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Cow’s milk is a creamy white liquid. It can be consumed raw, although it’s often pasteurized for safety. Plant-based milks like almond, soy, or oat milk can be used as alternatives in most dishes.

1. Taste: Mildly sweet and creamy
2. How to buy + store: Ensure the milk is refrigerated and check the ‘best by’ date. Once home, store it in the refrigerator below 38°F (4°C). Store milk promptly after purchase and each use.
3. How to use: Milk is a staple in many cuisines, used in everything from baking to sauce-making. Milk a key ingredient in dishes like bechamel sauce, custard, and pancakes. And of course added coffee or tea, breakfast cereals, smoothies, or consumed on its own.
4. Great with: These flavourings – vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, honey. These foods – berries, banana, cookies, chocolate, coffee, nuts, cereal, potatoes.
5. Health Highlights: Cow’s milk is high in calcium and vitamin D, which are essential for bone health. It is also a good source of protein.
6. Good to know: To prevent a skin from forming on heated milk, stir it regularly during heating.