Good Recipes/tricks/hints for Wheat, Dairy, Soy, Corn, Oat, and Peanut Allergy

V.:
Here are several website links for recipes and blogs. They are for gluten-free foods, but many are also dairy, etc. free. There's even a site that has a crockpot recipe for everyday of the year..........hope they help!

http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/meal-plan-monday-and-gluten...
http://www.deliciouslygf.blogspot.com/
http://glutenagogo.blogspot.com/
http://gluten-free-blog.blogspot.com/
http://myglutenfreecookbook.blogspot.com/
http://easyglutenfreebaking.blogspot.com/

http://www.glutenfreecreations.com/index.php
http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/vanilla-dairy-free-ice-cream...
http://orgjunkie.com/2007/10/menu-plan-monday-october-8th...
http://orgjunkie.com/2008/02/gluten-free-dairy-free-waffl...
http://orgjunkie.com/2008/08/gluten-free-citrus-chocolate...
http://www.sweetchristinesglutenfree.com/
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/search/label/gluten%20free

Good luck and happy reading!

Hello, I'm sorry to hear that your son has allergies. However, I'm glad you discovered it now, instead of down the road. My children have LOTS of Allergies!!! We can't even do rice. I have written a cookbook which would probably be a lot of help for you. It is titled: "The Truly Grain Free Cookbook; Beet and Cane Sugar Free Too!" Written by: J. Marie Powers. The ISBN # is: 1-60563-263-5. You can purchase it directly from the publisher at: www.publishamerica.com or you can order it from any bookstore. My cookbook is Gluten free and all the recipes have been tested and approved by both of my children. :) I hope this helps you.

Hi there,

I'm so sorry to hear this. My son has the same problem and he was exclusively brestfed because of this, but I found out when he was 2 months old.

Here's a website that saved us www.kidswithfoodallergies.org

It has great information and recipes, you pay 25.00 per year, but it's worth the money. Just know that milk, soy and wheat are in everything. I don't know if you have a fax, but I have a lot of information on what's what (for instance soduium casinate is a milk dervative.)

I ate a lot of rice with avocadoes and oscar meyer turkey bacon. No more eating out, unless you go to Chipotle. All fast food resturants that aren't fresh cut potatoes have soy.

Here's my email ____@____.com

Good luck!!

Hi--I can really sympathize with you having had to deal with this problem with my kids! The very best cookbook I can recommend is "Allergy Cooking With Ease" by Nicolette Dumke. She has basic recipes and then show you how to adapt for any allergy and multiple allergies. I found her recipes to be very tasty and not overly difficult. My family was on a four day rotation diet for a year and her book was a godsend. There are so many flour alternatives that we never even think of. One of my family favorites was waffles. I made them with things like garbanzo flour and apricot nectar. They were very good. While you and your husband may not think you have allergies, following your child's diet may lead to better health for all of you. Good Luck!!

My son is also allergic to lots of foods.. A couple of rsources- there is the web page kidswithfoodallergies.com The membership fee is low and worth it- you can look up recipes with the things he is allergic to taken out.. and they have an awesome support forum. The other rsource is a book called, "the whole foods allergy cookbook" It is a great recipe book and has things that are safe to eat and actually taste good enough for the entire family.

Oh the food sensitivity/allergy family cooking dilemma! I do not envy you. It is just hard enough to find foods for you and baby...husband will have to adjust...and/or have a stash of his comfort foods somewhere. Babies's tastes change as they grow...it ill be a challenge enough to keep up with that!
You might actually save $$ by having husband eat standard fare sometimes...while you have to get the gluten free stuff. Unless you get into buying bulk.
I am not so sure the blood type diet stuff is completely valid for everyone. (Been there...read it, done it) If it's working for you now...great. I just would not regard this stuff at rock solid truth.

OUCH! Those are a lot of things to avoid. I have a severe egg allergy and carry an epi pen. The rest of my allergies are not so severe, and it may be important for you to know which ones are the worst. There are a lot of recipes online that will be very helpful and it looks like you have a pretty good list so far. http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/egg-free is one more to add to your list. I have bought several vegan cookbooks, but they will have wheat in them, so it may or may not be helpful for you.

I avoid baked goods that I didn't make, try to take food with me when I go places, and if I am going to be gone from home overnight I take a soft sided cooler and buy food from a grocery store. Restaurants can be difficult, but if you send them an email and ask what on their menu you can eat, most of the larger ones will send you a list of safe foods. I also call hotels ahead and tell them I am vegetarian.... easier than trying to convince some of the people that "know everything" that I can stop breathing.

Whole foods has a frozen waffle that is egg and gluten free, unbelievably sweet though. But he will want to try new things in time and that may be something he will like.

Good luck finding new recipes.... it's an adventure.

V.,

I feel for you, my son was allergic to everything also. Visit www.naet.com for a way to safely and naturally ELIMINATE the allergies! My son can eat pretty much everything now with no issues. He is now 20 months. We started going to an NAET practitioner 7 months ago and don't have to go very often anymore.

Good luck!
L.

My sister and her family have a lot of food allergies, so I've learned how to cook for them when they come to visit. One of the resources that i have found is allrecipes.com There is a place where you can enter in what ingredients you don't want inluded in the recipe. I really like it because there really are so many options. Good luck!!

Hi V.,

I too have had to modify my diet because of breastfeeding. First of all, I talked to my son's GI Dr about the soy thing, because I can't have dairy and was worried that maybe soy was upsetting his system, too. She said that usually if babies have an allergy to soy it's soy formula and cereals. She said that soy doesn't usually cross over into the mother's milk enough to cause any problems with breastfeeding...but ask your Dr to be sure. I'd be lost without my chocolate Silk Milk! I haven't been able to find any good substitutes for gluten :( I'm tired of cooking the same meals over and over! My husband's acupuncturist said that there are rice noodles at Trader Joe's that are really good and taste like normal spaghetti noodles. She didn't give me a brand name, but she said they're like $2 for one pound. Another mom from my mom's group suggested going to Lee Lee's Asian Market to add variety because everything there is either made with rice flour or tapioca flour.

Could you message me and let me know how you knew to get your son tested for allergies? I want to get my son tested, but Dr's act like he doesn't need it. He has bad reflux issues which he's on meds for and has really bad dry skin on his legs, but I'm not sure if it's actually excema. Did your Dr suggest testing or did you? Thanks for the info :)

I feel for you! we did the mutiple food elimination diet to determine my son's allergies, so we went without all of what you list plus some for about 6 months. A few things to be aware of: the blood tests are not totally reliable, there can be false negatives and positives, so as your son gets older, you can bring the foods in one at a time to double-check if he has an allergy to them. As far as diet goes, it seems very restrictive, but in reality it is the way everyone should eat: lean un-processed meat, fruit, and veggies. The only huge problem is the grain area. Rice pasta will be your best friend. I have found at Wild oats some tortillas that i think would work for you. personally, i never liked rice bread, although i know people who will eat it as toast with jam. It will be a dramatic change in diet, but I strongly commend you for your sacrifice to help your child be healthy, many women wouldn't do it.

I would suggest an intense search of the internet. There are a lot of sites with tasty recipes. Baking your own bread is simple nowadays with a bread machine. Have you tried goat's milk for your baby? Also, do you know if it is the whole egg or just a part. I am allergic just to the white.

I just love to eat rice, but I grew up on it. I'm not sure what kind of recipes you are looking for, but I do know there are a lot of help out there if you know how to look for it and have the time to search.

A cousin by marriage had to cut out dairy in her diet (although she wasn't allergic to it) because it was being passed on through her milk to her baby. Her baby was so sensitive that a cake that had milk in the icing caused her little one discomfort. So, try eliminating those things from your own diet as much as you can. Sorry, no recipes.

I have wheat, egg, dairy, nut, citrus, and shellfish allergies in my home. There is a history of dairy allergies in the family, but the others were shockers that left me feeling hopeless in the kitchen. Joyfully 2 of my kids have outgrown milk allergies and I have hopes that the other kids will not have to deal with it forever. I scoured the library for every book on recipes for allergies. Some worked, some contained eggs but not milk and as I imagine for you as corn starch is a substitute for many wheat-free things that could be a challenge, so it'll take some research before you find you have something to feed your family. We do not eliminate all allergens from our home and I keep a stash of acceptable foods for my wheat allergic baby and muffins and cake for my egg/milk allergic baby so that they have something on those days when I am not cooking what they can eat. You may want to do the same for your husband since he's the odd man out. All the prepackaged products I depend on for snacks have soy or corn. Shucks.
One recipe I've tried recently is Rye Muffins (I have never liked rye, but thought these were worth "stealing" from my baby)

1 c. rye flour (I got mine at Sunflower market)
2 tsp. baking powder (I understand there is some available without corn)
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. water
2 T. oil
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. raisins (optional)
Mix and bake at 400 for 20 min. or until done.

I hope your baby outgrows this soon and has a very good chance since you are diligently adjusting your diets. In the meantime, I hope you find some great recipes to keep you going.

Dealing With Allergies In Babies And Children was a book I got from the library that helped me understand allergies more and how I could help limit them.

If you go to Trader Joe's they can print out a list for you of foods that don't have certain ingredients in them. I'm not sure if they can do all the allergies at the same time, though. Sprouts has an egg substitute that we like and there is lots of info on the internet about how to substitute. I also have found success looking on sites like vegan food sites. They at least are egg and milk-free.
Somebody else also said it, but the blood tests can give false positives and negatives, so my pediatrician didn't recommend it for my daughter. She had the scratch test at 9 months, so if that is an option, I would take it. She really didn't care too much--she hardly cried, in fact, and it made me feel better to know for sure what things she was allergic to.
I've found that it's actually fun to search for things we can eat. we've made some interesting things that have turned out to be really good. (Coconut milk makes great ice cream). Make it a treasure hunt and know that you are becoming healtier as well.
Oh, and after looking at EVERY ketchup and bbq sauce, we found that the Heinz organic ketchup and Bulls Eye bbq sauce have no corn syrup in them. Just a tip to save you a little time.

My family has food allergies too. There are so many great resources now that weren't available when I was diagnosed 15 years ago. There are some great resources listed by others and I just wanted to add www.glutenfree.com and Sprouts Market as well as Whole Foods. It will take a while, but once you get in the swing of things it will be old hat.

Best wishes!

Hi,
Hopefully you got the responses you were looking for. I just wanted to let you know that I make custom gluten free cakes! I see your little one will be a year soon. If you need a cake for his special day, please contact me and we can come up with something that caters to all of his allergies. I'm also venturing into gluten free catering with the push from my family members.

Whole Foods would be your best bet! you can even look up www.wholefoods.com they have a lot of recipes. they have in the store at the customer service desk pamphlets for all diffrent diseases! you can also look up www.celiac.com or www.celiac.org they may have a link to your specific allergies! there are many books at whole foods as well! My husband has celiac disease but is not allergic to corn or peanuts! also just an FYI you should have your son checked for Celiac disease because if he is all the food you buy for him is a tax deduction! if you find he does have it feel free to email me and i can tell you more about it!
Good luck it does get easier after a while! It feels like a punishment but its rally not!
J.
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Hi V.-
Your milk will come all the way back, don't worry.

The same thing happened to my son. I ended by going back and nursing him pretty much full-time until he was a year and a half. Mine couldn't stand it if I drank coffee or tea, ate citrus, or ate melon. He'd get colic.

When I tried to wean him at nine months, he scared me to death- he failed to thrive on all the normal options. My friendly local Whole Foods and Trader Joe's clerks had suggestions when I asked. Most likely, also, it is not just wheat and oats, but anything with gluten in it.(You already knew that, huh?) Potatoes are OK, I think, so if your husband is a meat and potatoes and hopefully a salad and veggie, plus some yummy blueberries or something kind of guy, you've got dinner. Breakfast tends to be a problem, but the frozen food section should have Van's gluten, dairy, and egg-free waffles you put in the toaster. I use turkey bacon, which is pretty good, smear the waffles with nut butter, and use rice syrup over the top. Or offer your husband his own condiments breakfast/meat plate. We are allergic to eggs, too, so I've removed them from the diet. You can cook up new potatoes ahead of time, then brown them in olive oil and eat with a pile of the turkey bacon in the morning. Always some fruit, too. We eat a lot of steamed rice, veggies, and chicken. I have been experimenting with a cream cheese substitute on the Bhutanese red rice bread, along with very thin slices of lox. Very good.

Nut butters (such as almond or cashew if he can tolerate those) on Bhutanese red rice bread with a little rice syrup to moisten and sweeten works for me for lunch. Some of the noodles from Asia don't have gluten- thy're based on beans or rice. Oh, yes, forgot to mention that huge staple- beans and rice. The South American recipe, with spicy (or not, depending on your little guy) Italian sausage in the bean sauce, can be very good, and very nutritious.

Hope it helps- S.

Thank you for asking this question and for all the great answers that everyone gave. I am trying to find my way with creative eating for my son and myself. With gratitude.