Dairy free yogurts for DC. What do you do?

[greeneone12]

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[RidcullySentTheBursarMad]

Toffutti soya cheese is OK for cooking with e.g. for pizzas, cheese sauce etc(though minging just as-is on bread). I also found I can make a decent cheese-less cheesecake using toffutti soya cream "cheese" and following some of the cheesecake recipes on the philadelphia website e.g. www.philadelphia.co.uk/philadelphia3/page?locale=uken1&PagecRef=609&rid=5417&siteid=philadelphia3-prd. I substitute the philadelphia for soya cream cheese, the butter for pure spread or vitalite, the whipping cream for the thick soya cream called "Soja Saane" and the digestive biscuits (which often have milk in) for hob-nobs (which don't).

[greeneone12]

Where can you buy 'toffutti' and 'Pure' from? Can't find them in Holand & Barrett.

[trixymalixy]

Pure you can get in all supermarkets, in the butter section as it is a margarine. Holland and Barrett do sell tofutti cream cheese although I get it from an independent health food shop.

Try parsleysoup.com for an amazing chocolate cheesecake recipe made with silken tofu( beside the sweetcorn in sainsburys) and tofutti cream cheese.

I'm afraid there's no such thing as a good hard cheese substitute.

[freefrommum]

Don't know about toffutti but Pure spread you can get in most supermarkets (with the other butters/spreads). We use Vitalite as it's also dairy-free but cheaper and just as good.

[lukewarmmama]

I second the parsleysoup website - brilliant recipies for dairy/egg allergies (and vegans!). The hedgehog cake went down a treat for dd2's birthday last month.

[freefrommum]

another brilliant website for free-from recipes is //www.piginthekitchen.co.uk

[RidcullySentTheBursarMad]

Holland and Barrett sell toffutti. Otherwise try www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/script/home.html, which has loads of dairy free products.

The cheapest dairy free spread I've found is the standard Tesco Value soft spread. It tastes pretty much like any other margarine (I just don't buy it anymore because I stopped shopping in Tesco).

[BalloonSlayer]

We use Cheezly (Tesco sell it round our way) for pizzas etc. I think it's quite rank, but the other two DCs who are not allergic, won't eat normal pizza - they have to have home made ones made with cheezly.

If you are wanting to make cheese sauce, if you use English Mustard in a white sauce it tastes fairly cheesy and you don't need to add it at all. Although mustard can be an allergen in itself and I am always wary of making a dish too ersatz (eg lasagne with white sauce made with butter and milk but no cheese and mustard instead to give it flavour for my friend who can't tolerate cheese, but white sauce made with pure spread and soya milk and no cheese & mustard instead for my DS1 would probably taste too far off the mark).

[sagarika]

Dear mums,my ds is also allergic to milk,plus eggs n nuts. Hes only 10 months.can I give him alpro soya or the pea protein one? Isnt there added sugar in them. Is he a bit young for these?

[lukewarmmama]

You can give him either (check the ingredients first of course!). Yes, there's loads of sugar in them, but when your diet is restricted due to allergies, you have to accept some other 'evils' for more variety (and the added calcium).

I think, when mine were still that young, that there was a plain alpro one i used for a bit, and mixed with fruit/purée etc. If I recall, it doesn't have calcium added, but that's not such an issue when they're still getting most of their nutrition from milk.

[lukewarmmama]

The plain pot was a big one, not the individual 4 packs...

[sagarika]

thanks for the advice

[simpson]

Thanks to whoever linked to the pea protein "yogurts"

Have just rung my local H&B and they are going to reserve some for me to pick up later in the week

My DD is dairy, soya, oats & barley intolerant and I have always struggled to find puddings/yogurt type products that she can eat.

ATM she eats the cow & gate fruitapura pureed fruit tubs whenever her older brother has a yogurt.

For dairy/soya free spreads I also use tescos value one which is ok

My DD's treat is her "special ice cream" which is a sorbet (lemon & raspberry flavour) which is sold in tescos.

[trixymalixy]

Simpson, have you tried the worthenshaws ice cream? I'm pretty sure it is dairy and soya free.

[simpson]

trixy - what is it made with??

Going into town on friday so will look out for it, will tescos sell it?

[trixymalixy]

I think it's rice milk Simpson. My local sainsburys sell it.

[simpson]

thanks

Have to go to sainsburys next wk anyway as that is where I get DD's breakfast cereal from.

[simpson]

well DD tried the dairy/soya free yogurts today and they were a massive hit!!

Will try & get the ice cream tomorrow....

[ChocaMum]

Thanks everyone for this great thread. My 17 mo DD has had a known nut allergy for a while but we've only recently been told about the dairy, soya and egg, so all these suggestions and websites have been great for a very lost mum. :)