Went to an allergist the other day to talk about all the stomach problems I’ve been having since returning from China almost a year and a half ago. (I can’t believe it’s been that long!) After being pricked and prodded about 100 times. (Really, a 100 times.) The allergist instructed me to stay away from everything dairy and from anything that has dairy or a derivative of dairy in it. Do you know what this means? This means that my life has completely altered! I am a baker! A cook! And I love to eat ANYTHING! So under the long list of things I can’t have for four weeks are:
Milk (any derivative of it: sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, etc.)
Butter
Cream
Cheese
Yogurt
Non-dairy anything (they actually have dairy in them, go figure)
Ice cream
Caramel
Chocolate
Flour made with milk-proteins
Whey (this knocks out most cereals
Lunch meat, hot dogs (won’t be a problem) and sausages
Ok, big problem for me. Do you know that I use butter as much as I can when I cook? I eat ice cream at least 3x/week. I have yogurt every morning for breakfast. And now let’s think through this whole flour thing and whey thing. I mean really?
So this is Day 2 of no dairy and this Lactaid milk serving as creamer for coffee is just not cutting it.
2 comments:
I remember how horrified I felt when there was a possibility I might have to give up dairy when nursing. I can't even fathom!!
have you ever used coconut oil? that'd be a good, healthy butter substitute to look into. I like to use Nutiva organic extra virgin coconut oil (best price I've found is at Vitacost.com)--it is YUMMY. I don't really ever notice the coconut flavor when I bake with it, but if you're paranoid, or if you want to use it in savory dishes, you can get more refined varieties of coconut oil that don't have the coconut flavor or scent.
hope you at least get some relief from your symptoms...dairy free would be NO FUN!
you know, I bet if you do some looking you could find some fabulous cooking/baking blogs that are no-dairy, too. I'll keep my eyes out for you.
was thinking, OhSheGlows.com is a vegan woman who owns a bakery. obviously you're not vegan but that means she'd be dairy free, so you might find some ideas there...
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