Allergic to dairy, nuts and eggs

daisiegg

louisaL wrote: »

Wonderful replies thank you everyone!

The dinners I like to cook are:

Spaghetti bolognaise
Lasagne
Tuna pasta bake
Stew - are dumplings ok? Atora suet?
Shepherds/cottage pie
Chicken pie - boss mum buys ready to roll pastry although I can make my own
Pizza
stir fry
Sweet and sour chicken
Chicken curry

They have an ocado shop delivered every Monday morning which includes rice milk, dairy free margarine, soya yoghurts, dairy free cheese so I'll be able to make a few things. I.e the white sauce for my lasagne is flour, milk and butter so that will be ok wont it?

By the sounds of it the 10yr old is more fussy with food (out of choice) than the 8yr old so she may become the worst to feed! Lol

Ok, this all sounds fine - I eat most of these meals on a regular basis!

Spaghetti bolognaise - no problem, just make sure it is not egg pasta; most dried pasta isn't. Obviously don't use butter/milk/cream in the bolognaise sauce.
Lasagne - again, you'd have to use dried lasagne sheets that do not contain egg. You can make a white sauce with whatever dairy free milk and butter alternatives she uses, and flour. Just leave out the cheese. I guess her parents will be able to talk to you about the dairy free cheese they buy but I have never yet found one that melts and works properly in dishes like this.
Tuna pasta bake - if in doubt, make it tomato based. Otherwise I guess a white sauce like the one you use for lasagne, made with dairy alternatives. Not sure - this is not something I cook, but you can make a nice tomato based tuna pasta dish.
Stew - are dumplings ok? Atora suet? - Atora suet is fine, obviously use milk alternatives. Just check with things like stock/gravy. Some stocks or gravy powders contain milk or even egg, but it is just a question of reading the ingredients - lots will be fine.
Shepherds/cottage pie - fine, just mash the potatoes with her dairy free marg and her milk and as above, keep an eye on whatever stock/gravy type things you use
Chicken pie - boss mum buys ready to roll pastry although I can make my own - fine though obviously it won't be creamy. Jus-rol pastry - both puff and short crust - is actually dairy and egg free, I use it all the time! (Obviously always check the ingredients)
Pizza - most shop bought pizza bases are fine (though check ingredients!) and you can of course make your own. If you're not making your own tomato pizza sauce, be careful about what you buy - quite a few of the ready made ones contain milk. As for cheese, I just have pizza with no cheese - you will need to put more tomato sauce on to stop it drying out. Again it depends what kind of dairy free cheese they buy, but as I said, I have not found one that melts properly so I never bother with it for pizzas. She might like it though, so it's worth asking.
stir fry - fine, just check ready made sauces for nuts
Sweet and sour chicken - as above
Chicken curry - lovely, but it will need to be tomato based rather than a creamy sauce. Coconut milk/cream is fine though.

If you want further recipes for any of the above, please let me know and I will gladly send you some

Just a few words of advice - check the labels on everything. Every time. Even something she eats every day. Shops change ingredients and they don't tell you - they love to just randomly start sneaking milk into things that have been dairy free for years

Find out her parents' position on the 'may contain traces of...' label that is found on virtually everything these days. Most allergy sufferers know that companies just put this on to cover themselves, and eat the products anyway, but as she is quite young, her parents may still want to avoid those products. My allergies are very severe and I still eat most of these products. Things that I do avoid are things like chocolate that say it, where it is a very high chance that the dark chocolate could have been made in the same moulds as the milk chocolate or the nutty chocolate without washing them in between....but most people know to use common sense.

I'm sure her parents will address this with you but get familiar with how to treat an allergic reaction - learn to use her auto-injector (presumably she has one if she is actually allergic and not just intolerant) and find out what brand of antihistamines she uses, and how to administer them to her.

Apologies if this is really obvious, but avoid cross contamination in the kitchen ; if you are making more than one dish, don't stir the dairy one and the non dairy with the same spoon. Just be mindful of it; it is really easy to be making two hot drinks, one with milk and one with soya, and be really careful, only to give them a final stir with the same spoon. Just try and be aware of it.

I have had these exact allergies all my life and I actually recently started a blog containing tips and recipes and stuff about living with allergies. Particularly baking recipes which might be helpful if you want to bake with her! Not sure we are allowed to advertise ourselves on here so please PM me if you would like the address

Good luck!

daisiegg

purpledonkey wrote: »

It's more in sweet breads than savoury but still worth checking the packet

Definitely agree - check every packet of everything, even things that you buy regularly and usually are fine. Ingredients change!

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joedenise

daisiegg wrote: »

Why just rice and potatoes? Pasta is fine too - bolognaise on spaghetti or ordinary pasta!

Pasta is made with eggs as far as I know. Certainly is when I make it myself (which isn't often!)

Denise

Apologies for posting before reading the rest of the posts which already covers this

daisiegg

joedenise wrote: »

Pasta is made with eggs as far as I know. Certainly is when I make it myself (which isn't often!)

Denise

Apologies for posting before reading the rest of the posts which already covers this

Only fresh pasta; dried usually isn't