Dairy free - what treats can I have???

[Honeymoonmummy]

Hi all,

I'm going dairy-free tomorrow in the hope it helps my 16 week old DD who has reflux. Can anyone give me tips on products that I CAN eat, particularly "treats" to replace the copious amounts of chocolate bars, brownies and muffins etc etc that I get through while BFing??? I am vegetarian but eat fish. Many thanks.

The recipe for green and blacks ahsn't changed, it doesn't contain milk. the reason they say may contain milk is because it is made on the same machinery as chocolate containing milk so they can't completely confirm that there will be no trace of milk in it. For your purpses it should be fine.

Hobnobs are dairy free, as are most rich teas, bourbons and digestives, it varies between supermarkets and brands so you need to check.

soya yoghurts, alpro deserts and soya custard are also good.

No trixy. It doesn't say 'may contain milk' any more. It actually lists milk in the ingredients.

OP - several of the supermarket own brand digestives ARE df - you just need to read the labels / shop around(the more expensive ones tend NOT to be DF, they have butter or milk in for flavour the cheaper ones often are as they are just full of sugar and vegetable fat!)

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Good recipe books here

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green and blacks nut and seed cereal bars coated with chocolate
they haven't any dairy in

swedish glace is nice

booja booja chocolate is amazing

but basically get used to eating less cakes etc because you will have to change a bit
i speak from experience here

nuts and dried fruit are very good for sating an appetite - plus bowls of cereal (check muesli for whey powder) with either soya or rice milk, very filling

Mmm. Nothing new to add here, but just to say I feel your cravings! I lived off bourbons and the occasional bar of green and blacks (but D seemed to object to that too . I started eating more nuts and oats to fill up on.

Good luck.

I've already told you this one hmm, but for the benefit of others, Respect Organic Carrot Cake is df, but in with the normal cakes in Tesco (white box).

see here for info on green and blacks labelling

the recipe has not changed

I just avoided all nuts as it seemed to set him off, even cashews. I wasn't a happy bunny, but did lose baby weight quite quickly!

definitely doesn't have milk in the recipe

Jeez - talk about trying to confuse their customers! Thanks trixy - I stand corrected .

Mrs Crimbles do some really yummy treats like brownies and muffins. Managed to get them from Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose. What was available seemed to vary week to week sometimes.

I lived on Kinnerton, half slab a day whilst bf-ing dd1 who needed a dairy free diet. Avail. in most supermarkets except Tesco.

If I baked any thing I made sure I used Vitalite, recently re-formulated to be dairy free and way cheaper then the Pure brand df spreads, and plain high cocoa content choc as required.

I also found Oatly milk much nicer than rice or soya milk for breakfast cereal or tea andd coffee.

Good Luck (and remember to read those pesky lables)

It's a bit bizarre. why not just leave the warning as "produced in a factory that uses milk ingredients"!!!

Thanks for the tip on the carrot cake btw!! It'll be nice to have something thatisn't gluten free as well as dairy free.

Thanks all for your postings. Tooticky, you get the gold star for posting a link to choc truffles

I'm off to bed now so wish me luck for tomorrow - day one of dairy-free living!

Keep the posts coming folks! I'm going to show them to my mum because she's dairy-free too!

I realise you have a young baby but, if you feel like cooking, there are some really good cookbooks out there:

Vegan with a Vengeance

Veganomican (or something similar)

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World (it is really good)

Some of the Moosewood cookbooks.

Being Dairy free isn't terrible, it just takes a bit of getting used to.

Well, I've been awake for 5 hours and haven't cracked yet! Had lovely DF choc spread on toast for breakfast and I really like rice milk so it's all good!

DD is a bit high-maintenance at the moment for baking because of the reflux (plus I haven't baked for years!!!) but who knows if the dairy-free works?? Thanks.

I haven't read the whole thread, so forgive if already mentioned - Morrisons do a really good range of dairy free goodies. I childminded a dairy free child and got her lots of 'similar' items to the minded children so she didn't feel different.

oops - missed the vegetarian but have checked Kinnerton chocolate bar and that is vegetarian. Sorry we don't have the others in the house to check.

After Eights are dairy free - anyone know if those are vegeatarin?

I just found this link for dairy free recipies.

after eights now have butterfat in them! Just to keep us all on our toes! Never knew about vitalite though, will check that out as pure just keeps going up in price.

Thanks all! The dairy-free is going well so far...

Are you also veggie? The Redwood company are totally vegan...they even do dairy free cheese - an acquired taste admittedly but handy.
Holland & Barrett usually stock a few of their products.

Soya yogurt is good stuff too - I like the plain stuff with fruit/fruit spread/honey but I am fairly hardcore. There are lots of good flavoured ones out there.
Sojade are the best I think, or Sojasun, but Alpro are more readily available.

Oh, and there is also ice cream...try H&B or independent health food shops.

I am veggie but started eating fish when I fell PG. Thanks, I got some Alpro from Tesco