I’m an Indian guy in my twenties, living in US. I used to have cornflakes and the like for breakfast, but recently I turned lactose intolerant. I hate cornflakes without the milk.

There are a lot of breakfast options coming from my culture, but I need something that doesn’t take time to make. I’m a lazy bum and can barely make it in time to my university as it is. If anyone has ideas, please let me know.

  • ThaijsClan@lemmy.world
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    You can find lactose free alternative milk. One brand is called Lactaid and it tastes exactly the same an normal milk.

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      For the record it is real milk with all the lactose, but with added lactase to process it in your stomach. It still has some of the downsides of having dairy while taking lactase, but it’s pretty solid.

      One other option is also the next-gen silk or NotCo’s NotMilk, both a lot more milk like than oat or other nut based milks.

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    Try oat milk - I love serial with that stuff. Simple toast with peanut butter it’s amazing. Granola with soya yogurt is fantastic. But the king of them all is real porridge oats done the proper way with water. Add some maple syrup or honey and you are god to go

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    Oat milk imo is the closest tasting to milk.

    However, I’d use this opportunity to buy some frozen fruits and some protein powder to make smoothies.

    Takes me 2 minutes to make the smoothies.

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    Welcome to the club of lactose intolerance! If, like me, you really like dairy, there is a very easy way to cheat the system… (Seriously, how would anyone survive without cheese?)

    You can get lactase tablets. Those are little pills full of lactase, which is the protein that breaks down lactose into digestible simple sugars. All you have to do is take a lactase tablet when you eat anything with lactose, and you can continue to live your life like before.

    Lactose intolerance is not black and white either. You may have some tolerance left, which may be enough to eat your cereal with milk, if that is the inly lactose you have during the day. Your tolerance can also fluctuate over time. For example, the first time I had an issue with lactose it only lasted a few weeks.

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      I always have tablets with me! Every time I’m eating out and am not 100% sure that the food is vegan, I take a table just to be sure. I can imagine that cooks slip in butter or cream to improve the taste.

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        My pleasure! And unless the rules are different where you live, you don’t need to see a doctor or get a prescription. Here (Belgium) you can easily get them from pharmacies or online.

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          It’s same in the US too. Lactose pills are classified as “over the counter” (no Rx needed). Lactaid makes them and a generic version is usually available too.

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    I’ve been enjoying overnight oats over the last few months. It’s super easy to make and you can meal prep it the night before.

    I usually make it with oat milk, honey, and peanut butter topped with granola for some extra texture.

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      I’ve been eating this as breakfast as well for probably over a year now. Can’t say that I’ve been enjoying them because the taste is pretty bland, but they sure are healthy and help a lot with digestion.

      I make them super bland though, just rolled oats with double their weight in milk.
      Before I added some maple syrup to give it some flavour, but then I tried to reduce calories in my meals and this kind of stuck.

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        I think the neat thing is that you can make it how you want. Fruits, honey, and other standard oatmeal toppings can make it quite enjoyable.

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      My wife has been making this and I’ve tried it a couple times but the cold texture is just so disgusting to me personally. Can’t do it. The taste wasn’t too bad (roughly the same ingredients as yours) as it reminded me of oatmeal cookie dough.

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      Overnights oats is great. I make it with 1 dl oats, 1.5 dl oat milk, ½ mashed banana, salt and maybe some nuts or berries.

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    Microwave oatmeal with a little salt, cinnamon, nuts, and peanut butter. Feel free to add thawed frozen berries to spice it up.

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    Just get lactose-free milk. I’m lactose intolerant af and I have a cappuccino every morning made with lactose-free milk.

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        there’s a multitude of other brands and types of non dairy milk, all slightly different, try a few of them. and try them in cereal not just straight. I don’t care for any kind of milk on its own, but cashew or oat milk in cereal is great.

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        There’s just straight up lactose free real milk. It’s milk with the enzyme we don’t have, already in it.

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            Brands differ country to country so I have no idea what you have, but no harm in trying it

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            I used to buy Lactaid milk, which I liked ok and it didn’t bother me, but it was hard for me to find it in a size smaller than a gallon. I found that I really enjoy the Fairlife brand milk and it comes in a half gallon size. It is also lactose free, and usually stays good for a really long time compared to regular milk.

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        There’s a big variance in taste across soy milks. There’s only two brands I’ll tolerate and I’m pretty sure they both come from the same factory.

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    Try it with oatmilk. It’s so delicious!

    I especially love the barista oat milk with cereal. It’s a little more expensive, but delicious.

    Almond milk is so wonderful as well.

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    You could try different brands of oatmilk. It might need some getting used to, but some brands actually taste pretty close to cowmilk. I favor a brand called no milk (available at lidl at least in Germany), which has some sort of fat added I think (it`s got 3.5 percent fat like milk). You might be able to find an equivalent over in the States.

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    Fruit or avocado on toast or egg on toast. Rice milk is delicious with cereal too.

    Also some dairy free yogurt eg soy based with some fruit and nuts or seeds

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    Ratio keto yogurt is lactose-free and high protein. I eat one of those with toast.

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    Eggs and whatever bread is available. I’m also a uni student and this is usually my go-to when I’m running late.

    edit: Toss in a fruit.

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    Muesli plus oat milk.

    Cheapest way is Trader Joe’s since they sell both relatively cheaply and their oat milk is pretty good. But their muesli is a bit lacking so I prefer Seitenbacher’s muesli (order direct from them). Can toss in some more dried fruits from TJ’s too.

    It’s more filling and nutritious than just cornflakes.

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    Toasted bagel with peanut butter.

    But when you have time for it, try adding scrambled eggs. It sounds insane, but the eggs and peanut butter compliment one another in the same way that fried chicken and waffles make a surprisingly good combo.