Hi! Welcome to Life & Soul Food. Since 2021, I have been a food allergy Mum and on a journey of exploration to find great nutritious and delicious alternatives for my Son.
I’m sharing our favourite food finds to help others deal with similar food allergies and navigate the emotional rollercoaster of being allergic to nut, dairy, and egg!
The hardest part of having a child with so many allergies is the heartbreak of seeing them unable to enjoy the usual diet of a growing child and being left out from sharing a celebration cake and sweet treats at parties.
The best part is that every day is a lesson and the overwhelming joy you feel on discovering that amazing dessert or food alternative your child can and loves to eat!
Rather than post lunch and dinner recipes and food choices that tend to comprise balanced meals of chicken, beef, or fish with vegetables, carbohydrates, and/or starch, followed by fruit, I’d like to share our best finds and best buys for where we’ve struggled.
Due to his egg, milk, and nut allergies, we’ve struggled most with breakfast, snack time, and pudding or sweet treats (for parties). Let me know what you think and what you would add to this list:
Breakfast
- Toast – with Flora Pro-Active buttery tasting spread – either on its own or with strawberry or blackcurrant jam, or honey
- Cereal – Cornflakes, Rice Krispies, Rice Krispies multigrain shapes, or Cheerios with Oatly whole milk
- Porridge – Weetabix or Oatibixwith with warm Oatly whole milk and honey, plus a handful of raspberries and blueberries
- On the go breakfast pouch – Ella’s Kitchen diary free pear & fig porridge pouch
Snacks – morning/afternoon
- Yoghurt – Oatly strawberry yoghurt
- Malt loaf – Soreen strawberry, banana, or original malt loaf
- Cheese & cracker – Jacob’s cream crackers and Violife original grated non-dairy cheese alternative
- Popcorn – Proper Corn for kids
Sweet treats/pudding
- Cake – Just Love cakes, especially the Confetti Traybake, and Indulgent Chocolate Cake!
- Chocolate – NOMO and Moo Free chocolate, including the delightful Easter Eggs
- Biscuits – Tesco Free From Bourbon Cream biscuits
- Ice-cream – Swedish Glace vanilla non dairy vegan tub and Oatly ice-cream
