I recently discovered that my body can no longer tolerant meals with dairy. I can do butter. I just can't do milk or cheese... they make me nauseous and give me the runs
. I know they have over the counter pills you can take to help you digest these foods, but I prayed about it and God wants me to part with these foods. I'm going to miss it because most of my favorite dishes have cheese.
Can anyone recommend great dairy free recipes? Thanks
I have to avoid lactose and casein. I can do butter, but can't do milk or cheese, either. (Do you know how bad I miss pizza?? Like...alot.) I overall have a hard time digesting proteins properly. I have to take lots of enzymes and probiotics. But definitely give your body time to heal. I'd also recommend cutting out gluten, too, because for some odd reason casein and gluten are similar.
But I have lots of recipes (mainly dessert recipes because my sweet tooth can never pass up a good dessert recipe.) if you want any.
I use almond milk for a lot of pastries, but typically not straight from the glass (I also won't use it in family meals since Dad's severely allergic to nuts), unless it's dark chocolate.
So Delicious Dairy Free | Coconut Milk, Almond Milk and Soy Milk Based Beverages, Snacks and Desserts This is my go-to brand, along with Silk, for dairy-free stuff. Seriously, So Delicious' ice cream is AMAZING. So delicious also has coffee creamer!
If you're like me and love a good iced coffee (or coffee in general
) Almond Breeze has a wonderful Vanilla Iced Coffee. Silk has the better Mocha flavored, but I have to monitor my soymilk intake, since at one point in time I was becoming sensitive towards it, too. (In fact I might have to skip out on the morning iced coffee for a day because my mood has been a bit off. My mood plays a HUGE factor in indicating if I'm eating something I shouldn't.)
And with dairy free products, it's trial and error. Though I'm a picky person, so if I say something's good, it's probably pretty good.
But I've bought products before like Daiya cheese, and I'd heard it's sooo good, and I thought "It couldn't hurt to try..." and my tastebuds are forever scarred from the awful taste.
For most meals, though, you should be able to continue on eating, you just gotta substitute. And when you go out to eat, if you can have wheat, watch out to make sure the breading on your meal doesn't contain milk. I don't know where you find those things out, unfortunately. I just end up completely avoiding anything with breading or wheat (I'm also sensitive to wheat/gluten. I can have some, but I don't dare have a lot).
Go Dairy Free - Dairy-Free Recipes, Substitutes, Reviews, and More This link has TONS of info, too. Lots of recipes, lots of product info, and they also do product reviews. It may take some time to learn about your new lifestyle, but in the end, it WILL be worth it. You'll feel SO MUCH better.
