In need of help finding good foods for a child with allergies.
Posted by cyanidedust on Nov 10, 2010 · Member since Nov 2010 · 1 posts
I'm in need of some help. A friend of mine has a daughter around the age of twelve. Although they are not vegetarians or vegan she is allergic to wheat, gluten, eggs, lactose, peanuts, and casein.
So she came to me for help (I've been vegetarian for a number of years and my boyfriend is vegan and also sometimes avoids gluten, but not always).
So now I come to you. She is looking for food products that she can buy to suit these needs, but that her twelve year old will also like eating.
I've suggested Daiya as a cheese substitute, but as for everything else I'm at a loss.
There is an excellent magazine called "Living Without" devoted to recipes for people with food allergies. There isa website too: www.livingwithout.com
I've bought the magazine a couple of times because they do have a bunch of vegan dessert ideas. It isn't a veg publication, but it does have a lot of ideas.
There are a ton of websites out there for those who live GF and veg, try google. Also google GF/CF diets, which many autistics and those with ADD/ADHD are on.
Here's a list of links I've collected of info on allergy food products/recipes:
http://www.elanaspantry.com/
http://www.glutenfreeclub.com/
http://www.glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com
http://www.glutenfreeliving.com
http://www.glutenfree.com/
I LOVE Arrowhead Mill's brand for g/f/allergy baking options
Cereals are pretty easy now a days, even rice chex is g/f.
Nature's Path has several different G/Allergy free products including cereals and snack foods similar to big name brand stuffs.
Glutinos is also excellent, I love their pretzels
For noodles, you can choose between rice, quinoa, soy and occasionally corn!! I prefer the quinoa, it is stronger and good for baking casseroles, but each type and brand has a different consistency/flavor and you have discover what works for you.
Most of the g/f baked goods in my area markets are from local bakeries, so I'm not much help there, but the glutenfree.com site has several examples from brands I've found relatively easily in supermarkets outside of their baked good aisles (pastas, snack foods, etc), so hopefully that is a good start.