Carla Sanborn - Dairy Free Diet: The Dairy Free Cookbook Reference for Dairy Free Recipes

There are some good diary food substitutes out there to help ease into adairy free diet. If you enjoy your glass of milk, or milk on your cereal, youcan use milk made from almonds, hemp seeds, oats, rice, or soy. These versionsof milk come in calcium fortified so you can pour it over your bowl of cerealor use in your recipes to know you are receiving the dietary calcium your bodyneeds.

Cheese is another big issue for dairy lovers. Cheese substitutes do a nicejob in helping to continue to eat the foods you love. Rice and soy both makecheese substitutes. Care must be made when choosing a cheese substitute andchoose those without any dairy ingredients. Some imitation cheeses may containcasein, which is derived from milk as a milk protein. Another option for cheeseis the varieties made from goat or sheep milk.

Butter lovers can find relief from dairy in the form of margarine, which isbutter-like spreads made from oils. Yogurts are made from rice and soy too andnormally are found in health food stores. They come in plain and fruit. You canalso create your own flavor with the plain rice or soy yogurts.

Dairy free ice cream does a great job at replacing the ice cream cravings.The same milk substitutes are made into delicious dairy-free ice creams. Otherice cream alternatives are sherbets because these are not made from milkproducts. If you have access to a good health food store you can find the milksubstitute products including sour creams and all sorts of imitation cheeses.

Go ahead and make pizzas and ice cream, just use the dairy substitutes.Knowing the foods that sneak in dairy ingredients helps to remain dairy freetoo. Aside from the obvious milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and butter avoidthese foods: chocolate (read the ingredients), dips, whey powder, mayonnaise,coffee creamer (even the non-dairy contains casein milk protein), canned creamsoups, cold cut lunch meats (look for turkey or chicken that contains noadditives or preservatives).

These are ingredients that may sneak into foods, so watch out for: lacticacid, lactate, lactalbumin, lactoglobulin, casein, caseinate, galactose,acidophilus milk, ghee, curds, nougat, potassium caseinate, sodium caseinate,malted milk, rennet, and whey.

Eating out at restaurants can be a challenge when it comes to a dairy freediet. Avoid Mexican and Italian, which each contains dishes riddled with dairyfoods. Choose Oriental foods instead. Vegan restaurants that are dairy free. Ifeating at a general restaurant choose meals made of grilled meats, steamedvegetables, fresh fruits and always ask for them to leave the butter and cheeseoff. A salad bar will allow control over the meal choosing a vinegar dressing.

Dairy free cookbooks such as this one will help to come up with recipes andideas for foods to cook. If you are dairy free due to cow's milk issues, askabout trying goat or sheep milk and milk products too. Many regular grocerscarry goat's milk and goat's milk cheeses.

Even Children Will LoveThese Recipes

Having a child with dairy allergies makes it difficult at times for them tohave the foods they love. The recipes in this cookbook are ones kids will enjoyand some are even fun to make and eat. Included are recipes for differentflavored pancakes, hot cocoa, mac and cheese, turkey burgers, and a wholesection on desserts and snacks. Children will love the yellow cake, thechocolate pudding, the fudge, the crunchy oatmeal cookies and more.