[Sca-cooks] wheat-free dairy-free diet in period or OOP

[Dunbar, Debra]

Inga-  Can you "phase in" the soy milk?  I've found that mixing it half and
half with regular milk, then gradually reducing the percentage of regular
milk gives someone time to get used to the flavor.  Also, the flavored soy
milks tend to be easier to transition to first - like using vanilla flavored
soy milk instead of the plain.  My son has really taken to the Silk
chocolate soy milk - and he is a real dairy fiend.  You might also want to
make sure the soy milk is super cold.

I've used soymilk in baking with no problem, and have used tofu in recipes
with good luck.  Cooking Light, May 2001 had some great dessert recipes
involving tofu instead of diary - even a cookies and cream ice cream.  They
may have these recipes online at their site.

My son also likes the soy cheese, and will eat the soy yogurt if I mix in
enough fruit and sugar. He's a very picky 4 year old, so what worked for him
might work for your son.

I'm at a loss on cooking without wheat, though.
Wrynne

> Delurking here to ask if anyone knows of any good resources for
> implementing a GFCF (i.e., wheat Gluten-Fee Casein-Free, as in no wheat no
> dairy) diet either in period or out of period or both.  I may have to do
> it
> for my son's health, and his favorite foods (and practically his *only*
> foods) are bread, crackers, cheese, spaghetti, chocolate milk, and
> juice.  As far as I know only the juice is GFCF. What do I cook?  I
> switched him to soy milk but so far he doesn't like it.  Those of you who
> have wheat and/or dairy allergies or cook for someone who does, please let
> me know how to go about this.  I love traditional baked goods and dairy
> products and don't personally have any known food allergies so I never had
> to worry about it for myself.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Inga/Linda
>