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 >