Spryte Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 with peanuts, tree nuts, or wheat? Anyone have a great suggestion? Would like something to put on cereal for a picky eater. We can have coconut milk, but have only tried the kind in cans that we know is not cross contaminated with other nuts. But kiddo doesn't care for coconut milk - probably because he had to eat it plain for his 4 hour food challenge recently. :) Thanks for any help here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganCupcake Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Maybe hemp milk? I don't have any right now so I can't check what it says about allergens and cross contamination, but some people really like it. :) I don't love it, but it has a very good nutritional profile. Also, So Delicious coconut milk in cartons says they are not cross contaminated. If your DS gets over his dislike for it, maybe that will be an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Can you do dry cereal? Or does he want it with some kind of milk in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Rice milk? We drink soy and almond around here. The running joke in our house is "Everybody knows that milk comes from an almond and not a cow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The refrigerated cartons of coconut milk are less coconutty than the cans. There's at least one brand of soy milk too, maybe 8th Continent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 We do rice milk on cereal at our house. My kids drink hemp milk Those are the only kinds we can have. We have a long long list of things we can't eat. We can't have peanuts, tree nuts, or wheat and those have been safe for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Rice milk is what we like here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Apple juice can actually be pretty good on cereal. Various yogurts can work as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Flaxseed milk tastes awful, fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Flaxseed milk tastes awful, fwiw. Good to know! I just looked at flaxseed milk at the store. Have emailed So Delicious, Silk, Rice Dream, and a bunch of other companies. Hopefully we'll get some responses that are positive for no cross contamination (did that make sense?). I'll try to find hemp milk, too. He misses cereal with milk. Juice doesn't appeal. And obviously yogurt is out - he's allergic to dairy. :) Thanks for all the ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Can you do dry cereal? Or does he want it with some kind of milk in it? He misses cereal with milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Hemp can cross with sesame (I mean in fields/transport in my understanding, not that they share proteins). I only mention because my tree nut anaphylactic son has sesame (it shares a protein with pistachio and cashew). This kid reacted to hemp. I had no idea that hemp could be dangerous for him. He is not actually hemp allergic I don't think. It was sesame contamination. I'd be careful with any extensive use of rice milks because of arsenic in rice. I hope you find a safe sub he likes. It's so frustrating to have food allergies sometimes! If not, maybe you could add something to the coconut milk to make it a little more tasty to him? I'll say that my food allergy kid has found he starts to like things he didn't at first once he tries them enough. If this is sort of a new adjustment for him, maybe you could do alternative breakfasts with cereal/coconut once or twice a week to ease him in? We just do dry cereals here, though generally we eat non-cereal oriented breakfasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Thank you! He is anaphylactic to sesame, so we'll have to be cautious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 We don't deal with allergies, but maybe you could make your own using non contaminated foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 He misses cereal with milk. Juice doesn't appeal. And obviously yogurt is out - he's allergic to dairy. :) I can appreciate they aren't the same as milk, but there are non-dairy yogurts out there. We've had mixed success. The coconut yogurt was probably the best to suit our tastes, but YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Would goat milk be an option? Some people with dairy issues (particularly lactose) tolerate it well, others don't. If you can get it fresh, it tastes pretty much identical to cow milk - the goaty flavor that many people find off-putting and that is present in most grocery store goat milk develops over time. Homemade coconut milk (made from shredded coconut) is my favorite taste-wise for straight drinking, cereal, things like that. It's also cheap, but definitely more effort. Canned coconut milk tends to taste stale and oily in comparison. Canned coconut milk watered down some might also be more appealing. I do use canned for baking and so forth. (Haven't tried the boxed, so I can't comment on that) Rice milk is a reasonable replacement taste-wise, but has pretty much no redeeming nutritional value if that's a concern. Similar with oat milk, but that seems likely to be cross-contaminated with wheat as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I don't know about cross contamination, but my dairy free kids love Silk coconut milk for their cereal, though they also enjoy the goat milk I get them. Their favorite for drinking is almond fresh chocolate milk but that would not be an option for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I think of skip the cereal. It's only quality is that it's easy. Without a decent milk option, that quality is removed. Maybe some granola would be easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 What about making your own if you needed to be sure it wasn't contaminated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Island Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Try Silk Very Vanilla -- it is REALLY good on cereal, and picky eater will even drink it by the glass. It is also free from cross-contamination issues! (We have milk, peanut and tree allergies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyr Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Vance's DariFree http://www.gfcf-foods.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1814&Click=4 It has a very mild, bland flavor and smells slightly sweet, sweeter than it tastes, actually. It makes fabulous puddings and ice cream too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_Mom Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 We don't drink cow's milk here, but I know the almond milk we use won't work for you. :( (We have dealt with lots of allergy issues, too.) One option, though, is what I often have for breakfast: rolled oats (raw) raisins fresh fruit orange juice (in place of milk) LOVE it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks so much, everyone! I've got some good ideas to try now. You are the best! Keep 'em coming, if you think of more. :) DS thanks you, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I would get a SoyaJoy machine and make your own. It doesn't make coconut milk so I still buy that, but for any kind of grain/seed/nut it works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I would get a SoyaJoy machine and make your own. It doesn't make coconut milk so I still buy that, but for any kind of grain/seed/nut it works well. Does it specifically say not to use coconut? The process for making coconut milk is basically identical to the process for nut milk - soak, blend, strain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkermamaof4 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Allergies here too. We stopped eating cereals. Now we eat organic rice or organic oats. Azure Standard has delivery now to our area and has fabulous prices on large quantities of these. We keep dried unsweetened coconut flakes in house and use them to make coconut milk when needed for recipes. I recently read it is better if you heat it in the water first then process it. But I haven't tried that yet. It's just nice to have it around when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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