June 2015 Moms
paige0704
member
Dairy/soy restrictions
paige0704
member
hey ladies just starting dairy and soy-less diet ugh but doing it for my LO... Just wanted to see what foods you guys are surviving on and maybe even some good recipes possibly 
what are your staples? Any good brands out there?
Have you seen difference in your LO with this diet ?
TIA
what are your staples? Any good brands out there? Have you seen difference in your LO with this diet ?
TIA
Re: Dairy/soy restrictions
You'll be better off to stick to whole, unprocessed foods, at least for the first few weeks to make sure you don't eat it on accident. But brands I know are good include Enjoy Life, Chex, and Kind (but some of the products with chocolate have dairy). I like almond/coconut milk blend instead of real milk (Silk, Almond Breeze, Trader Joe's). Rice milk is terrible, hemp seed milk is pretty good. You're going to become very familiar with your grocery store's health food section.
I'll try to put together a few recipes and post later. Good luck!
I would be for a weekly restricted diet thread to share recipes and gripes in general. Do you have a slow cooker? I'm going to try to use mine more when I go back to work.
2 things that help with my junk food cravings are: chips and salsa, and Oreos. Thank goodness for oreos!
ETA: as I was typing this reply I just saw a commercial for silk dairy free yogurt. . . I might look into it
I was fully dairy free for two weeks but now I'm having foods with traces of dairy (processed stuff) and a serving of cheese about every other day and so far LO is good. I love cereal and it's not the same with almond milk sadly. I could probably eat more to wean her back on but she's got bad reflux and what we're pretty sure is colic and i don't want to deal with the consequences if it goes badly.
Trader Joe's has awesome coconut milk ice cream. It's so creamy I can't tell the difference. Far superior to the coconut and cashew milk stuff they have at walmart. I eat a lot of cinnamon pop tarts too bc it's easy one handed. And I'll make a turkey sandwich with a dairy free salad dressing for flavor in lieu of cheese. Also lots of eggs. I've been using fake butter for toast.
i think vegan recipes could actually be a great help, as they are dairy free. just add meat in where they put tofu or another soy product/meat alternative.
if you like ice cream you can use bananas in place, just google banana ice cream, or you can freeze juice into sorbet.
I know dairy, black beans, and blueberries are all problematic. I would guess gluten as well, since I know it causes problems for me. I'm following an "anti-colic" diet for what to try next. I will probably avoid dairy until the 6 month mark. Boo.
It really sucks for me, but the change has been so dramatic it's worth it.
I was reading a baby food cookbook last night and it was saying that they should start getting tame cow's milk products, like hard cheeses and butter, as soon as they can handle consuming it once they start solid foods. I wonder if she'll tolerate that or absolutely lose it once that happens. But I guess it's suggested for their protein/calcium intake. I'll probably not introduce those until 8 months, even though I plan to start baby foods at 6. I'll start with fruits and veggies and add in some meat before I get dairy involved. I'm going to be so sad for LO if she winds up having a legit cow's milk allergy. DH's cousin has one, and it sounds terrible.
Replaced our regular milk with almond milk, vanilla is my fav. And the banana. 'ice cream' is great (frozen bananas, peanut butter, vanilla), the trick is to leave it in the food processor long enough that the consistency gets just right.
Loved the other suggestions on this thread, and now feeling less guilty about the high Oreo intake.
I'm not much of a milk drinker, it's cheese that is a bummer. I accidentally had half of a protien bar that had milk in it (I don't know why I didn't check the ingredients, totally spaced). Just confirms our suspicions! LO hadn't been that fussy since I cut dairy 5 weeks ago.
Almond milk with a hint of honey has been great as a milk replacement for cooking or for coffee at home. A must try at Starbucks: cold brew iced coffee with French vanilla flavor and coconut milk. I was super excited to have coffee again after being pregnant. It used to make me sick. Then I find out I had to cut dairy, so not stopping me from my coffee!
Some recipes I've tried (thank you Pinterest):
https://www.eatgood4life.com/strawberry-coconut-overnight-oats/
Good to make ahead of time, especially when you only have one hand to eat. I just exclude the chia seeds. They freak me out.
https://lacreativitedelafille.blogspot.com/2013/07/chewy-peanut-butter-oatmeal-cookies.html?m=1
Pretty good! I used chunky peanut butter.
https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/personal-sized-baked-oatmeal-with-individual-toppings-gluten-free-diabetic-friendly/
I just subbed almond milk for regular milk. I like that I didn't have to use flour, milk, or sugar!
Anyone else have any recipe successes?
Bacon and eggs on an English muffin. If you bake the bacon in the oven, it saves well in the fridge (and is way less greasy). Cook a whole package on the weekend and have 1-2 pieces each day.
Chipotle is a good fast food place since you can customize your food. Although I've never checked their website to see if there is any soy in any of their meat marinades.
Whew! I did drink that whole beer and this was hard to type out!
https://paleomg.com
I eat eggs, almond milk, almond creamer, turkey sausage, salmon, fruit, vegetables, tuna salad, nuts, no dark green leafies and no beans (even though scientifically beans shouldn't cause any fussiness in her, my husband and I watched after I ate baked beans and she was a mess the next day.). Lots of almond butter, peanut butter.
I lost almost all my baby weight and I gained 35 lbs. I have 6 to go and it's been 11 weeks.
Win win.
But as for cooking foods? Ground turkey tacos, grilled fish and meat. No real recipes
Well now DH and I have started the whole30. It's a dairy free, soy free, sugar free and grain free diet. I thought it was going to be so difficult to do, but it's actually pretty easy. They have a cook book, but as long as I stick to fresh veggies and fruit and meat there's really no way to mess up. Had I know this was so easy I would have went back to nursing being confident that I wouldn't accidentally eat anything I shouldn't. But anyway, I recommend this plan to anyone. The food in the cookbook is so good and usually very easy and quick to make. Good luck!