CAN I COOK OR BAKE WITH RAW DAIRY PRODUCTS?
Raw dairy products offer a plethora of amazing health benefits that can be enjoyed as a part of your everyday healthy-living lifestyle. The abundance and diversity of healthy bacteria, protein, enzymes, and bioavailable vitamins and minerals will energize and nourish you. Raw dairy products are very easy on your digestive tract because these gut-healthy bacteria and enzymes are unaltered, as nature intended. Bacteria and enzymes play an important role in digestion. How does cooking or baking affect the nutrients found in raw dairy products? Let’s find out.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I COOK OR BAKE WITH RAW DAIRY PRODUCTS?
Yes, it is true that heating causes a degree of destruction to the nutrients found in all foods, including raw dairy products. The destruction of beneficial bacteria and enzymes begins to occur once heated above 102°F, which is why our truly raw cheese has never been heated above 102 °F. With that being said, the longer you heat raw dairy products and the higher the temperature, the more destruction occurs. However, a great way to enjoy raw dairy products with heated founds can be achieved by pouring raw cream into your morning coffee because it doesn’t reach temperatures hot enough to destroy these enzymes or bacteria (read more here). Adding raw cheese on top of pasta, a dollop of raw butter on top of cooked vegetables, toast, or pancakes, or drizzling raw heavy cream over freshly grilled chicken or steak as a sauce are all great ways to incorporate raw dairy products into cooked meals and still enjoy the raw benefits.
If you ARE going to use dairy products for recipes that require milk, cream, cheese, and butter to be heated above 102°F, it is still best to use raw. Why? Raw dairy products are whole and unprocessed; they have not been exposed to pasteurization. Using already-pasteurized dairy products when cooking or baking is like double-heating your dairy and causing even more damage to the nutrients. With raw dairy products, you might preserve some beneficial bacteria and helpful enzymes depending on the temperature and how long it is cooked. Another reason why you might want to use our raw dairy products is knowing you are using high quality products from healthy cows from a trusted, humane source. RAW FARM raw dairy products are made from the whole raw milk of our very own grass-grazed cows. They get plenty of fresh air and sunshine and grass-graze seasonally. Ou happy cows enjoy a GMO and soy-free diet and never receive antibiotics or hormones, which is reflected in their milk’s superior quality and flavor.
OTHER WAYS TO ENJOY RAW DAIRY PRODUCTS WHEN COOKING OR BAKING
Use Raw Kefir as a substitute for yogurt, sour cream, and buttermilk when baking
Homemade cookies made with Raw Butter, served with a glass of Raw Whole Milk. (Get our recipe here).
Top your pancakes with Raw Butter
Drizzle Raw Heavy Cream over your grilled or baked protein (chicken, fish, steak, pork chop) for a creamy raw sauce
Make a grilled Raw Cheese sandwich (add raw sauerkraut for extra tang)
Raw Cheese quesadillas
Chili with homemade raw sour cream (simply let raw cream naturally sour for 1-2 weeks in the fridge).
WHAT’S THE RAW DIFFERENCE?
RAW FARM Raw Dairy Products are unprocessed and loaded with diverse gut-healthy bacteria, protein, enzymes, healthy fats, naturally occurring CLA, omega-3 fatty acids, and bioavailable vitamins and minerals. Absolutely NO antibiotics, synthetic hormones, or GMO anything. Customers with lactose sensitivities have a delicious, nutritious, and natural alternative in this unaltered, wholesome product. The ease of digestibility of raw milk gives those that experience discomfort with processed dairy products, a delicious and natural option (isn’t that amazing).
