Why has everything got egg or milk in it

[frankiebuns]

My dd is 9 months and has a egg allergy and milk and I'm struggling to find anything she can have I now make 2 teas o e for her one for brother and its driving me nuts I also have to stop my son feeding my daughter any of his food argh

vegetables, potatoes, rice and meat?

TBH, you are probably better off cooking from scratch and making everyone's meals the same.

I think that most things I cook have no egg or dairy in actually and we have no allergies.

I can't think of any dinner I make that has milk in it and very few that have egg.

Meat/fish/chicken with potatoes/rice/pulses and any kind of veg. That gives you a lot of options!

same here - what about pasta bolognese? no egg or cheese at all!
or meat stew and potatoes?
or sausage and mash?

What sort of things are you looking for? As sunny said cooking from scratch is the way to go. Tesco's do a good range of dairy free cheese, yoghurt etc but no idea if it has egg as DS had CMPI but was fine with egg.

If you tell people what you would normally cook, they might be able to suggest similar alternatives.

Fish fingers seem clear of both.

You will be surprised a lot of things have whey powder or.milk powder in which is a no no pasta has eggs in so that's a no no the crumb on fish fingers has egg in it I do make a lot from scratch but it's things like custard or yoghurt that my son loves and share it wit h

Stick to fresh things like vegetables, meat and fish. Then add a carb like potatoes or rice. Easy for everyone. Buy all dairy free milk for the house so oat or coconut milk I recommend to make things like porridge then you only have to make one lot and eldest and adults can eat the dairy free version also ( oat milk porridge is amazing)

the crumb on fish fingers has egg in it

Oh. I looked on the Ocado app and the two brands I looked at didn't mention egg in either the ingredients or the list of allergens.

You can buy pasta with no egg, and i mean bog standard, regularly available pasta not in the freefrom aisle, in fact the majority of dried pasta has no egg.

Pasta has no egg, nor do any supermarket brand fish fingers. Spag bol, fish pie with soya milk, beefburgers, sausages, frozen chips, roast potatoes, roast chicken, curries with rice, pulses, beans, soups etc etc etc. Some ready made foods do have but you need to spend a couple of hours shopping online and seeing how much you can buy. Cakes home made vegan recipies. Breads don't have and lots of biscuits including treats such as oreo.

Give fruit purée pots or jelly to both kids rather than custard if you want a sweet something.

Homemade rice pudding with coconut milk is lovely

Frankie I feel your pain. DD now 22 months is so allergic to egg and dairy intolerant so I too have to avoid these - and yes it is hard. And annoying that so many shop bought things contain them tucked away in the tiny printed ingredients!

I have to cook mostly from scratch but I've found a few bits in the shops that are okay for DD. Ella's Kitchen have a good range that contain neither - check the pack as some do contain milk but there are plenty without. Also Waitrose own label frozen fish fingers are dairy and egg free. I think quite a lot of Waitrose bread is dairy free - again check the labels.

DD is able to have soya snd had toddler soya milk and soya yoghurt. Haven't found s good dairy free cheese alternative yet - everything we've tried had been disgusting

Hopefully your LO will grow out of the allergies. We have an appointment this month for DD and I'm praying she has!

Good luck

We've just had fajitas. Chicken, spicy tomato sauce, flour tortillas, lettuce, cue and tomatoes. Kids adore it, have since they were weaned and no egg or milk.

You can buy egg replacement powder in Tesco (with the gluten free stuff) which may help.

In the end you just have to cook from scratch. I am gluten and lactose intolerant.

I found its a matter of sitting down and being quite logical and investing time in researching and 're-learning' how to cook and what ingredients are out there.

Its getting much easier now to get egg free, dairy free, gluten free ingredients

You can buy ready made soya custard. It is very yummy.
Or you can make your own using soya milk.

My kids are allergic to egg and milk and it did take a little bit of readjustment, but it's not really that hard honestly.

Only fresh pasta has egg in, dried is normally egg free. Most supermarket fish fingers don't have egg or milk in.

Soya custard and yoghurt and ice cream is really nice and very widely available.

If you search old threads on the allergy board there's a really good thread on surprising egg and dairy free supermarket food.

youre right, its a pain in the bum, my ds is allergic to egg, milk and soya and im breastfeeding him so following the restricted diet too. He's 6m and just started on solids. www.cowsmilkproteinallergysupport.web.com has some great fb pages where people share recipes and nice allergy friendly stuff so id recommend that. For dinner this week we've had: veggie fajitas, steak pie (jus-rol is df and ef) with potato wedges, lentil curry, roasted veggies with pasta, sausages with potato wedges, smoked mackeral with aubergine salad, all with veggies on the side. I find puddings and snacks trickier, especially as a lot of stuff aimed at kids is dairy-heavy. Also have a look at deliciously ella blog/fb page, its all vegan and some stuff is lovely and quick. You really dont realise how much dairy and eggs are in things, grabbing a sandwich is impossible for example, everything has butter or mayonnaise. Hang in there!

I'm veggie but not daiy or egg allergic but muh of my diet is free of both as Cook lots from scratch, stir fry, steamed veg with mackerel, potato wedges, all sorts of salads. Often make vegan cakes / crumbles or friends, you can replace an egg with half mashed banana in cakes and works well without being overly banana flavoured. Yes it means more work k and not ready meals, but is loads and so much easier to buy the various free from ranges now than when I was a kid. Forgot vegan cheese though, it's wntirwl grim!

We're dairy, soya and egg free - soya is the hardest to avoid. I make custard with the powder and oat milk, tastes good. You can get coconut, soya and pea protein yoghurts. I use violife cheese, it's actually pretty good though maybe the soya cheese is better. And egg replacement seems to be ok for baking. Pasta is fine, meat, vegetables and just have to be selective with other things. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything, it's just the convenience of being able to pick up anything quickly without reading every label that I miss. There's tons of websites and Facebook info etc for allergies

Avoiding milk and egg is really hard to begin with, but you soon learn which meals work, and figure out which types of biscuits etc are OK too, so it does get a lot easier until you don't really have to think about it much. I cooked dairy and egg free for the whole family, which is much less effort than making two meals.

Good options are: cottage pie, spag bol, fish pie made with soya milk instead of cow's milk, chilli con carne, roast dinners, chicken fajitas, etc. Virtually all dried pasta is dairy and egg free, and most sausages and all fish fingers I've found.

For puddings, rice pudding (make your own with soya milk), any kind of fruit crumble made with dairy-free spread such as Pure or Vitalite, Birds custard made with soya milk (or buy ready made Alpro soya custard). I really didn't enjoy the taste of soya yogurt, but Alpro do chocolate and vanilla desserts which are really nice.

It feels imopssible at the beginning but it does get easier! Good luck x

for more ideas, have a look at the Allergies board (www.mumsnet.com/Talk/allergies) as there are always good ideas on there. It's where I found out Bourbon biscuits are dairy and egg free!

DS has egg and milk allergies. We do miss the odd meal he can't have (the DDs always want cheesy omelettes if e's not around) but haven't had to change much. Ask your GP to refer you to a dietician for help if you are struggling with ideas for alternative meals (to be honest this place is great for advice). Which supermarket do you go to? Tescos is a bit rubbish about allergies but the Co-Op and Sainsbury's have lots of info on their labels and websites. Speaking of the Co-Op, a lot of their pates are egg and dairy free (but none of Sainsbury's). Vegan food is fine.

Wholemeal breads generally seem to be Ok, we have a breadmaker and use oil instead of butter in our bread recipe, I can PM you if you like (my Mum has an older machine and her recipe has powdered milk in it but it's not necessary). Dried pasta is fine, as is rice or potatoes (we put olive oil or 'Pure' spread in our mashed potatoes).

Birds Eye fish fingers don't have egg or milk in them. Custard can be made with Birds powder (Mr Bird's wife had an egg allergy which is why he invented egg free custard) and the milk substitute of your choice. All supermarkets have soya yoghurts, butter substitutes and fake cheese (although avoid the fake cheese).

It gets easier I promise.