Egg , Dairy and Sesame free foods

I'm not entirely sure this is the right place but as it's food related I figure this is the place to start.

We've just had DS allergy tested to see if he has a trigger for his eczema and he's come up with possible allergies to egg white, cow's milk and sesame (clear allergy to this one). Now I need to not eat these foods for at least the next week (as well as DS as I'm still breastfeeding).

Basically no egg, dairy or sesame products.

My problem is I don't do salads (or raw veg) as I can't cope with the crunch or texture in my mouth - I end up gagging if I try and eat them.

My standard lunch options won't make the grade at school - ham & cheese sandwiches or pasta with sauce & cheese :(

I'm also stuck for breakfast - if I have cereal, I use milk on it (DH uses juice :o) so can't do that and my cereal has egg in it; I have usually grabbed a bacon & egg muffin meal on the way to school too and this is now out :(

I've checked out our bread at home - there's mention of possible sesame so that's out.

Apparently DS can have rice milk, so I guess that means that I can have it too (but I've heard horror stories about the taste)

Awwww its hard.. my DD1 has an allergy to cows milk, and my DD2 was intolerant to cows milk for 3 years and is still intolerant to soy. I breastfed for 18 months and that meant no cows milk or soy milk.

For breakfast, I guess the issues with bread is the seseme, how about some sourdough bread? Or something that would only be used on the same machines? Traces is different than containing products. Did that make sense?

I would go to things like fruit and crumpets, etc etc.... go towards using things like nuttlex (a butter alternative) which is dairy free, egg free, and sesame free.

Invest in a bread maker, I think with a permanent sesame allergy you need to be prepared for the long term.

As far as lunches go... you will have to decide how to go about it. Cheese is out, so you can have ham and avocado sandwiches, or ham and tomato. Pasta with sauce without cheese.... make some stir fry and pack that for lunch?

I don't have cheese or cows milk for 90% of my diet now as its something I've gotten used too. I think in my journey I found that cooking whole foods and larger quantities was the way to go. Do a huge roast and then use the meat and potatoes for lunches etc... Do wraps instead of sandwiches. Its hard work, but you can do it and it is worthwhile! *hug*

we only found out to today about the allergies (or potential allergies) and we have to cut out all of it to start with and then challenge them. I guess the sesame had a clear reaction is probably what I meant to say earlier.

I figure tea/dinner/evening meal is fairly easy for the next few weeks - meat & veg , pasta (minus cheese - unfortunately the only sauce in the house atm contains cheese :wall: have to buy some tomorrow) and some curries that we already have in the cupboard.

Currently all the stirfry sauces we have at the moment contain sesame of some sort or another :wall::wall:

I guess I'm going to be reading labels a lot more carefully for the next few weeks at least. Going to leave for school earlier tomorrow so I can get some wraps & peanut butter & jam (I figure that will do for my lunches at least for the next couple weeks) and look for something for breakfasts. I wasn't sure if crumpets would be okay or not - I don't have any here at the moment but had some last week.

If we do need to worry about sesame, I think we might be considering the bread maker option.

That's our world - we choose to eliminate egg and dairy for ethical and health reasons, and rally don't find it very difficult. We'r a little diffreent in that we consciously add sesame for nutritional reasons, but could very well live without. Heaps of dairy free recipes in the Vegetarian Chatter threads.

Vegie soups make great lunches, good way to keep your fibre intake up too, without gagging on salads.
Pasta is also a good choice, definitely easy to do without dairy. A favourite here is fried off garlic, grated zucchini and pasta tossed through.
Baked beans on toast is a quick fix!

And I second getting a breadmaker. They're awesome.

Liz you may find that you have to start making all your sauces. THere is another old thread that has to do with doing away with packets... I'll bump it if I can find it.

If you have some favourites, just post a new thread for each like "best dairy free stroganoff recipe?" and I'm positive you will get heaps of answers!

It also may feel like its a bit time consuming at first, but really I find it to be heaps easier now as I can play with what we eat, add things and if we don't have things I can do without.

:hug: its daunting at first, definately but our family is much healthier and knowledgeable about nutrition since the changes have been made.

One product that changed my world was Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese. It comes in a white tub with red and green writing - Coles and Woolies stock it, in with the cream cheeses. It's brilliant.