Shez,

How much calcium is in your cashew/date milk?  I am curious to know.  To
compare, soy and rice usually have 30% of your daily recommended serving in
one cup (I think, don't have it in front of me!) and the Almond Breeze has
20%.

I have to agree: made from scratch in your own kitchen is safest.

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Sherene Silverberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> My daughter and I are allergic to soy as well as dairy (and gluten).  I
> make her "milk" by blending a cup of presoaked raw cashews with 4 cups water
> and a few medjool dates.  This keeps on the fridge for up to a week.   if
> she wants it creamier, I use less water.
>
> I find that it is easier, and safer, to just make most of our food from
> whole, raw ingredients.
>
> Shez
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Mark Feblowitz wrote:
>
>  My sons like it. Unfortunately, it has safflower oil in it (as do most/all
>> of the Rice Dream products) and I'm allergic to that (safflower is a ragweed
>> cross-over, I believe). Being highly atopic is such a curse. Sigh.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> At 03:19 PM 8/19/2008, you wrote:
>>
>>> Rice Dream is usually availble at Whole Foods and other natural foods
>>> stores.  It is made by the same people that make Soy Dream, so you may be
>>> able to have them order it.  On the Soy issue, the newest formula has Soy
>>> Lecithin in it, so it just makes ingredient watching even more important. (I
>>> have reactions to Soy and Milk Protein)
>>>
>>
> --http://homeschooledtwins.blogspot.com
>