meal ideas for milk allergy please :)

[MummyMana]

I've had a tough time getting her to eat anything lately, and just as I find a few things she will eat she's diagnosed with milk allergy doctor says she can still have cheese as she's never reacted to it before but I'm even cautious about that seeing as she'd never reacted to anything until a couple of Weeks ago

So what to feed a baby with milk allergy? Today for dinner I've given her fish fingers and mash (with stork instead of butter), for lunch she had peanut butter rice cakes, for breakfast she had toast. That's me out of ideas

 

[the why bird]

I can't have milk so my daughter has a lot of milk free meals. She likes:

-Fried rice - this is my lazy meal. Cooked rice, defrosted frozen mixed veg or leftovers, chopped up cooked ham or chicken and a spoonful of oil. Fry it all up until hot then crack an egg over it and mix like crazy. If she likes strong flavours you can add powdered garlic, ginger, chili powder, black pepper etc. A splash of soy sauce if you like but not much because it's really high in salt.
-Most any sort of stew or hot pot - I usually just throw meat and veg into the slow cooker and it always comes out tasty and soft enough for babies. If you like to use gravy powder or stock cubes just double check the ingredients because oddly enough lots of these contain milk.
-Baked potatoes with beans or tuna mayo (some brands of mayo do have milk in so you'll have to check)
-Cooked chicken in wraps, with a little mild salsa or barbecue sauce spread on the wrap
-Pita breads with hummus, sliced tomatoes and cucumber
-Falafels (if you have a blender, they are super easy to make at home since they are basically chickpeas and onion with mild spices)
-Spaghetti with vegetable sauce and meatballs
- Butternut squash soup with bread to dip (another really easy recipe if you have a blender)
-Couscous with beans, sweetcorn, cherry tomatoes and some flaked fish
- Tuna fish cakes - just tuna, leftover veg and mash made into patties and baked (since you're already making milk-free mash)
-Omlettes - just skip any dairy in the recipe and add any veg she likes.
-Stir fried noodles
-Baked fish with sweet potato chips or wedges
-Curry - I use a mild curry paste plus tinned tomatoes and some coconut milk to make it creamy, along with just about any meat/veg combo you like.

Has the doctor said whether she can have almond or rice milk as a substitute? It doesn't taste great but it will give you more options to use in cooking.
Hope something in there is helpful. Let me know if you need any recipes I have tons more.

Edit: found this site with some ideas too.

 

[MummyMana]

Thankyou, those are brilliant ideas

Doctor didn't say about using any milk substitutes, he said just to keep her on formula (which is kind of confusing cuz I thought that had milk in it :s ) but I might try putting some almond milk in cooking

I'm surprised how many things contain milk tbh, I used to just use it without thinking...

 

[the why bird]

Me too! At least since she is still so little she won't miss any of the foods she can't have.

When I first cut out milk (I developed lactose intolerance as an adult, so not as serious as an allergy but made me sick enough to never want to touch it again!) I was getting caught out all the time because it's used as a flavouring in lots of things. It's even in some medicines. It's often used as a thickener or sweetener and it tends to crop up in a lot of snack foods, especially beef flavoured things. Not that you'd be feeding her that sort of thing anyway.

I'm surprised she can cope with formula - maybe it's something to do with the way it's processed? Poor little mite, at least you worked out what it was quickly.

 

[MummyMana]

I'm not sure why she's fine with formula either but it did take us a long time to find a formula she was okay with, she never got a rash from it though! She can also tolerate small amounts of cheese... It just seems to be pure whole milk and yoghurts that she reacts to :s

I'm lactose intolerant aswell but nowadays I know my limits, a little bit of milk in tea and I'm ok, a whole glass of milk however would leave me sick and in pain lol. I wasn't diagnosed until I was 8 and doctors thought I was making it up at first :/