When O was 9 months old we realised he was dairy and gluten intolerant. He grew out of the gluten intolerance at 2 and although we allow him some dairy each day, if he has too much it can give him a sore tummy, so we still try to keep a lot of his food dairy free.
Here are a few ideas for dairy free food to make with the kids (if you use a gluten free flour then they will be gluten free too, we used to use Doves Farm flour range).
1. Pizza pods:
Ingredients: 500g Strong bread flour, 1 sachet of yeast, 300ml warm water, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 teaspoons of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, pizza sauce and whatever veg you want to fill with (we like peppers, sweetcorn and onion).
* Mix the dry ingredients together and then mix the warm water in little by little.
* Use your hands to mix it altogether and knead for 10 minutes until the dough springs back up when you knead it.
* Place the dough in a clean bowl with a tea towel over the top in a warm place for an hour.
* Split the dough into 5 balls and roll each out flat, put a little pizza sauce in the middle like a pizza and the veg you would like.
* Fold the circle over and seal the edges to make a pod.
* Put in the oven for 30 minutes until golden brown and then enjoy!
2. Fairy cakes:
Ingredients: 100g caster sugar, 100g dairy free spread (we use a sunflower spread from Aldi’s, works perfectly!), 2 medium eggs, 100g self raising flour.
* Cream together the spread and sugar and then mix in the eggs.
* Beat in the flour until a smooth consistency.
* Spoon the mix into cake cases and place in an oven at 180 C for 15 minutes or until golden in colour.
* You can mix together icing sugar and water for icing or if you use Pure sunflower spread then you can make butter icing, but most other dairy free butters don’t work very well as butter icing.
3. Bread Rolls
Ingredients: 7 g yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, 150 ml warm water, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 230 g bread flour, 1 tablespoon sunflower oil, 1 egg and sunflower, pumpkin or poppy seeds.
* Mix the yeast and sugar together with 50 ml of warm water, let stand for 5 minutes until frothy.
* Mix the flour, salt and oil together in a bowl and make a well in the middle.
* Mix the yeast mixture and the rest of the water until it becomes a soft dough.
* Knead the dough until smooth and then divide into 12 pieces.
* Shape into whatever you want, decorate with seeds and brush with a whisked egg.
* Bake in the oven at 180 C for 15 minutes.
Have fun cooking with the kids!
J x
ERFmama says
Looks really yummy. 😀
Thanks for some great recopies, my youngest gets a really bad tummy if he has too much milk, so this was very useful. 😀
#PoCoLo
Vicki Montague - The Free From Fairy says
Love the pizza pods! They look like little pasties! My two would love these. Thank you for the inspiration!
Kirsten Toyne says
Thanks for this. All Gluten Free/Dairy free recipes are welcomed. People say to me that it is okay now because there are lots of Free From foods in the shops but what they don’t get is that they are free from somethings but often have other stuff in that isn’t tolerated, so there is very little suitable. #PoCoLo
Becky, Cuddle Fairy says
I LOVE these recipes! They are so delicious looking and kid friendly. I was lactose intolerant for most of my life but can have it now in moderation. It’s hard to have to read ingredients all of the time. #TheList x
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! Glad it’s useful! 🙂 xx
Jenny Eaves says
Let me know if you try them, they’re delicious! 🙂 xx
Jenny Eaves says
Oh yes, I used to hate that, free from doesn’t mean free from everything! My parents would buy O stuff, but it was free from gluten and egg, not dairy, so unsuitable! 🙂 xx
Anne says
Some great recipes there, I’d love it if you popped along to my website and added them to my Kids in the Kitchen linky which features recipes for kids.
Louise (Little Hearts, Big Love) says
Love the sound of those pizza pods – think my little ones would love these 🙂
Jenny Eaves says
They are delicious! And fun to make too. 🙂 xx
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! I’ll check out your website later! 🙂 xx
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you and thank you for having me on your showcase! 🙂 xx
al says
I know how hard it is to find good free from products so sharing recipes like these is great. Thanks for linking up #bigfatlinky
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! 🙂 x
Emma says
Great ideas! I know how hard it is to deal with no dairy. I’d love you to come over and join in my #freefromfridays linky http://www.freefromfarmhouse.co.uk/recipes/free-from-fridays/free-fridays-7th-may-2015/
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! Will come over and check it out soon! 🙂 xx
Hannah Mums' Days says
Oooo some fab suggestions – I want that pizza pod now!! Thanks for linking up to #TheList xx
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! It was delicious! 🙂 xx
Steph Martin says
Ah brilliant! We have recently discovered that our youngest is lactose intolerant, so these type of recipes are fantastic for us. Love the different ideas you have tried! Will be giving the fairy cakes a whirl soon I think 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you very much! 🙂 xx