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Ok does. My dps younger sister is staying over at the moment and I am really feeling for her at the moment. She is vegetarian by her own choice but has gluten and lactose intolerances and a possible sesame allergy. I am severely allergic to nuts so quite used to the whole allergy thing and checking ingredients and what certain labels mean. However im lucky in one respect because with me I only have one thing to deal with whilst she has a whole host of stuff to deal with. She will eat egg in very small amounts but anything more than a little bit will cause her stomach to have severe cramps. She has bring all her own food and last night was in tears with stress as it was the first time she has stayed overnight somewhere not at her parents house since it all started going hits up. She is getting very bored with just eating snackajacks, ready salted crisps, noodles and lettuce. So I promised here when i leave work I will try and scout around for some safe treats for her as I know how crap it can feel to a lesser extent trusting people to accomadate your diet and keep you safe. She also is afraid that her antihistimines and antiacid tablets may not be helping as she suspects lactose is used as a binder. So my questions are to the wise people of mn is:

What is your list of safe foods that are veggy, diary, egg, gluten, nut and sesame free?

What medication is are to have?

If you are in tolerant to diary or gluten, do you react to trace amounts?

Sainsbury's have a good range of 'Free From' foods. My dd has a friend who is coeliac and also has diabetes. I have given her chilli con carne which she loves and you can make that without meat.
Rinse the rice thoroughly then leave it to soak for a while as that will get rid of even more starch. Buy quorn and a tin of tomatoes with kidney beans, mushrooms and some spices.

Failing that, the Free From Range has gluten free pasta, bread, pastry etc so I highly recommend them. Can she have soya milk?

I don't have experience of allergies but was vegan for quite a while so had to avoid a fair bit. I'd suggest you go to a health food store (Holland and Barrett is pretty good as chains go, but if there's a nice independent one near you that would probably be even better) and ask for advice. They will probably have a good range of suitable treats, and the staff will be trained to help you find the right things. Good luck!

She can have soya yes! We have an asda on the way home, any good reccomendations?

Tesco also has gluten free stuff... my FIL is no gluten an we even found a choclate chip packet biscuit mix the kids could bake for him ;)

You DO have to look carefully but if you make a list of all things you CAN have rarther than the things you cant it gets easier

All the major supermarkets have a huge 'free from' range - all the big supermarkets sold loads of gluten free, dairy free foods.

You can get

Sausages, Chicken Nuggets, Fish fingers etc in the frozen section
Soya yoghurts
Loads of gluten free biscuits
Gluten free pasta

Gluten free / lactose free really isn't that hard if you go to a big supermarket.

Rather than scouting around, why don't you tell her to get to her GP and be referred to a properly qualified dietician? That's what they are there for. She obviously has some severe food allergies and intolerances, possibly gastro-intestinal problems on top, possibly even undiagnosed conditions that should be treated. She may even have an eating disorder. As it stands, she could easily start to suffer (if she isn't already) with malnutrition because of her overly-restricted diet. With the help of a qualified dietician she could work on a diet plan that is adequately varied and nutritious... and stop guessing/self-medicating.

Sushi, chili, red lentil curry, chick pea dishes, grains like millet, quinoa (I think) , amaranth, rice, black bean soup, burritos with corn tortillas, vast array of salads, white bean pate, olive pate, polenta made in lots of different ways, loads of different snack bars at health food stores (I like the Nak'd ones), mung bean dishes, lentil soup, pea soup, tofu stir fry, tofu patty, hummus w/o tahini: I could go on and on.
Can she start seeing this as a fun challenge to get to try lots of new delicious foods? Find a really good health food store and look into some vegan/ macrobiotic influenced (probably not strict macro, tends to be overly doctrinaire), cooking classes or books. Honestly, the possibilities are endless and very tasty. Good luck.

Sorry but Asda is shit.
Bypass the Asda and go to one of the others.
You could make her a soya milk smoothie which is lovely.

Be careful as many of the gluten free things are quite high in sugar which is always a problem for dd's diabetic friend. But we use the gluten free cake mix now for all our cakes as it's so light and lovely!

It's worth visiting either Tesco or Sainsbos to get a range of things in for her so she knows she can visit whenever she likes. She might start buying them for herself too.

Second vote for sainsburys, waitrose had nice Christmas things too

Dieticians are often very conventionally trained and won't know anything about the huge wealth of foods from other cultures, and from the more whole-foods tradition, which will make her life much more fun and interesting.

Quorn has egg? Doesn't it?

Agree with Rhu Asda is shit.

@snailoon... that's very dismissive. Right now, the OP has a young woman trying to exist on what sounds like noodles, crisps and lettuce. She will have a severely compromised immune system, her stomach will be leaping with acid, making eating difficult and causing nausea. Never mind 'huge wealth of food from other culture'... she needs to get to grips with some basics.

Does it have egg? Oops! Not being a veggie I'm not up to spec on alternatives I'm afraid.

Gluten Free Recipes here and she might be interested in this magazine for people with intolerances that also has recipes and lots of useful articles.

I'm not sure.....but I think so.

Just my experience. Sorry.
I think basics are learning about alternate grains, beans, and vegetables, information which I have found to be available in really good health food stores. The last dietician I spoke to didn't know anything about different seaweeds, and what a fantastic source of calcium and minerals they are. Another one was using McDonald's as a reference for portion sizes, and thought dairy was definitely very important and healthy for humans (highly controvertial), and a third one was extremely overweight and unhealthy looking. I don't mean to be offensive, and I apologise for being dismissive, as obviously there are some brilliant dieticians in the world, but speaking as a vegan with gluten free friends, I don't think dieticians are in general enough in touch with very alternative eating.

Quorn has a v. small amount of egg white in it.

If her tablets contain lactose, then it will say so on the packaging.

Mebeverine (colfac) may help her, it's an anti-spasmodic,and might allow her to tolerate a wider range of foods.

Her diet doesn't have to be so restrictive. She can have beans, peas, lentils, rice, quinoa, amaranth, seaweed, soy protein and a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Jacket Potato with baked beans, and soymilk and banana smoothie are packed with nutrients, cheap, easy to prepare and suitable for your sister to eat. At the moment, her diet seems to consist of little more then refined carbohydrates.

Although Quorn mince has egg, most own-brand soya mince doesn't so they're OK as a substitute.

My partner is vegan and has a very varied diet (as others have said, you can get gluten-free pasta etc). Recently I've cooked chilli, curry, full roast dinner yesterday (without meat obv!), pasties, stir-fry type thing (made up!) and a 'full English' breakfast with tofu (instead of egg) and 'fake' bacon and LM sausages.

I'm on ML at the moment so have spent some time whilst BF looking up for reciepe ideas.

Thanks so much. Any other ideas. She is waiting for refererall to ANOTHER dietician and allergist. She eats alot of quorn stuff too but i think its getting a bit samey for her...

I buy this for dd2. You can get it in sainsburys and tescos where I am. It's not bad for 'fake ice cream' as dd1 calls it!

Worthenshaws! That's what it's called. I was trying to remember and failing.

Sainsburys 'free from'. Breads, biscuits, pasta etc;
Ditch the Quorn. Milk is often flagged on their products. It is nasty stuff anyway.

Just a warning that quite a few Quorn items have gluten in them - definitely the mince so that might rule out chilli. I'm also a vegetarian who is trying to do an exclusion diet at the moment, and am finding it very tough. I'm living on lots of Sainsbury's "freefrom" and vegetable soup!

One possible good option is veg fried rice. Quinoa is also very nice (and healthy) and can be used hot in stirfries as well as cold in salads. Roasted or grilled veg and tofu with rice and a tomato/spicy sauce work quite well too. That is basically my meal plan for the next few days!