Apr 15, 2009

Powdered Milk REVOLUTION!

My latest find is NIDO powdered milk. If you've lived in the Netherlands or in Central or South America, you may already be familiar with NIDO. It's powdered whole milk. Yum. It tastes just as fatty as whole milk should.


I found it at a Mexican specialty store in Orem, UT and then, I found it at Walmart in Mesa, AZ. Between specialty stores, amazon, and Walmart, I'm confident you can get your hands on some. Beware, though, there are several types of NIDO--and several of the types are nothing more than formula (for babies). Since we're not babies here, I buy the NIDO that is just straight up powdered milk. It's easy to spot because it doesn't have a picture of a baby on the front. [NOTE: If the package is entirely in spanish (or dutch or german or whatever) then the proportions are 3Tablespoons to 1 cup water.]

Powdered milk is almost always skim because fat spoils quickly. That's where NIDO comes in--mix a little NIDO with a little skim milk and you end up with something more like 1 or 2 percent. And, if you need cream...NIDO tastes about as rich as cream does (even though it's not as thick as cream).

Unless you are a whole milk afficionado, you probably won't want to drink NIDO straight--it's VERY fatty (which means, I LOVE it.) I keep my open can of NIDO in the fridge to keep it from spoiling, and the unopened cans are sitting in my pantry. They have an expiration date of 2010, so as long as I use them consistently, it shouldn't be any trouble to rotate through them.