Sometimes I totally crave milk. Since David has an intolerance for all milk products (milk, butter, cheese, whey, read all the labels…milk is everywhere!), I find that I don’t get my milk-fixes. Since we also don’t have refrigeration, there’s another reason I seldom get my milk-fix! Typically, whenever we grocery shop, I purchase 8 oz of cottage cheese or some yogurt so I can eat it immediately as a dairy meal on that day. I usually don’t buy cheese even though many cheeses do well unrefrigerated but stored in the cool bilges; this is because I really begin to crave cheese so if I’ve had a little of it I want a LOT! So, no cheese for me.

For the past year, my “milk-fix” has been taken care of by purchasing a product called Almond Breeze. It’s almond milk. Just like they make soy milk but this one’s almond milk. Much, much tastier than soy milk, though. It is in one quart cartons that do not require refrigeration–ah, but today I found a 1/2 gallon (that requires refrigeration) container of the unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze at Vons–on sale for the same price as the one quart container. So, David and I are drinking lots of Almond Breeze today. I can’t say I’ll ever crave this stuff, but, it’s better than not having anything like milk.