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I don't have recipe suggestions, but this is helpful for identifying hidden dairy. http://www.kellymom.com/store/freehandouts/hidden-dairy01.pdf

I have been cooking dairy free for a few years now. Most thing are pretty easy to just leave out the dairy. I can give you our menu for this week. Roasted chicken, rice, salad. Quiche (made with water instead of milk), quinoa, salad. Chicken soup. Lentils and rice. Pasta with tomato sauce., green beans. Pumpkin soup ( made with coconut milk instead of cream). My other go-to is anything Mexican because it's easy to leave out the cheese.

OU-D food (kosher dairy) is going to be extremely strict. Sometimes, food that isn't dairy but is made in a factory with dairy will have it because of the possibility for cross-contamination.

It all depends on how bad you think the reaction is and how strict you want to be. I was super strict at the beginning, but then let up a little over time and realized it wasn't impacting DS. (We would still have issues if I ate cheese or something obvious, but casein, flavorings, etc...weren't enough to cause issues). The kellymom cheat sheet @kiddosc linked to was super helpful at the start.

I re-made a lot of my freezer meals dairy-free, so I don't have a ton of ideas for you, sorry. I also ate a lot of chili, and tacos during that time... But as a bonus: Girl Scout thin mints and oreos are dairy free!

I've been dairy free for 6 months (we also have allergies to soy (very common). Gluten, eggs, and peanuts). He's pretty sensitive, but I can do natural flavors.

We eat a lot of avocados, grilled meat, rice, and veggies.

Also, Starbucks and Dunkin now have almond milk! Almond lattes are yummy

My baby could tolerate the soy lecithin, and so my go to snack was kind bars in dark chocolate chunk.

Otherwise all meals were from scratch! I substituted unsweetened almond milk for dairy in recipes, the red label earth balance for butter, and just learned to live cheese free! I also made all our bread at home. The only thing I couldn't find a good substitute for was soy sauce! Some of the vegan cheese products were tolerable in small quantities. Good luck!

I just finished 3 weeks of GF and DF. For me it was a lot of pre-planning and checking labels. I was surprised by how much I had overlooked at the stores before that was dairy free. I cut out coffee and when I reintroduced it, I did so with soy. My breakfasts were a GF bagel and dairy-free Daiya brand cream cheese. Lunches were leftover dinners and dinners consisted of a lot of roasted veggies and meats for the time being.

@meadow: yes, until about 7 months LO was very sensitive. He can now tolerate if I eat a tiny amount (something cooked with pam). Giving up gum was so hard!