Dairy free recipes

Hi all,
my daughter has excema bad so we are trying to see if dairy is the cause. we have to take out all dairy and she is the dairy queen in our house so we are going to have a LOT of trouble. just asking for any ideas for healthy dairy free options...
thanks smile

Hi there,

A little bit depends on your DD's age. I have a 3 year old DS and a 17 month old DD. They are both acutely Lactose Intolerant. So we stay clear of any dairy. My DS was on S26 LF formula from 6 days old and my DD from birth.

At 18 months my DS slowly started the weaning process onto Rice Milk and was on full Rice Milk by 2 years of age. I will be doing the same with my DD. We choose Rice Milk over Soy milk as Soy is not great for boys especially. But a lot of Soy products in this country have a colouring 160b which is very nasty.

As for cooking all I do is use Rice Milk instead of Cows Milk and Nuttelex instead of butter. Be careful if you decide on Margarine instead of butter as some still have dairy, where Nuttelex is made from Sunflower seeds. Though the Nuttelex can be a little greaser when baking things such as cookies so I use a tiny bit less.

I make my own Ice-cream using them, yoghurt, frozen yoghurt (homemade yoghurt and pureed fruit - nothing else), we use a spreadable cheese called Tofutti. It tastes exactly like Philly cream cheese, but dairy free. Any Coles and Woolies have it, normally with their spreadable cheeses or very close to them. We buy the Coles homebrand bread/rolls (the savings one). I also occasionaly make Sorbet so they have something different. I bake a lot, which is healther as well as dairy free - even brownies!

Everything I make is pretty quick and easy as I don't have a lot of time with 2 little ones. I do have a yoghurt maker which I purchased of store on ebay, brand new. It just cooks away and 24 hours later (we like it thick) it's ready! Then you can add what you like.

But I until you have established if it is dairy or not I would just go with the simple things. Like Milk, Nuttelex and checking your bread, etc. Just be careful with takeaways and pre-packaged foods - a lot of them use Milk products as a filler or sweetner. Sometimes it's in things you just wouldn't dream of to. After a few years I have gotten it down to a fine art. Have a look at the following links:

http://www.godairyfree.org/
http://www.avoidingmilkprotein.com/ReadingIngredients.htm
http://kidshealth.org/teen/misc/milkallergy_cutout.html

If you have any questions or need some other info please PM me. I am more than happy to try and help as much as I can. At least point you in the right direction if nothing else. I know there is several other Mum's on here with little ones that have either Milk Protein Allergy or different levels of Lactose Intolerance.

Have a great day!

I use Nuttelex for spreading & cooking instead of margarine. I also substitute other things for milk when baking - depending on whether you need it to bind the other ingredients or not, I will sometimes use water and other times I use fruit puree. I use puree in pikelets instead of egg and milk, and it also means I don't have to add sugar as the puree makes them sweet enough.

You could also google for a cookbook. I have heard of one called the NO END cookbook (as in NO Egg Nuts Dairy).

I have quite a few dairy free recipes as my DD is severely allergic to cows milk proteins. Bear in mind that my recipes are also egg and nut free as well, as she has allergies to these products too.

If you would like me to e-mail some of them to you, just private message me. Its harder to post them all on here, easier to e-mail them direct. smile

Hi,
My little girl is 7months old and has got a milk allergy too. Glad to read this and get some ideas was finding it hard to get info.i know it's a while since this conversation but would love some recipes

Hi
My 8 month old is Protein intollerant and is off dairy until she is 2 I am having alot of trouble navigating the dairy free issue any tips and hints especially recipes would be great. I am interested in finding out more about making my own yogurt that sounds great.

My 4 year old is dairy intolerant and I would love a yogurt recipe too. Soy yogurt is hugley expensive.

I use a dairy free margarine for baking. There are dairy free chocolate chips and dairy free chocolate that you can use in baking. These are not available in our city but you can get them in New World in the bigger cities.

Watch out for things that have chicken flavourings as these often have dairy. The vegetarian pastry is fantastic and now comes in short as well as flakey.

We substitute soy milk instead of cows milk but I think I will try the rice milk and see how he goes.

I tried using rice milk in a rice pudding and no one even noticed.

I tried using rice milk in a rice pudding and no one even noticed.

Hi, my 10 month old son also has eczema and dairy allergy.
I make this banana based icecream for him and myself as I'm still breastfeeding so stay away from dairy too.
Peel bananas and freeze. Then place frozen bananas in blender with big splash of rice milk and blend. You can add any flavour to the banana, for example frozen berries or mango, and it will take on that flavour. Blend together and its like soft serve ice cream! You can eat it like this or freeze again.

Hi All, My daughter is Lactose and Soy free, she is a very picky eater. I need some great Lactose and Soy free recipes. Please Help!!!

Hi there,


At 18 months my DS slowly started the weaning process onto Rice Milk and was on full Rice Milk by 2 years of age. I will be doing the same with my DD. We choose Rice Milk over Soy milk as Soy is not great for boys especially. But a lot of Soy products in this country have a colouring 160b which is very nasty.


I make my own Ice-cream using them, yoghurt, frozen yoghurt (homemade yoghurt and pureed fruit - nothing else), we use a spreadable cheese called Tofutti. It tastes exactly like Philly cream cheese, but dairy free. Any Coles and Woolies have it, normally with their spreadable cheeses or very close to them. We buy the Coles homebrand bread/rolls (the savings one). I also occasionaly make Sorbet so they have something different. I bake a lot, which is healther as well as dairy free - even brownies!

Everything I make is pretty quick and easy as I don't have a lot of time with 2 little ones. I do have a yoghurt maker which I purchased of store on ebay, brand new. It just cooks away and 24 hours later (we like it thick) it's ready! Then you can add what you like.

But I until you have established if it is dairy or not I would just go with the simple things. Like Milk, Nuttelex and checking your bread, etc. Just be careful with takeaways and pre-packaged foods - a lot of them use Milk products as a filler or sweetner. Sometimes it's in things you just wouldn't dream of to. After a few years I have gotten it down to a fine art. Have a look at the following links:

http://www.godairyfree.org/
http://www.avoidingmilkprotein.com/ReadingIngredients.htm
http://kidshealth.org/teen/misc/milkallergy_cutout.html

If you have any questions or need some other info please PM me. I am more than happy to try and help as much as I can. At least point you in the right direction if nothing else. I know there is several other Mum's on here with little ones that have either Milk Protein Allergy or different levels of Lactose Intolerance.

Have a great day!

what's so bad about soy products esp for boys?
My dietician & paediatrician say there are no issues. but i do wonder?
What's your dairy free yogurt recipe & what yogurt maker do you use?