Dairy free meals for baby

[Anonymous]

Need some new dairy free meals for my 10 month old. She has a milk protein allergy and I'm in a rut. Fine substituting coconut milk but avoiding fake cheese and stuff.

[Anonymous]

Are you looking for meals for the whole family or things to serve when you're just feeding baby?

At that age, my kids ate a lot of what we ate, but when I was cooking for just them, I usually did simple finger foods. I always included some kind of fruit, and some kind of vegetable, frozen chopped broccoli, and frozen peas and carrots, chopped up cucumber, were some easy options.

And then I'd add something like:

Scrambled eggs and fingers of whole grain toast, maybe with a little olive oil on it.

Shredded pork chops, with mashed up sweet potatoes.

Meatballs, with whole wheat pasta and a little marinara

This toast: https://rainbowplantlife.com/20-minute-high-protein-vegan-meals/
without the serrano, or the soy sauce. If I'm making it for people over two, I add those after.


I really like this website for ideas on how to prepare food. Usually their suggestions are easy.

https://solidstarts.com/?hcUrl=%2Fen-US

[Anonymous]

Dairy allergy kids usually have a sensitive gut that needs a little time to heal. I did mostly just simple meats, fruits and vegetables til age 1 when we added various grains.

[Anonymous]

As a baby, my daughter was allergic to milk and eggs.

We did a lot of things like turkey meatballs, different types of chicken/meat, vegan pizza (that did have fake cheese though), grains, nut butters. Dairy free is so easy to accommodate these days

[Anonymous]

We eat mostly Asian so rarely have dairy in our meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need some new dairy free meals for my 10 month old. She has a milk protein allergy and I'm in a rut. Fine substituting coconut milk but avoiding fake cheese and stuff.

I lived this life for almost 7 years. What meal ideas do you need? Just for her or to eat as a family? Coconut milk wont work for every recipe, youll need to have multiple milks (to be frank) and look forward to milk replacements- we used Ripple.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need some new dairy free meals for my 10 month old. She has a milk protein allergy and I'm in a rut. Fine substituting coconut milk but avoiding fake cheese and stuff.

I lived this life for almost 7 years. What meal ideas do you need? Just for her or to eat as a family? Coconut milk wont work for every recipe, youll need to have multiple milks (to be frank) and look forward to milk replacements- we used Ripple.

Both? We try to give her what we eat but sometimes I need a baby only meal. She loves warm buckwheat cereal and eggs so breakfasts are okay. We do pasta with sardines once a week and then beef with sweet potatoes and broccoli. She really doesn't like most protein but beef.

Ugh how did baby do on ripple? I'm hoping to keep giving her breast milk in a cup until 18-24 mths but I don't know if I can sustain it.

[Anonymous]

Girl. Your baby eats sardines. You’re way ahead of the game.

For what it’s worth my pediatrician said it was OK to do fortified orange juice. We did extended breastfeeding and never needed to supplement vit D

I’m dairy free and kid was dairy averse - hated yogurt and cheese til kindergarten. We didn’t substitute dairy, just kind of worked around it.

What are you looking to provide in? Variety or specific nutrients?

[Anonymous]

Chicken pitas with hummus, other family members could add tzatzkiki.

Don't underestimate good old beans, great source of protein and nutrition. You could do burritos or tacos so everyone could top theirs individually.

Stir fry is a good choice, can be done with meat or tofu, and then you can add nuts for extra protein.

Meatballs and pasta made with egg and breadcrumbs, and dairy can be added later.

[Anonymous]

Avocado, hummus, black bean are all good smashed on toast. Maybe not all together.

[Anonymous]

Dal and rice, peanut/ sesame noodles if no allergy, tofu, beans and rice/ tortillas topped with avocado and salsa

[Anonymous]

We started using unsweetened ripple milk around 1 yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dairy allergy kids usually have a sensitive gut that needs a little time to heal. I did mostly just simple meats, fruits and vegetables til age 1 when we added various grains.

As an adult with a milk protein allergy. please do NOT confuse a lactose intolerance with a milk protein allergy. They are two completely different things and the solution for one does not work as a solution for the other. A milk protein (casein) allergy causes as much of an allergic reaction as you would see in other food allergies. It has nothing to do with a "sensitive gut".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need some new dairy free meals for my 10 month old. She has a milk protein allergy and I'm in a rut. Fine substituting coconut milk but avoiding fake cheese and stuff.

I lived this life for almost 7 years. What meal ideas do you need? Just for her or to eat as a family? Coconut milk wont work for every recipe, youll need to have multiple milks (to be frank) and look forward to milk replacements- we used Ripple.

Both? We try to give her what we eat but sometimes I need a baby only meal. She loves warm buckwheat cereal and eggs so breakfasts are okay. We do pasta with sardines once a week and then beef with sweet potatoes and broccoli. She really doesn't like most protein but beef.

Ugh how did baby do on ripple? I'm hoping to keep giving her breast milk in a cup until 18-24 mths but I don't know if I can sustain it.

Yeah you are ahead of the game with what you are saying but Ill give a rundown of how we managed it
Breakfast:
Eggs or any other protein she will eat like jones chicken sausage from costco or the amylu chicken sausage patties
Baked oatmeal- https://www.yummytoddlerfood.com/coconut-cream-baked-oatmeal-from-brown-eggs-and-jam-jars/ or https://sweetsavoryandsteph.com/peach-baked-oatmeal/see multiple other versions. its freezeable, can be eaten warm or cold with a protein like sausage or dairy free yogurt
Stovetop oatmeal
French toast using challah bread or sourdough- you can bake ahead. add pecans for fat. I use any milk sub for this. Ripple adds protein. Oat adds creaminess. Canned coconut milk is good too.
Dairy free yogurt parfaits- siggis is great for eaten alacarte but has a bit too much sugar. I mixed it with a kite hill greek df yogurt or iceland provisions skyr yogurt
Muffins- most muffin recipes can be adapted because you can use milk sub and df baking sticks.
Quick breads- vegan zucchini and banana breads.
CFA breakfast bowls no cheese. Their butter is not real butter. Hashbrowns and fries are cooked in a separate fryer (must confirm with each location) than the breaded dairy chicken.
Immaculate baking and Annies cinnamon rolls are DF for the holidays. Annies biscuits are also DF.
Pillsbury crescent rolls with chicken sausage rolled up were a fav for my kid.
Smoothies- use DF yogurt or avocado, fruit, splash apple juice, chia seeds, cauliflower
"Milkshakes" use any DF ice cream, but Oatly worked best for us. Always Ice cream in Crofton, Annapolis were our go-to. Theres a bakery in Annapolis/Edgewater- Black Market Bakers- that makes vegan treats and they are insanely delicious. Unsure if you are also having to be DF for breastfeeding but it was nice to go somewhere as our kid got older for special treats where all of us could eat. We always used their holiday ordering for a vegan pie and rolls since I was already having to make an entire meal for my kid dairy free for the holidays.
Pancakes use Pearl Milling brand for cheapest pancakes; we like the Birch Benders original classic.

Lunch/Dinner:
Eating out go-tos for when you get to this stage: Burger King, Mod Pizza, Chipotle, McDonalds as long as you are okay with cross contamination from the fryer with nuggets since the fries have dairy in them, Chickfila grilled nuggets and fries, the kale salad, fruit cup, etc.
We did a menu rotation with soup/stew/chili, breakfast, crockpot, grill, etc.
Literally most chilis are DF.
Just keep to meat carb veggie. Carbs- rice, potatoes, fries, sweet potatoes, pasta, some pita breads, some sourdough breads, etc. Country crock with olive oil by the tub for butter, use the baking sticks for baking.
Branch out to other meats besides beef, chicken, etc. Try bison, lamb, duck, etc. If you need to stick to beef then try to get beef that includes the organs.
The only cheeses we found to be worthwhile were DF Feta and oatmilk queso.
Snack options: ritz crackers, bakery bars, oreos, cheerios/honey nut cherrios (once honey is ok), chex, target cereal bars, larabars, rx bars, annies vegan mac isnt horrible unless youve had the real thing
Trader joes and WF have great options. TJ has a DF pesto as well as a vegan tzatziki. We did a lot of bowls too like burger bowls, greek chicken bowls, lamb pita bowls. Find some DF pita bread. Middle eastern bakeries or stores usually have the best versions and we freeze them. You can make naan pizza at home as well using their longer "Naan" bread (its flatbread shaped not the actual Naan since most Naan has dairy in it IME).

Stick to basics and then branch out. Youll find your go-to items for grab-n-go but you will likely need to make a lot of food at home and just pack it. I basically did a pasta dish rotated weekly with a meatloaf/chicken dish with different sauces and veggies for lunches plus a quick bread or muffins every week. Oatmeal half of the week, pancakes the other half. Then smoothies the next week for 2-3 days then french toast.

Lastly, try to avoid replacements for MOST things. Dairy free is just stick to the perimeter grocery shopping at its core. The only replacement I will say worked was DF heavy whipping cream for cast iron chicken pot pie (use biscuits from a can) but it doesnt truly work in crockpot recipes IME.

Read EVERY label EVERY time. Dairy is in bread, crackers, stuff like McDonalds french fries, cookies, sauces, etc.

[Anonymous]

Missed the Aldi part in the post above about their flatbread we use for homemade pizzas.