anyone know how to have a dairy free diet??!

Jade - posted on 10/18/2012

We are on the Milk Protein Free diet. My daughter has been allergic to milk and milk preotein since she was born basically and she is now 2. I have found a few qwebsites and have gone to the nutritionist as wekll

Carla - posted on 04/08/2010

Lots of fruits and vegetables, lean chicken, meats. Salads. Stay away from Milk, yogurt, cheese and anything that has milk powder in it. eggs is not part of Dairy! many people get that confused! My son is allergic to Dairy!

Jeramie - posted on 04/08/2010

is it the cows or the lactose that you need to avoid? My brother is allergic to cow's milk, but does just fine with goats and sheep's milk. they keep goat's butter, and goat's and sheep's cheeses around and their pallet has not suffered for it. If you are lactose intolerant that may not work for you.

Bethanie - posted on 04/06/2010

They make non hydrogenated vegan spreads (for a butter sub), goat milk, to me, would be a healthier alternative to milk or depending on whether the allergy is to the protein or lactose, they make Lactose Free Milk. If you buy any tofu products (like tofu cheese products, for instance) make sure to read the label. Many of these products are loaded with hydrogenated oils which is trans fats and very bad for you. There are many foods that are a good source of calcium, such as: collard & turnip greens, broccoli, bok choy, kale, parsely, mustard greens, a variety of beans, Quinoa, shrimp, salmon, mackeral (w/bones), sardines (w/bones), almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts. You need approx. 1200mg of calcium everyday. Usually the easiest way to tell if something contains milk, is just look below the ingredients list and it will list allergens in the product. Also, if no cow's milk products are consumed at all, you will need to take a Vitamin D supplement and make sure you buy foods (that are available) that are fortified with Calcium and Vitamin D, like orange juice.

Dianne - posted on 04/06/2010

"Poor man's butter" is mashed avocado. We also like homemade hummus, and as a special treat-good olive oil with minced garlic and balsamic vinegar.

When you make vegetable soups, almond milk is absolutely delicious. I add butter flavoring, if needed. For cream, I add non-dairy creamer.

My DH had a dairy sensitivity for many years. It finally got better. Hope your BF gets better with a "rest" from dairy.

Sarah - posted on 04/06/2010

thank you very much! very helpful :) my bf has recently developed a milk allergy and can't have ANYTHING to do with milk! so we are going milk free and man i am at a loss for how to cook things without milk or butter!

Lyndal - posted on 04/04/2010

Hi, we are not completely dairy free but it is limited. We drink soy milk but there is also rice milk and I have heard of Almond Milk. When I am in Australia I only drink rice milk. Look for other foods with calcium and protein. Nuts and fish are good. Green leaves too for iron. Also eat a lot of beans - black eyed peas, kidney beans, lentils.

Not so up on how to add more calcium as I am also looking into it, but just wanted to post to get you started. :)

Look at Vegetarian and Vegan diets. Also Ayurvedic cooking. That might be helpful with ideas that you could adapt.