Cooking with milk

[velcromom]

I just started using milk again recently as my five year old is finally outgrowing his casein intolerance. And just started to use raw, made ds some raw milk yogurt this week. But my question is..

When you need milk in a cooked dish, is it still better to use raw?

[tabitha]

i think so, unless you have access to organic, pastured, not-homogenized pasteurized milk that is cheaper or the like. homogenization is more frightening to me than pasteurization.

i have raw milk for all things, because i milk a cow. but when i dont have raw milk and we have to buy it for the kids, i just try not to use dairy in other things. it is hard and we arent perfect... but dd and ds2 are unable to eat storebought dairy.

[Ruthla]

If your 5yo is JUST ougrowing his casein intolerance, are you sure you want to include milk in baked or cooked foods? Wouldn't it be better to serve dairy products on the side so he can consume the amount he can tolerate and not get extra milk snuck in with other foods?

[velcromom]

I understand what you are saying, for sure! We are having good success with him being able to tolerate cooked dairy protein, so luckily that is no longer a problem. I couldn't really see a way of serving it on the side when I couldn't give him anything uncooked and he still wasn't tolerating yogurt...