff in the aisles of the supermarket, not the stuff on the
perimeter (produce*, meat, dairy).
Skim milk is like Kool-Aid with a teaspoon of protein powder added.

*Starchy stuff like white potatoes excepted

Quoted message said:

N.

--Bryan

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

People, people, you can use skim milk in any recipe that uses milk and
doesn't require heavy cream! Wake up! {slap slap} No wonder we're
33% obese!

Eating fat doesn't make people fat. Eating calories makes people
fat. Fat suppresses appetite. High GI carbs make people ravenously
hungry a few hours later.
Dry baked potato is about as bad as anything could possibly be, and
the obese people out there are the ones who stuff themselves full of
the stuff in the aisles of the supermarket, not the

Many of the obese people out there eat things that are not healthy
because those items are filling and less expensive. That includes
potatoes (your example) and other stuff like mac 'n cheese, etc. Many
of these people (not all) have no choice about what kind of food
budget they have.

Quoted message said:

*Starchy stuff like white potatoes excepted

I don't know if you're right or not; I know your statement is the
premise of one of the most recent fad diets.

I DO know that eating fat isn't good for anyone's arteries or heart
health, and I'll never be convinced that fat intake doesn't contribute
to obesity.

N.

Nancy2 said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

People, people, you can use skim milk in any recipe that uses milk and
doesn't require heavy cream! Wake up! {slap slap} No wonder we're
33% obese!

Quoted message said:

Eating fat doesn't make people fat. Eating calories makes people
fat. Fat suppresses appetite. High GI carbs make people ravenously
hungry a few hours later.
Dry baked potato is about as bad as anything could possibly be, and
the obese people out there are the ones who stuff themselves full of
the stuff in the aisles of the supermarket, not the

Many of the obese people out there eat things that are not healthy
because those items are filling and less expensive. That includes
potatoes (your example) and other stuff like mac 'n cheese, etc. Many
of these people (not all) have no choice about what kind of food
budget they have.

Quoted message said:

*Starchy stuff like white potatoes excepted

I don't know if you're right or not; I know your statement is the
premise of one of the most recent fad diets.

Low carb isn't a fad diet.

Quoted message said:

I DO know that eating fat isn't good for anyone's arteries or heart
health, and I'll never be convinced that fat intake doesn't contribute
to obesity.

Depends on the variety of fat. If one cuts carbs down to under 200
calories a day, and ups consumption of GOOD fats, those being a
certain amount of Omega 3s, a lot of monounsaturates like olive and
peanut oils, some of the neutral saturated fats like cocoa butter,
even if you allow yourself things like chicken skin, and yes, some
less healthy butterfat, you will cut your plasma triglycerides
dramatically. You will also not harm your HDL/LDL ratio.

The ketogenic diet is not new, it's not even only 35-40 years old. It
was not, as many believe, invented by Dr. Atkins.

"The ketogenic diet is a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate
diet designed to mimic many of the biochemical changes associated with
prolonged starvation. First developed in the early 1900s, and
successfully used for the treatment of seizures in children during the
20s and 30s...The ketogenic diet is not a 'fad' or a 'quack diet'..."
source-- http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/ketogenic.html

In fact, one of the (potentially undesirable) side effects (not
mentioned in the above website) is weight loss.

Bodybuilders use a technique called "cyclic ketogenic" to get rid of
body fat so you can see their muscle definition.

Quoted message said:

N.

--Bryan

Goomba38 said:

I agree. I was raised on skim milk and to drink anything else is like
drinking pure cream.
I use it for everything, although when fixing a special dinner with
mashed potatoes or scalloped potatoes..a cream sauce or something, I
will buy a small carton of whole milk to use in those occasional recipes.

My grandpa had a heart attack when I was young, the doctor told him to
lose 30 pounds and quit smoking. He did both at the same time. He
started drinking skim milk and so did I. It has been 30+ years and skim
milk is all I have drank. Skim milk tastes nice and sweet, and the fat
in whole milk coats my tongue and it feels kinda nasty.

Just in case I need it, I keep a can of evaporated milk on hand. I use
that in mashed potatoes.

Becca

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Eating fat doesn't make people fat. Eating calories makes people
fat. Fat suppresses appetite. High GI carbs make people ravenously
hungry a few hours later.

Bah, you carbophobes are as bad as vegetarians 🙂

Carbs taste good!

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Eating fat doesn't make people fat. Eating calories makes people
fat. Fat suppresses appetite. High GI carbs make people ravenously
hungry a few hours later.

Bah, you carbophobes are as bad as vegetarians 🙂

Carbs taste good!

I didn't say they didn't. What about the fatophobes?

Quoted message said:

Brian

--Bryan

Nancy2 said:

I DO know that eating fat isn't good for anyone's arteries or heart
health, and I'll never be convinced that fat intake doesn't contribute
to obesity.

N.

I just finished eating from "Simple Suppers" a fettucine with 1 cup
cream, butter, etc. I know, I know.
I am not obese. I make ice cream with cream every week. I also eat
butter, chocolate. I am certainly not thin, nor do I burn off
calories in a fury.
I know that it is not good to eat cream; but I find that a lot of
times if I don't eat fat, then I'm absolutely famished and will eat
the house down.

No, my cholesterol is not good, but my HDL is 67. There are
differences of opinions in the literature regarding over 70 year-olds,
more-or-less that it is the HDL that is important; however, I'd like
to get my Cholesterol much lower.

BTW, the recipe I used called for 2 tsp of grated lemon and 3 T of
lemon juice. I've not added lemon to cream before, and even tho DH
thought it was OK, it was not lip-smackin' good to me.

Dee Dee

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Default User said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Eating fat doesn't make people fat. Eating calories makes people
fat. Fat suppresses appetite. High GI carbs make people
ravenously hungry a few hours later.

Bah, you carbophobes are as bad as vegetarians 🙂

Carbs taste good!

I didn't say they didn't. What about the fatophobes?

Also misguided.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)