Easy, Simple Receipes Without Milk

T.,
What about soy milk? Or goat's milk? Some kids can be allergic to reg milk and not these 2. Soy milk is great to cook with, and to make pies and pudding. You can also make him jello with fruit, for something different. Veggies and fruits chopped up, and served with dip is good, too. Hope this helps.
K.

Here are a few websites that have some lactose (dairy) free recipes. I'm sure if you "google" for more there are more out there :) hope they help.

Go Dairy Free.org http://www.godairyfree.org/Table/Recipes/

Diet Enlightened Lactose/Milk Free recipes
http://dietenlightened.com/site/page.php?node=356

Kids with food allergies website
(has forum and recipes available)
http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/

Dear Stacy
Good Morning. I don't have any recipe ofr you all
I have are some ideas for you to try. I used rice dream
in recipes in place of milk it worked great and Walmart
carries the rice dream its cheaper there the kids used
it on their ceral when they were younger. Also I would
go to a good health food store and and tell them about your son becausse I know they would have some thing for him
to take that would help his body to asorb the dairy
products. I hope this helps you out.
Have a great weekend BarbK.

Try using soy milk in place of cows milk, what I did for my g'son, and he loved everything I mdae, can make mac n cheese, they make a cheese substitute, use soy in anything u would use milk in.

Hi, I was vegan for 12 years. That's no meat, dairy, or eggs. More and more people are eating this way every day and finding it is very do-able. (I do eat local eggs now, and some fish, but not dairy or other animals.) You may find it actually easier to find dairy-free recipes if you are willing to consider vegetarian foods.

Some resources. The Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak is all about non-dairy foods. PETA has a book called The Compassionate Cook, a good starter cookbook. There are dozens of cookbooks out there, though. Try searching online for vegan recipes. vegweb.com is one site with lots of recipes. You will find tons more, though, if you search. If you're eating out, Chinese, Thai, and Japanese foods are all virtually dairy-free.

Gotta go, baby crying, but you can email me if you need more help.

I guess I am going to echo everyone else here.
Use soy replacements.
They have some great tasting soy milk, cheese and ice cream type products now. You can use most of your own recipes with no changes except substitute the dairy products for soy. About the only thing I have found that I can't do with them is make puddings or custards. They just won't set up. But I can cook and bake with it, as well as put it on cereal or just drink it by the glass. I can even make gravy with it or my homemade bread.
They didn't have these products in the midwest when my youngest was diagnosed with a milk allergy nearly 20 years ago. We really struggled with the same problem you are having now until they started selling these items around here. I was blessed enough to have a school cafeteria manager that made special lunches for her, and a couple of pizza places that would make special pizzas for her. Many of them will still make pizzas for us with no cheese on them.
Beyond that, be sure you are serving plenty of dark greens for calcium, and look for orange juice with calcium added. You can check health food stores for a calcium suppliment that has no dairy in it. I think it is made from coral, but I don't remember for sure. Maybe someone here can correct me on that if I am wrong.
There are tons of things your child can still eat. Just try to stay away from pre-processed foods, or combination foods (like casseroles, etc) Stick with meats, veggies and grains. Keep it simple.
By the way, hotdogs and lunch meats (unless they are kosher) DO have milk products in them. Look for cassein (sp?). That is a chemical derived from milk.
Look for kosher lunch meats, and margarine that says "pareve" on the package. These won't contain milk or derivatives of milk.
You local Jewish deli, or healthfood store are your best friends !
I wish you well !

We raised a granddaughter with an allergy to milk protein. I used soy milk, and coffee rich in alot of recipes. We made cheese free pizza and made cook & serve pudding with coffee rich for her. I also got a small ice cream freezer (1 Quart) and used pudding mix and rice dream to create her non dairy ice cream. Hy-vee has a good selection of rice cream in their health foods section too. I went to a local health food store & found a lot of products made without milk. Yogurt & cream cheese substitute to name a couple. She was happy she could have bagels & cream cheese with us and she loved the yogurt. We weren't happy with their milk free cheese though.I just expermented with recipes and learned as I went along too. I'm sure you know a lot of products have hidden milk protein. Non dairy whipped topping for example has milk protein in it as well as instant pudding. Your allergist should be able to give you a card to carry with all the names for milk on labels. I wish you luck. I am allergic to soy so that made cooking interesting :-) Thankfully, Amy did outgrow her allergy.

I know that you are looking for ideas for meals, however I have a recipe that I use to make cake, it is a can of soda and any cake mix. Mix the two together put in pan or cupcake pan cook in oven for recomended time then I put some type of pie filling on it for frosting. It just depends on the kind of cake as to the kind of pie filling that I use.

T.,

I have three boys and my first had a milk allergy. He thankfully has "grown out of it". Here are some suggestions that worked for us during that difficult time.

His daily meals consisted of oatmeal with brown sugar for breakfast, peanut butter and honey on kosher rye bread for lunch, and grilled/baked/boiled chicken with plain whole wheat pasta or rice for dinner. Also any fresh fruit or vegetable that I could get him to eat. He was on Rice Milk and then Soy milk when we determined he wasn't allergic to that.

Also for breakfast I would make pancakes and waffles from scratch (or you could buy a whole wheat mix -- Hodgins Mill, Aunt Jemima, or Red Mill) and use rice or soy milk instead of cow's milk. The only dairy free syrup I found is Hungry Jack original in the mircrowaveable bottle. It is pareve (read below).

For snacks you have to look at the kosher label on the box to see if there is dairy. It's not always listed as an ingredient. There is usually a K or U in a circle in then beside it a D, DE, or the word Pareve. If there is a D then it contains dairy. DE indicates Dairy Equipment. If it is Pareve, it doesn't contain dairy and was not processed on dairy equipment.
I'm pretty sure Oreos contains dairy.
It takes a lot of time to read the boxes but you'll find some that are pareve. Our son snacked on Allison's graham crackers, Zesta wheat saltine crackers, and ginger snaps (i don't remember the brand). But not all are safe. You have to find the one brand that is pareve.

Also, hotdogs, french fries, and processed chicken nuggets contain dairy.
In addition, you may want to see if your son is allergic to beef. Mine was.

The only fast food restaurant we could find that does not contain dairy in their chicken nuggets or fries is Arbys. Most restaurants post nutrition and food allergen info. The same for restaurants. Here is the link for Arby's. http://www.arbys.com/nutrition/calculator.php#

At restaurants we would request grilled chicken and plain pasta. NO butter. Make sure you tell them not to grill or cook with the butter. They can use a little olive oil.

Even some soy products, such as the ice creams and cheese contain dairy. And creamers and whip that say non-dairy still contain the protein that causes the allergy.

A great resource is the food allergy network.

Also, eating organic foods helps.

Also avoid foods with "natural flavors" (contains dairy) and food dyes, especially yellow #5 and red.

It's frustrating, but honestly it's such a healthy way to eat. I made the mistake of introducing him to all the fun kid snacks once I realized he was growing out of the allergy. Now he doesn't eat all the fruits and vegetables that he used to when he was allergic to all the box stuff! It also helped us to start switching to organic, health food.

If this helped you and you want more info, please feel free to ask me.

C.

Try going to parenting.com and searching their recipes or google search non-dairy free recipes. We had to use non egg recipes for my son until he turned one (his allergy went away) and this was a great resource for us.

I highly recommend www.kidswithfoodallergies.com. They have a recipes section and forums about cooking. It is $25/year for memebership or you can apply for a grant membership if you can't afford to pay. It has been great for me since I found out that my daughter is allergic to milk and eggs.

You might also check out some vegan or lactose free recipes. Just make sure that the lactose free ones don't include milk derived products.

If you PM me I can give you some ideas that I often go to for my daughter, but I don't have time to type them up right now.

I'm sorry, I don't have any recipes, but....(and this is just a thought), I was severly allergic to cow milk as an infant/toddler (thank god I grew out if it), but goat milk never bothered me at all. You can use it just the same as regular milk in your recipes.

T.,

I am lactose intolerant, so have to be very careful with milk in my foods. I have found that some soy milks will work for me. Have you tried soy milk or any nondairy type products? Does he have a reaction to those? That will help me determine which recipes will you the best. :-)

Let me know and I will get some recipes posted for you for nutritious well-rounded meals, complete with tasty desserts! :-)

N.

Pasta doesn't have milk in it, does it? But some pasta with a simple tomato sauce and lots of veggies. When you make mashed potatoes, substitute chicken broth instead of milk. Rice with stir fried veggies and meat with soy sauce or teriyaki sauce.
I watch a lot of Rachael Ray and she makes lots of easy recipes without milk. Watch or Tivo her talk show or 30 minute meals for some great recipes. Go online to Foodtv.com also for her recipes if you don't have time to watch.