Food Allergies and Breastfeeding

devencarolinehamilton
devencarolinehamilton Posts: 6 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
So, my daughter has severe allergies. I have cut her allergens from my diet and I'm struggling with keeping my macros up. We are dairy,beef,pork,soy, fish (finned) free.

I use cashew milk instead of milk and have been restricted going on 8 months. I need food ideas

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  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited January 2017
    I had to cut a lot of foods from my diet when I was breastfeeding my daughter.

    You can still eat poultry, eggs, shellfish, grains, vegetables, beans, nuts, tubers, yes?

    What meals are you struggling with? There are plenty of meals I can think of with chicken, turkey, ground turkey, etc.
  • devencarolinehamilton
    devencarolinehamilton Posts: 6 Member
    Yes, I'm just getting very bored. I did add in smoothies yesterday and I add flax to them.
  • devencarolinehamilton
    devencarolinehamilton Posts: 6 Member
    Mainly dinners.

    We rotate and have
    Tacos
    Chili
    Spaghetti
    Roasted chicken
    Fried chicken
    Sloppy Joes
    Bbq chicken
    Turkey meatloaf

    I'm sure I'm missing something. I cool from scratch and we don't eat out often(cause it's about impossible) lol

    If you have new food ideas I will love you forever
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    What about trying some Thai inspired dishes or Indian curries?
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Or... here's an idea... go to this website. http://www.skinnytaste.com/

    She has a search function, and you can pull up all her chicken dishes, or her pasta dishes, or her ground turkey dishes.
  • devencarolinehamilton
    devencarolinehamilton Posts: 6 Member
    Thank you:) I tried a chicken curry once but my other kids don't like it. I will check her site out:) thank you
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    You're welcome. Try a tomato based curry. They might like that.

    I forgot to add that for Asian based dishes, you can use lemon juice in place of soy sauce. The chef Ming Tsai has a child who is allergic to soy, and that's what he does when he's cooking at home.
  • devencarolinehamilton
    devencarolinehamilton Posts: 6 Member
    I didn't know that!!! Thank you
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