Recent events have made me re-think the way my household eats.  Ever since my first pregnancy, I have been conscious of the way my family and I eat.  It seems like every time I think I am making a healthy choice though, the media proves me wrong and some article appears out of nowhere negating what I thought was the “right” type of food for us.

Now for the dairy controversy… I was born in India.  The first few years of my life were spent there.  My mother and father were born and raised predominantly in India.  Milk was considered one of the most important aspects of our diet.  We now live in the US.  My mother still swears by milk.  My daughters love milk.  In fact, my eldest only likes to drink 2 things… milk and water.  Unfortunately, milk is not the same “milk” as the milk my mother, father and I had in India.  I mean seriously… cows roam the streets in India.  Their milk is practically extracted in front of your face, then funneled directly into a glass bottle and left on your doorstep.  Ok, so maybe that is a slight exaggeration but not far from the truth.

For years, I have heard countless people tell me how bad dairy is for you.  I have read mounds of literature that states the same.  Just recently, someone mentioned that aspartame is now allowed in milk… arghhhh!  What is a girl to do???  Well, for starters, slow down the families dairy intake…

Today, Day One Of Our Dairy Free Diet… Supplement milk with Almond Milk.  The results: Talia (The Milk Worshiper) – LOVED IT!  Julia (The I’d Rather Drink Water) – Major Dislike!  The Final Consensus: Slowly wean Julia off the milk by adding a bit of Almond Milk to her regular milk… then a bit more… and a bit more… Baby steps just like making the switch to real milk when they were tots!

… I only wish I wasn’t craving a cold glass of milk now…