No dairy/nightshade veg pasta sauce. Does it exist?

[Devilsmommy]

My little one, 1yr old, has dairy intolerance and also intolerance to nightshade vegetables ( potato, sweet potato, onion, pepper, tomato) he will eat pasta but I can't find a sauce that doesn't contain at least 2 of these ingredients. Anybody know of a sauce I could buy or make that is actually tasty and doesn't contain these vegetables? Know it's a long shot but am hoping someone has come up with their own recipe as I'm a terrible cook so don't really want to try myself and make the baby Ill 😆 thank you in advance

He can't have dairy and peppers are nightshade Also reacts to mushrooms. Definitely be trying pesto though

@Witchbitch20 thanks for the suggestions, will absolutely take a look

Actual sauces aren't always necessary. Dairy alternatives can also work if you do want a little "creaminess". I'd echo other posters who suggest cooking or roasting the vegetables he does like, and stirring it through with warmed up olive oil and garlic. Or add a little dairy free cream if you need to.

Also, meat based dishes with vegetables added would work. eg a version of our favourite sausage pasta could be fry chunks of sausage with some fennel seed (leave out if the flavour of fennel seed is too strong for him, add some lemon zest and garlic and a bit of chicken stock and a handful of frozen peas or frozen spinach. Allow to reduce and simmer for a few minutes then add some dairy free cream.

Also, although I haven't tried this myself, a white sauce could probably be made with stork (margarine), flour and oat or soy milk. I use oat milk instead of regular milk in a lot of recipes with these ingredients like waffles and pancakes and Yorkshire pudding so I imagine it would work for a white sauce as well. If you made it very runny and not too thick, you could just add that to whatever vegetable/meat you were cooking for him.

@GingerIsBest thanks for that, I use soya milk and soya butter too so can definitely try those out in that

https://www.recipesfromitaly.com/spaghetti-carbonara-original-recipe/ Proper Italian carbonara doesn't have cream and is dead easy!

I worked with a family who had a nightshade intolerant child and they had a lot of squash. Blended it makes a decent base for a pasta sauce, I've roasted it with garlic before and blended it, you've reminded me to do it again now 😊It goes nicely with a fake soft cheese blended in as well for some creaminess or just have it as is.

The dairy intolerance is much easier to manage! So many dairy alternatives about, my eldest is dairy allergic and we have pasta with white sauce often, make the white sauce as usual but use vitalite (It's the best dairy free marg!) and instead of milk use a third to a half of oatly barista (creamiest fake milk though other oat milks are almost on par these days!) and half of a cheaper fake milk.

It doesn’t contain cream, but does contain cheese so it’s not dairy free!

I'd just have to try a plant based cheese to make it dairy free. Thanks

@Sturnidae the dairy free isn't a problem as you say, I basically use soya instead as my little one has been on soya formula from a couple of weeks old. Unfortunately he hates Squash but am going to give pumpkin a try if I can. There are still a good amount of veggies he can have so I think the blender will be getting a constant workout😆

Hi, I meant dairy free versions, sorry for not specifying. Also, black pepper corns not sweet peppers.
Best or luck!

@Devilsmommy , roasting veg usually makes them a lot more palatable than boiling. They are usually sweeter. You can microwave something like a swede and it taste quite different from boiled.

Basil, toasted sunflower seeds, olive oil and vegan cheese

We make cheese sauce with dairy free butter, flour, oat milk and vegan cheese (same quantities pretty much as regular cheese sauce- maybe a little less vegan cheese). Also, a favourite pasta sauce here is with onion ( which I think you could omit and it would still work), peas, vegetable stock (could use low salt) and bacon. Add frozen peas to stock until cooked, stir in cooked bacon and cooked pasta to heat and mix through. Maybe some vegan cheese/ nutritional yeast on top?

DH just advised that ginger and garlic are also good additions to the above!

Make basic but thick soup type of things using veg you know he can eat.
Broccoli and ?? soup blended thickly!
sweetcorn mixed with Tuna
smoked salmon and peas

Add some shredded chicken, bacon etc.

Try and not think that pasta has to have a ‘sauce’. You can just season it and add some good quality olive oil. Then serve veggies and meat on the side. Buy really good fresh pasta. Or learn to make it

Hi OP

Just wanted to say DD (now 14) went through an awful stage aged 4-10 of regular tummy upsets which always followed a pattern - she'd go to bed happy as them wake at around 2/3pm clutching her tummy and adamant she was going to be sick and a few hours later like clockwork she would. We managed to pin this down to meals with nightshade veg and also what I think was a lactose intolerance. And she would always have that funny sweet sick smell about her

We were lucky with the veg that provided she only had a very small amount and only a few times a week she was ok. Also switched her to oat milk at breakfast and restricted ice cream and milkshakes (she was gutted!).

Touch wood she seems to have grown out of it. So hopefully light at the end of the tunnel

The reason so many British parents feed so much pasta to their kids is cos it's quick, easy, cheap and filling, right? But in your case, all the traditional ingredients are off the table, so actually I would be looking to the east and making noodles your go-to easy tea. You can have noodles, lo-salt soy, some sesame oil and then just fling in a handful of frozen peas and sweetcorn, for example. Or mange tout, beans, thinned peanut butter... loads of different options that will hit that quick/easy spot for you.

My kids all loved what we called egg and bacon spaghetti, which is literally cooked bits of bacon added to the cooked spaghetti with some beaten eggs tossed into the pan for a minute or so to cook through enough. You could add any vegetables he like such as petit pois, sweetcorn, diced carrots etc.
Or just pasta with butter and other parts of the meal separate, kids aren't bothered if it's not a proper recipe so long as they like the components and it's nutritious/balanced...... they don't need chef style meals so don't worry about not being an accomplished cook😋

Jamie Oliver had a simple pasta recipe with a sauce of blanched spinach/kale/garlic blitzed in the blender. He includes some parmigiana and ricotta, but those are easily deleted. Delicious, easy and very pretty

@tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz thank you , so sorry your daughter went through that. I'm lucky in that he's never sick from the vegetables, it's all at the other end though🫣 glad to hear she grew out of it, hopefully mine does the same🤞

@Mossstitch thank.s for the idea, that sounds more like it for my cooking skills😆 sounds really tasty though

@Storminateacuppa that sounds like a really nice sauce, unfortunately I'm yet to find a vegan cheese he doesn't pull a disgusted face at😂 I'll keep trying though as I love cheese sauce

Lemon and courgette linguine? Obviously leave the Parmesan off his.

Buy a microwave rice cooker, and some frozen mixed veg and sesame oil, and you can make vegetable and egg fried rice in minutes. Grill a bit of tofu (or fish, or whatever) and you have a very balanced meal in about 10 minutes.Add spices or sauces if you want to, but you don’t need to.

You could look at alternatives to pasta. @LaviniasBigBloomers mentioned noodles, but you could try rice noodles, couscous or bulghur wheat. You don't even need to cook them.
If you are cooking a stew, you can add pearl barley or other grains.