Skip the drive-thru line. No costly espresso machine wanted. Make your individual creamy, dreamy Best Eggnog Latte.

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This story began out about saving $5 a day by skipping drive-thru lattes and making your individual… however, it’s ended up being concerning the magical qualities of skim milk.

Yup. Skim milk.

I’ll be trustworthy, skim milk hasn’t been on this dietitian’s fridge for over 5 years. My milk of alternative is 2%. My youngsters want the milk fats for mind improvement, for endurance of their tummies, and for diabetes prevention. And so do I.

And all of us love the style of two% milk.

So I began making these Eggnog Lattes with 2% milk. However then I did a little bit of analysis. And some sources claimed skim milk made fluffier foam. So I examined it out by putting 2% milk, 1% milk and skim milk in Mason jars, shaking for 30 seconds and measuring the outcomes. (See under.)

(L-R) Skim (fat-free) milk, 1% milk, 2% milk

I had no concept that the quantity of froth AND the power of skim milk foam would surpass 2% milk and even far exceed 1% milk. In keeping with the parents over at thekichen, that is due to the elevated stabilizing properties of protein molecules in skim milk. (Skim milk has extra protein molecules than 1%, 2% and complete milk, as a result of the fats in fat-containing-milks displaces a few of the protein molecules.) So, you may be questioning: why do all milks record the identical quantity of protein grams on the diet label? On the Vitamin Information labels, the protein content material of most milk is at 8 grams per 8-ounce cup. In keeping with the USDA, the precise quantity is 7.69 grams of protein in 1 cup of complete milk and 8.26 grams of protein for 1 cup of skim milk. On the diet label, each spherical to eight grams.  Skip the drive-thru – and costly espresso makers. Make your individual: Best Eggnog Latte through @TspCurry Click on To Tweet

Okay, after that little diet lesson, let’s make lattes.

Begin with robust, sizzling espresso, or espresso. Add low-fat eggnog. Or add common eggnog. Surprisingly, the one distinction is definitely the fats content material. (Whereas many low-fat merchandise additionally decrease the quantity of sugar, that’s not the case with gentle eggnog.) The great factor is, each varieties under comprise fats, so your latte received’t be watery, because it may be with skim milk and occasional solely.

Examine the Vitamin Information labels fastidiously. At my retailer, there was a variety of eggnogs and generally the variety of sugar grams was greater in low-fat nog, than common.

(L-R) 20 g sugar, 23 g sugar, 23 g sugar, 15 g sugar

My ‘Dietitian’s Choose for the lowest-sugar dairy eggnog’ is surprisingly common Lactaid nog (with 20 g sugar). Bear in mind, a 1/2-cup serving of plain milk would have about 6 grams of pure sugars.

Now again to that Best Eggnog Latte recipe…

For the ultimate two steps, shake, shake, shake the skim milk in a jar. Then, microwave it for 30 seconds.

I attempted microwaving it first, then shaking. However the foam deflates quicker. In the event you shake first, then microwave, the microwave foams the milk up much more because it heats!

You may skip the grated nutmeg step, however because you’re already saving time by skipping the drive-thru, please add freshly grated nutmeg. You’ll love how a Microplane grater produces tremendous gentle flakes of nutmeg that float on high of the froth. And should you don’t have a Microplane (affiliate hyperlink), it received’t take lengthy to avoid wasting up sufficient money by making your individual Best Eggnog Lattes, to get a grater! (:

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