Can I have...Silk Unsweetened Cashew Milk?

[Kendra.lorien]

Hi, I am only on day two but one thing I would like to use as part of a breakfast recipe is Cashew Milk. I've heard that Silk Unsweetened Cashew Milk is compliant, but when I looked at the ingredients there are some gums in it, so I am wondering if I can still have it or not. The same goes for Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk.

 

If anyone knows for sure if I can have this, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Thanks

[ladyshanny]

You would need to post the ingredients if you want us to review them.

 

What type of breakfast recipe are you making that requires a milk replacement? It's not faux-cereal, is it? 

[Kendra.lorien]

The breakfast I am planning on making is a grain-free oatmeal, which is made of chia seeds, apple, dates, almonds, and unsweetened coconut, ground up in a blender, with almond butter drizzled on top. I figured I would try it because I have a hard time eating eggs and meat in the mornings. Maybe that will get better the longer I go through the Whole30...

 

These are the ingredients for the cashewmilk (I'm guessing it's not compliant?):

Cashewmilk (Filtered Water, Cashews), Contains 2% or less of: Almond Butter, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (including Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Acetate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2), Sea Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Gellan Gum, Ascorbic Acid.

[Karen_Suep]

Nope. Cereal/faux cereal is a no go on whole 30. So even if the milk is compliant (I think it is? I could be wrong) cereal in the morning isn't gonna do you any favors. If anything, it's feeding your sugar dragon and going to cause spikes in blood sugar (I think mine spiked just looking at it!)

I really don't like egg heavy breakfast and there are times where the idea of eating a generous serving of meat makes me nauseated, but I do better with baked egg dishes with meat added to it and whatever veggies I have lying around, that way neither protein is too heavy and I get my veggies. I could almost OVER eat that way. I've heard of some people doing fish because it's not as heavy for meal 1 or even blended soups with some meat added to it. The options are endless as long as you follow the template.

[ShannonM816]

The breakfast I am planning on making is a grain-free oatmeal, which is made of chia seeds, apple, dates, almonds, and unsweetened coconut, ground up in a blender, with almond butter drizzled on top. I figured I would try it because I have a hard time eating eggs and meat in the mornings. Maybe that will get better the longer I go through the Whole30...

 

These are the ingredients for the cashewmilk (I'm guessing it's not compliant?):

Cashewmilk (Filtered Water, Cashews), Contains 2% or less of: Almond Butter, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (including Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Acetate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2), Sea Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Gellan Gum, Ascorbic Acid.

 

The milk is compliant, but if you made that oatmeal-like stuff, you'd be giving your body a huge sugar hit first thing in the morning after fasting all night. There's lots of fat and lots of fruit, but no protein and no vegetables.

 

I get that this is a change, it's a change for many people, but you can do it.

 

Try these salmon cakes or something like this pad thai for less meaty-tasting options. Make a soup like this one or this one, and add diced chicken, leftover ground meat of any kind, or compliant sausages into it. Make a breakfast salad like this one and have some protein on the side. Or pick a vegetable dish you really like, and dice or shred your meat and stir it into it, so the focus is still on the vegetables but you're also getting in your protein (for instance, this beet salad is good on its own, but you could easily dice some chicken into it, maybe add a little more vinegar and/or orange juice if it seems dry).

[ladyshanny]

The breakfast I am planning on making is a grain-free oatmeal, which is made of chia seeds, apple, dates, almonds, and unsweetened coconut, ground up in a blender, with almond butter drizzled on top. I figured I would try it because I have a hard time eating eggs and meat in the mornings. Maybe that will get better the longer I go through the Whole30...

 

These are the ingredients for the cashewmilk (I'm guessing it's not compliant?):

Cashewmilk (Filtered Water, Cashews), Contains 2% or less of: Almond Butter, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (including Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Acetate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2), Sea Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Gellan Gum, Ascorbic Acid.

The almond milk is fine, technically complaint.  This breakfast thing you're planning is absolutely not recommended.  You don't get better at eating protein and veggies in the morning by eating fruit and ground up nuts, it doesn't work that way, unfortunately.  

 

You can eat anything at your first meal that you would at any other meal. Chicken salad stuffed in a sweet potato. Blended veggie soup with diced chicken thrown in and drizzled with olive oil. A turkey burger patty topped with tomato, lettuce and home made mayo with snow peas and baby tomatoes on the side.  Seriously, anything other than this.  

 

Eating this quantity of nuts is going to be problematic in a few ways. First, nuts and seeds are hard on the stomach.  Second, they have a poor fat ratio.  Adding them to apples and dates is just a sugar bomb.  Think that you're waking up after an overnight fast and the first thing you're going to send your body is something that could hurt digestively and is an intense sugar source. Not a great way to start the day.

 

Plate up a template meal, eat as much as you can of it and then pack it up and take it with you to eat as soon as you feel able. It will not take long to get used to eating protein and veggies in the morning.  Thousands of people are doing it and many of them weren't used to it to start with either.  You can do this!

[Kendra.lorien]

Thank you all so much!! This sounds great!