to ask what you would feed a toddler on this restricted diet?

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2.5yo DS is already almost entirely milk and egg free anyway due to intolerances - he can handle them baked in products but not on their own.

We've now been told we need to go soy and wheat (not gluten, full wheat) free for a few weeks before slowly reintroducing them.

If this was an adult I'd be less stressed, but a toddler who is already in the throws of usual toddler food fun?

That's a month without many of his favourite foods and regular staples - no bread products, no pasta, no breaded fish or meat, no crackers or similar, none of the soy replacements.

I can think of meals, obviously, there is meat and rice and potatoes but I suspect they mean exclude all the other wheats like couscous, barley etc, and fruit and veg ("but not too much fruit", said the consultant helpfully...) but it's such a radical change from for a toddler who is currently not a fan of anything that resembles a meal. Plus no eggs or cheese anyway. It's so repetitive, for three meals a day, plus snacks, when half the replacements I can think of - hummus, rice noodles, chickpea and lentil curries etc - are things he is not too fond of anyway.

Any suggestions or advice gratefully received!!!

The free from section had pasta, bread etc you can try. Might need to check the labels though.

Going through something similar, long list of things I can't give my toddler so I've overhauled our diet and making mostly vegan meals and subbing items in and out.

There’s still loads he can have

Pizza made with a cauliflower base, chicken nuggets coated in almonds (for crispy texture)
Curries, stews, Spag Bol (made with courgette spaghetti)
Fish cakes with sweet tattie wedges, corn on the cob.

Jacket tatties, endless amount of fillings,

For snacks, meat, fruit, cucumber, tomato’s, homemade cakes etc...

Pom bears have soya in them. But the Lidl version (frogs) and the Asda version (monkeys) don't. I don't think the Tesco ones (rabbits) do but they are rank.

Sorry, I didn't realise there were more posts! Thanks so much for the tips, I'm feeling much more confident about this now and with the advice above I've got lots of ideas for meal replacements.

At that age my dd was on an elimination diet. I can count the things she could eat on my fingers. She was even limited with fruit and veg. We got through it by cooking from scratch and eating a lot of lamb, chicken, rice and potatoes. She was under the care of a great immunologist and specialist dietitian and she was given supplements as needed. Completely changed her from a sick baby to a healthy child who now has a full diet.

I've recently got into cauliflower rice and sweet potatoes - not together! - it gives more options and increases variety.

Try gnocchi instead of pasta - it's potato based but you can use with past a style sauces so would be similar to what he already likes.

Ellmau most normal shop bought gnocchi contains wheat, you can buy gluten free gnocchi though but it's usually in the free from section next to the free from pasta.