Any dairy free/soya free bakers?

[Dorisday13]

What's the best alternative for baking? Oat milk? Rice milk? I'm trying to make savory muffins :-) x

[Dorisday13]

vomit

[CouthyMow]

To bold a word, do the same with stars.

Agar Agar is a good veggie alternative to gelatin, and is also dfsf. Based on seaweed...?!

[CouthyMow]

I'm sure Tesco do a veggie gelatin in a yellow box. Will have a look, I'm just off there now!!

[Dorisday13]

Cool! Thanks :-) I'll give the cheesecake a go after my holiday, I'm sure there's a veggie way around it :-)

Ummm marshmallow fluff,

Do all yours dc have allergies couthy? I'm wondering if Its likely another baby will have allergies, we all seem to in my and dh's families...

[janey223]

Think the oat bread warning is their generic no nuts in factory but cannot guarantee nut free.

There's coyo coconut yoghurts from waitrose and rice based ones online/hf shops.

I'm going to get the creamy rice cheese to make cheesecake! Yummy!

DS is allergic to legumes and nuts so its the only kind he can have,

[Dorisday13]

Ooh does the cocunut yoghurt need refrigerating?

Also where do you get rice cheese? X

[CouthyMow]

Ooh new products!

Gelatine : Dr Oetker Vege-Gel is dfsf, no nuts AND veggie. Yellow box, down the baking aisle in Tesco, right next to the ordinary gelatine.

I wrote down the barcode number and promptly lost the post it note, mind you!!

Hope that is helpful to you.

[Dorisday13]

Ahh thank you that's fab!!! X

[MrsAVB]

Also - cake. There is a really really good cake that they sell in my local deli which is dfsf. It's Norfolk mixed fruit cake and from a company called something like riverside bakery. Only fly in the ointment for those who are very allergic is that I don't think it's made in an allergen free factory/ bakery. Will check the label when I next buy one (good excuse!).
Has anyone tried dauphinoise potatoes with Oatly or other cream?
X

[janey223]

Yes it's fresh and needs to be in the fridge!

Rice cheese here shopmozzarisella.co.uk/
Can get it in independent hf shops too, think goodness direct sell rice cheese/desserts too.

Tesco value celebration cake (plain and chocolate) is df/sf but with nut warning, haven't tried it as I normally make my own.

[Dorisday13]

Do you think like rice milk they'll be banned for under 5s?

[janey223]

No rice milk is fine in small amounts so I think it's ok x

[Dorisday13]

Wot no dairy pot went down well

[janey223]

Making a cake now! It's in the oven but I can't decide what combo to use for buttercream couldn't get Trex but have pure, vitalite and stork block!

Thinking half vitalite half pure, pure has such a nothing taste but sets better than vitalite

[MrsAVB]

Well done with the wot no dairy doris
janey have tried buttercream with pure and vitalite and neither is quite right. Not tried stork. What I normally do is make sure it's flavoured heavily... like dark chocolate or lots of vanilla essence, then you can use pure which tastes worse but sets better.
X

[janey223]

I done half pure half vitalite and a glut of vanilla, it's slightly lumpy as DS kept putting the icing sugar in before I could sieve it but its ok, he definitely liked it! I used to love pure but I've got sick of it and its non taste!

[CouthyMow]

Don't use block stork for buttercream - it's FOUL. And lumpy. No matter what you do!

(Tried three times! It really IS rank...)

[Mitzyme]

This is the most amazingly helpful thread ever. Thanks everyone.

[Dorisday13]

Thanks, I agree with the adding lots of vanilla, I quite like the taste of vitalite though maybe I'm just very weird!

[janey223]

Vitalite is nice but doesn't really 'set'

[Dorisday13]

Yes I agree and melts on a warm cake/warm day!

[MrsAVB]

But means that vitalite is much better on toast/ jacket potatoes/ anything where you want it to melt! X

[CouthyMow]

On the way home from the allergy show, I got chatting to the man opposite me on the train.

He gave me a recipe for dairy free cheese, similar to mozzarella. His DS can have soy, so he uses soy milk, but when I get 10 minutes (and have some blooming lemon juice), I'm going to give it a try.

Boil soy milk (or coconut milk). Just as it starts to boil, squeeze in some lemon juice. It should start to look all lumpy.

Then strain it through a muslin cloth. Apparently it's just like mozzarella. So I'm going to give it a try!

[Dorisday13]

Exciting couthy! Have you tried it yet? Coconut milk as in the milk alternative or the tin of? X

[CouthyMow]

As in the milk alternative. Haven't tried it yet - probably tomorrow as I had the seventh circle of hell toddler group today for DS3, and have hydrotherapy after school for DS2...