Recipes?

[Elizabeth]

I have a 19 month old an he's burnt out on the handfull of foods I've been feeding him. Do you have any toddler type food recommendations? I need to pack him a lunch for daycare everyday and he sees the other kids food and wants it. He's just plain bored with his food. He's also allergic to dairy, so he can't have foods like mac n cheese. If you have any suggestions for meals, that would be great. Also, I'm also looking for a bread, cookie, muffin and cake recipe. This has been really tough on us and it would help a lot of I knew how to make some tasty foods for him.

Thanks!

P.S. I substitute organic shortening in his baked goods, so if a baked good recipe calls for butter, please still share! :.)

[Tammy]

Elizabeth
Check out the very first topic on this site. Recipes. There are 7 pages of recipes that have been shared on this site. Not all of them are suitable for everyone, but I'm sure you can find/adapt some to suit your needs.

Good luck.

[charlie]

Oh boy, the joys of school lunches, Megs goes back to school tomorrow so I have that to come again, especially hard now I have the wheat factor to think about for a while.
Do they have a microwave to heat food, at Megs nursery they reheated foods which opens up your options, I used to send her in with casseroles and pasta dishes etc.
If not one of her favourite is just chicken and rice cold. I make my own chicken stock by boiling the bones slowly for an hour in water from the carcass then use that and any chicken fat when you roast a chicken to cook the rice and use chicken pieces in it. If you use uncooked chicken then cook it as you cook the (white) rice or just add already cooked chicken to it when cooked. If you add slightly more stock than you would normally it makes it nice and moist. You could do this with any meat or fish.
I sometimes add cream to make it less dry when cold but this is obviously out for you.

[charlie]

Re the other kids food, if the school provide the food for them as did megs nursery I got hold of their menu and tried to do as much what they were doing in a safe version for her. Not always possible but apparently sometimes hers looked more appealing than theirs.
have you tried hummous, that is useful.

[luckyacorn]

Sept 2, 2009 3:01:58 GMT -5 charlie said:

Re the other kids food, if the school provide the food for them as did megs nursery I got hold of their menu and tried to do as much what they were doing in a safe version for her. Not always possible but apparently sometimes hers looked more appealing than theirs.
have you tried hummous, that is useful.

Hummus is made out of chickpeas, right? Are chickpeas safe?

[luckyacorn]

Sept 2, 2009 2:59:33 GMT -5 charlie said:

Oh boy, the joys of school lunches, Megs goes back to school tomorrow so I have that to come again, especially hard now I have the wheat factor to think about for a while.
Do they have a microwave to heat food, at Megs nursery they reheated foods which opens up your options, I used to send her in with casseroles and pasta dishes etc.
If not one of her favourite is just chicken and rice cold. I make my own chicken stock by boiling the bones slowly for an hour in water from the carcass then use that and any chicken fat when you roast a chicken to cook the rice and use chicken pieces in it. If you use uncooked chicken then cook it as you cook the (white) rice or just add already cooked chicken to it when cooked. If you add slightly more stock than you would normally it makes it nice and moist. You could do this with any meat or fish.
I sometimes add cream to make it less dry when cold but this is obviously out for you.

I'll have to try that, I think that would be something he would like. Thanks!

[charlie]

As far as I can tell Chickpeas are OK as long as pure, watch tinned ones incase they sneak something else in, best to do your own at home.
Someone was querying peanuts a while back and whilst looking up these spotted peanuts analysis in legumes section and oh heck:
Peanuts, all types, oil-roasted, with salt Fructose: 80mg Sucrose: 4029mg

[charlie]

Lentils is a surprise actually: no wonder megs didn't like them, if this is raw - whoever ate them raw though - god knows what happens when you cook them
Lentils, raw Fructose: 270mg Sucrose: 1470mg It's the sucrose bit that puzzles me.

[charlie]

Sorry, very tired, keep pressing the wrong button so bit spread out these posts.
The hummus recipe our dietitian sent was chickpeas, yoghurt and oil, but no helpful quantities so ours is a bit hit and miss but seems to work well as sandwich filler or dip.. She suggested it as a pizza filling. Megs doesn't do garlic although I know some on this board can. Last time I added some mixed dried herbs, just a pinch and that added some flavour quite well.

[luckyacorn]

My son has a milk allergy, so unfortunately, yogurt is out. Have you heard anything about tahini (a common ingredient in hummus)?

I hope he can tolerate chickpeas & hummus. We're new at this and his diet is very limited.

Thanks!

[charlie]

Don't quote me on this but I have heard that some can tolerate yoghurt if they have dairy allergy as something altered in it, have you tried goats or sheeps at all.
Tahini should be ok but check ingredients, we have one pure all it is is creamed roasted sesame seeds which are OK supposedly.
I did try it in hummous but the taste was quite strong and megs didn't like it, only put a teaspoon in. I think it is an aquired taste.
A useful website for finding out about things is
www.nutritiondata.com/

If you are unsure about any foods wait till he is on a good run before trying anything new, try only a small bit and wait a couple of days. I find Megs can take up to 4 days to react to some things. And if you try too many things at the same time you end up worrying which one was the problem and then have to start over. Very, very, very frustrating.

[luckyacorn]

He has tried goats milk and couldn't tolerate that. He's also tried goats and cow evaporated milk, which is tolerated by some, but he couldn't tolerate that either. I'm afraid to try yogurt but I'm sure we'll try it sometime in the near future.

Thanks for the website- it's pretty neat! I'm sure that'll be real helpful. :.) And, I'll be sure to introduce new foods slowly to see if there's any reaction.

[suzanne]

Hi Luckyacor,
I am at the same stage than you're kid.......
But i'm 43 years old....Just diagnose with intolerances ,lactose and fructose.

Have you try unsweet almond milk?For me it did not work.
My next stage is to find unsweet rice milk.
I have both fructose and lactose intolerance ,very hard to deal with both,since my cooking was base on milk product.

My writting is not that good ,since i'm french canadian.My nutritionish told me i should be vegetalienne ,that mean no milk product from animal.

I use to eat yogourt.....now i am afraid ,because even the biologic plain is full of sugar.........I am waiting when i feel good to try it.
I am happy and sad at the same time that we go throw so many things for food,i think there 's 3 things in priority in life.
Eat,drink and sexe,if those 3 are ok you will be happy ........
That was my thought of the day
Suzanne

[luckyacorn]

Suzanne,

My son has not tried almond milk, but he has tried rice, oat, and hemp milk and could not tolerate any of them. I read that I should delay introducing nuts if other food allergies are present, so we haven't tried almond milk yet. All the rice milks in the supermarkets around here are sweetened. I haven't even been able to find an unsweetened rice milk on the internet. Also, I think my son might not be able to tolerate the calcium phosphate ingredient that is most common in alternative milks (but I'm not 100 % sure on that). So, I'm really at a loss right now. I stress out about his calcium intake since it is so important for children. I'm trying to find a calcium supplement that is suitable for him.

By the way, I like your priorities! :.)

[meaniejean]

My son can not tolerate rice, oat, hemp or almond milk. Even if you find unsweetened rice milk, it is likely to be made from brown rice, so it will still have fructose in it.

Before we started the diet, Calvin could not have dairy without getting stomachaches. Now he tolerates it very well - about 4 cups of milk a day and some really yummy cheddar cheeses. When he gets fructose, he again begins to have trouble with milk until he heals. Here is to hoping the same will be true for you guys!

-Sandra

[doingmybest]

P.S. I substitute organic shortening in his baked goods, so if a baked good recipe calls for butter, please still share! :.)

Elizabeth - while we were trying to diagnose my daughter's problem, we tried many diets, including a milk-free diet. We used Fleishmann's Light margarine (I believe both the sticks and the tubs are milk-free now), if you are looking for a butter substitute that's more widely-available. I had good luck baking with the sticks.

[luckyacorn]

Thanks for the tip- I'll definitely look into Fleishmans. That would be very helpful.