I eat a lot of f*cking dairy

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So based on some of your advice, and some googling on eczema and food allergies, I've decided to try eliminating dairy from my diet for a little while. Maybe it will help? IDK, but I have an appointment with my allergist later this month.

HOLYSHIT I EAT A LOT OF DAIRY.

Go to eat breakfast. Oh, can't have my yogurt. Okay, coffee. Oh, can't have my creamer. Eggs? Can't have cheese on top. Snack? No string cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt. Out to dinner with friends and I'm scouring the menu and realize I have to order like Sally (from When Harry Met Sally). I'll have the fish, but not cooked in butter. And is the sauteed spinach cooked in butter? UGH! This is hard!

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Let me know if you need any help! Cutting out dairy is hard, but there are lots of substitutes out there.

[ElizabethBennet]

I hope it will help you

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Apr 29, 2013 9:32:54 GMT -5 hungrycaterpillar said:

Let me know if you need any help! Cutting out dairy is hard, but there are lots of substitutes out there.

Yes, please!!! Suggestions are welcome.

What do you recommend for yogurt subs? What about breakfast? I've tried soy milk in coffee before and it gets curdly and gross. Is almond milk better?

[MWOS]

I love coconut milk and almond milk in coffee and cereal. Not a huge fan of soymilk, although it's easier to find.

There are no good cheese subs, so I just don't bother

[gmail]

Okay, I'm taking note of all this. Thanks!

[gmail]

What about yogurt? It's my breakfast staple!

[midnightrae]

Apr 29, 2013 9:53:28 GMT -5 gmail said:

Apr 29, 2013 9:32:54 GMT -5 hungrycaterpillar said:

Let me know if you need any help! Cutting out dairy is hard, but there are lots of substitutes out there.

Yes, please!!! Suggestions are welcome.

What do you recommend for yogurt subs? What about breakfast? I've tried soy milk in coffee before and it gets curdly and gross. Is almond milk better?

Whole Soy and Co makes a good soy yogurt. 
I personally don't like almond milk and that the soy milk in coffee is one reason why I prefer iced/blended coffee. 

[midnightrae]

Apr 29, 2013 9:54:42 GMT -5 MWOS said:

I love coconut milk and almond milk in coffee and cereal. Not a huge fan of soymilk, although it's easier to find.

There are no good cheese subs, so I just don't bother

Have you tried Daiya? I use Daiya "cheese" for mac n cheese and pizza, but I don't use it on top of things like regular cheese. 

[midnightrae]

Also, if you email whole soy and co, they will send you coupons.

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I haven't found a good yogurt sub yet, but I know there are vegan yogurt subs.

Daiya cheese is good - but be warned - It is NOTHING LIKE REGULAR CHEESE.

As far as your coffee goes, I like coconut milk or coconut creamer by the sodelicious company.

[snickers]

Sounds hard, but I'll bet it's worth the work!

[keyslover]

Daiya is decent (best option out there) and they now make pizza
I like Amande for yogurt. I take my coffee black. Iced coffee I use coconut milk. It is a toss up between Almond and Coconut milk for me.

I feel so much better and lost weight from cutting out diary. I hope you get the results you are looking for!

[chedominique]

Apr 29, 2013 9:54:42 GMT -5 MWOS said:

I love coconut milk and almond milk in coffee and cereal. Not a huge fan of soymilk, although it's easier to find.

There are no good cheese subs, so I just don't bother

I started drinking Almond milk because I noticed my breakouts usually happened after I had cereal.  Gosh, almond milk is so good.  I'm not a big fan of the soy milk.  For ice cream, I usually make use a frozen rip banana substitute with almond milk.  It's still not the same, but it helps a little.

It has actually been working for my skin.  I hope it works for you!

[gmail]

Thanks everyone. I foresee a big shopping trip in my future...

[midnightrae]

Apr 29, 2013 11:42:07 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

Been dairy-free for four plus years. At first I was ready to pummel for a piece of cheese pizza.
Now, milk sounds disgusting most of the time. Silk soymilk is good. 365 whole foods brand almond milk is tasty. Daiya cheese is a good sub, it melts. Get that at whole foods. So Delicious is a good brand. Tofutti makes a good cream cheese and sour cream sub. Message me if you want to if you ever need recipe recs.

They sure do! 
Also, I'm always looking for new recipes since it is always hard to find things that are dairy,egg, and honey free as  well as gluten free. 

[gretchenindisguise]

I'm so proud of this board! I remember when it was just me in a dairy-free parallel universe, and now all of my young padawans are giving the good dairy free recommendations before I can even post!

[wambam]

So Delicious brand makes a coconut milk yogurt. I've never eaten it so I cannot attest to its tastiness, but it exists.

[gretchenindisguise]

The coconut milk yogurt tastes fine, but you don't get the nutritional benefits of yogurt. It only has 1gram of protein and a shit ton of sugar. Plus, it's expensive.

I was curious so i took pics of nutrtional profiles a couple of weeks back.

Left: coconut greek yogurt
Middle: TJs greek yogurt
Right: Whole soy regular yogurt

[leahmel]

I've been dairy free for 1.5 years. The suggested subs are all good!

I also find that when I go out to restaurants if I tell the waiter that I'm allergic to dairy, they accommodate pretty well and make suggestions. Also, I promise that after a few months it starts to get easier and you won't miss it as much. It's a rough adjustment but its been really great for me. If you find that it's working for you, just tough it out for a while and I promise you'll barely miss it.

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So Delicious makes a coconut milk creamer - original, vanilla, and hazelnut. They sell it at WF and Wegmans, near the refrigerated soy milk. They have quarts of it in the shelf-stable milk aisle at WF as well.

[midnightrae]

Apr 29, 2013 12:56:54 GMT -5 leahmel said:

I've been dairy free for 1.5 years. The suggested subs are all good!

I also find that when I go out to restaurants if I tell the waiter that I'm allergic to dairy, they accommodate pretty well and make suggestions. Also, I promise that after a few months it starts to get easier and you won't miss it as much. It's a rough adjustment but its been really great for me. If you find that it's working for you, just tough it out for a while and I promise you'll barely miss it.

I am allergic to dairy and I just get eyerolls  and they assume I'm just being picky and lying that I am allergic.