Recently dairy free, come and tell me your best DF recipes.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Please?

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Just discovered ( after 2+ DF years ) that I can make a really tasty bechamel sauce using soya milk and pure sunflower spread. Make sauce in usual way, chuck in a bay leaf and a small amount of mustard. Makes a great lasagne.

Thanks very much Mefisto, that's fab

Also Oatly and Alpro do a really good cream substitute which is great on pasta with some chopped up smoked salmon, bit of lemon juice and some chives.

I found indulgent crap puddings more difficult but have just discovered that mr Kipling jam tarts and treacle tart are dairy and egg free. They go very nicely with Alpro custard. We often make fruit crumbles and flapjack using Pure Sunflower spread or Vitalite in place of butter, works really well. Also have a recipe for DF and egg free chocolate cake if you would like it?

Yes please!

Baked apples stuffed with raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger.
Tesco value fairy cakes without icing are DF no nutritional value but good for a party donation
Yorkshire tea marmalade loaf is dairy free (actually, quite a few loaf cakes are)
Birds custard powder (the "add milk" one) is DF, and makes up easily with formula and hot water.
Quite a few plain flapjacks are DF, as are most walkers crisps.
Stick with tomato-based sauces, and Chinese foods, and it's not that hard to avoid dairy without adapting recipes.

Have used this for large cakes and for fairy cakes. Is very popular even among friends who are dairy-eating cake fanatics.

ingredients
170g self raising flour
225g caster sugar
35g cocoa powder
1tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1tbsp white vinegar
85 mls oil (I use sunflower but any with light/no taste)
1tsp vanilla extract
250 mls cold water

method
Sieve dry ingredients together in large bowl
Add vinegar, oil, vanilla and water
Mix really well
Pour into 8" tin and bake for about 20 mins

Buttercream filling
ingredients
150g icing sugar
25g cocoa powder
75g margarine (I use pure sunflower)
1tsp vanilla extract
2tbsp soya milk

Just sieve dry ingredients, add the rest and mix together.

Rice crispies mixed with jam, honey or golden syrup makes quick cake substitute at parties (I have done this in other people's houses on occasion!)

I just noticed on the Mumsnet recipe section you can filter by 'dairy free' if that's any use.
And on the flapjack thread in AIBU someone suggested substituting creamed coconut for butter.

That was me

Just a thought, the children's allergy service at Guy's and St Thomas' hospital produce a useful booklet containing lots of dairy and egg free recipes (mostly sweet treat type things). This is where the choc cake recipe comes from. They might send you a copy if you asked them?

Ohhh thank you

Why dairy free? If you're bf then soya can cause the same problems been there

I used avocado instead of cheese eg in burgers (home made chicken rosemary and bacon burgers with avocado) or in fajitas. Lovely creamy taste.

You can also make ice cream with tinned coconut milk, sugar and vanilla. Recipe here

Erm, I'm not bf. Think my Mum, me and everyone else would freak, she's 78...

I meant you might be bf a baby (PMSL at your mum bf you!)

No it bfing anymore, those days are long gone, loved them, but happily embracing the next stage

GP has told me to try DF and am currently waiting for the test results but already feeling so much better. Had dairy by accident yesterday and all the old symptoms have returned

Gordon Ramsay's Malaysian chicken is dairy free.

Soya milk is vile. I make white sauce with pure spread and either oatly or koko (coconut milk).

My kids favourite is chicken pie. I make a roux with pure spread and flour then beat in some chicken stock to make a sauce. Chuck in some cooked veg and chicken. Cover with ready rolled puff pastry and bake at 190 for 30 mins.

Oh god trixy, that sounds yum!

Most of our family meals are dairy free and our staples are:

Spag Bol / meatballs / chilli con carne
Casseroles, often in the slow cooker
Pies, similar to what Trixy mentioned
Roast dinners
Chicken skewers with various marinades, lemon, garlic and olive oil is a good one.
Pasta with tomato sauces, or Sacla's Aubergine Pesto, which is d/f.
Stir fry's

Chinese food is better than indian.
Cheap biscuits are often dairy free, as are jaffa cakes.
Bake cakes with Stock that comes in a block, not the one in a tub.
Sorbets are a good bet for pudding.

My twins are off dairy, egg, soya and nuts, so it's a bit more complicated, but dairy free really isn't that bad, once you get used to it. Have a look on the allergy boards, there's some great ideas there.

Thanks trixy for more suggestions. Sorry but did you say Jaffa Cakes are DF? No fucking way! So, so happy.

Check Jaffa cakes, I've always found they "may contain traces".
Party rings and Pink Panther biscuits are fine though, as are:
Aldi tomato and pancetta sauce, Asda cheap garlic bread,
Tesco angel cake.
Aldi "benefit" choc cereal bars
Aldi ketchup
Haribo and swizzles sweets
Most bread (except milk bread and soda bread)

Thanks spare

Bourbons are dairy free (I did df for a while).

Also get some miso soup sachets - you can use instead of stock to make a mean Thai soup/curry (make stock, simmer, add chopped chicken, chilli, lemongrass, grated ginger, pal choi, simmer for 15-20 mins, add coconut milk, simmer for another 10, serve with rice)

Oxo stock cubes are fine, also Aldi stock cubes. Knorr contain milk.