I lost interest in cooking when I discovered I am diabetic and allergic to dairy products. I can get by with it in small doses but no Cream Cheese anymore. I look thru cookbooks and all are so much Campbells' soup and milk, cheese. I am totally open for non dairy meals that are appealing. Also that are from Beef, Turkey or Chicken. I am in NM (and I will not eat the stuff they call fish here) Pork is too salty. Also I am allergic to MSG in so many things. So do you see why I am discouraged with cooking? And the quicker the meal the better leaves more time to quilt. :o)

Get in touch with the Diabetic Association and they should be able to help you with meal planning based on your specific needs. Good Luck.

Thanks

are you allergic or lactose intolerant? Because if the latter, cheese does not have any lactose (it gets used up in the cheese making process.)

I am loctose intolerant, but I can eat yogurt for some reason, though I have to pop a lactaid pill first. You can use plain yogurt in place of cream or milk in lots of recipes.
A good recipe for you might be stirfry. I just gather up what veggies I have, stir fry them, cooking bigger ones first, add small stuff last,(I use olive oil to quick fry), serve on rice. (I use some soy sauce, but you mihgt have problems with that?)
Hope you find some good recipes.

My DS is dairy free and gluten free. When he was only dairy free, I found the BEST resource for dairy free cooking and living. It has a great list of ingredients to avoid that you can print and take to the store with you.

http://www.godairyfree.org/

They also have a cookbook with tons of information and lots of really good recipes! It is Go Dairy Free by Alisa Marie Fleming. It is worth the price and the only one I have tried that is worth owning.

You can easily convert the recipes to suit your diabetes. We also have a diabetic in the house.

Here is a great and easy recipe for dairy free cream soup. It is for mushrooms, but if you prefer cream of chicken, just replace the mushrooms with chunks of cooked chicken.

http://mustfollowrecipes.blogspot.co...room-soup.html

You can also buy Better than Cream Cheese by Tofutti. You can also buy soy yogurt or coconut milk yogurt. There are also several cheeses available made from soy or rice milk.

Dairy free isn't really so hard. Once you get the dairy out of your system, you will feel so much better! There are tons of resources on the internet just google "dairy free recipes" or "dairy free lifestyle".

Remember, at the store, foods marked Vegan are dairy free, as are foods marked Kosher Parve (or Kosher with a P in a circle).

Use water rather milk in Campbell cream soups. I never use milk with cream soups.

You could also use chicken or beef broth instead of milk, with condensed soups. Or make up homemade stock and freeze in small containers. Remove when frozen and store in a plastic bag.

I am both I am told. I have been intollerant for years but now I am told I am also allergic. I do not tollerage cheese well at all. Cream Cheese is the worst on me. I was using a soy yogurt and then they stopped selling it. Now all there is at a health food store is coconut milk yogurt it is good but almost $3 a container.

I can't use the soups due to the canned milk in them.

Thanks so much everyone oatw13 I will look at those sites asap and look at the cook book I may find it used online. I appreciate all the help I can get.

One thing I tried was to use canned cocoanut milk for evaporated milk and so I can make homemade cr of potato soup and it is way better than with half and half.
thanks again, Alamoaa

Wow that soup sounds wonderful and can probably make it into cr of celery, cr of ck etc....I looked over some of the recipes at the blog and want to get busy making some of the for dinner tonight. Gotta run to the store and I am ordering a used cookbook you mentioned. Thanks Ever So Much this helps a ton, Alamoaa

Try substituting plain, unsweetened soy milk for anything you'd use milk for. (Note: I once accidently used vanilla flavored in soup....let's just say that you don't want to do that!!!!) I can't stand the taste to drink a glass of it, but use it all the time for everything else. There are some great soy cheeses out---I have a smoked provolone favorite that comes sliced and wrapped like American cheese that I love---and also the soy ice creams are really good when you're craving a treat.

My three favorite websites for recipes:

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
http://www.affairsofliving.com/
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/

Between those three websites, I rarely wish I could eat dairy.

Thanks for this as well. I have to limit soy too. But I do use vanilla soy milk for cereal. And for cooking I found I like the cocoanut milk best. I love it in the cream of potato soups I make. Thanks for the help, AlamoAA

Thank you I looked over the sites and found several to choose from and will keep the addresses in a file. i am going to send the vegan one to my son that is totally vegan he may find something new there too. Thanks, Alamoaa

Because of being allergic to milk many years ago I started using chicken broth to make scallop potatoes. I still do it this way and everyone likes them.

I am lactose intolerant, which is a bit easier. But in recipes that call for milk you can use rice milk, coconut milk, oat milk or soy. Cheese is a little more difficult, but I have tracked down a parmesan substitute, over here in the UK. We are always far behind you in these matters. Do you have Free From aisles in the supermarkets? I find lots of things there that I can use instead.

Forget tins, make your own soups, roasted tomato, Nigel Slater's calabrese, cabbage soup,pumpkin/squash, carrot and apple soup.

Mains--cottage and shepherds pie---lots of recipes with minced/ground beef, meatballs in tomatoes, usual roasts and casseroles, a pity you can;t get decent fish ,what about frozen ,then the recipes are endless.