Child with Milk Allergies....

Usually they outgrow milk allergies by age 6 so that's something to look forward to. My grandson had a milk allergy that he outgrew and I found a lot of things he could eat by just picking up stuff at the store and reading the labels. Processed food isn't good for them so you are better off making a large portion of pasta and throwing it in the fridge to dish out a meal at a time than buying spaghetti o's anyway.

Are you sure she can't have any milk products? both of my kiddos are allergic to milk protein also, and one is allergic to soy, but they are fine with the small amounts that are in foods.

Also, have you tried Goat products? milk, cheese, yogurt? My daughter can eat them and she is fine, but my son is allergic still, so it might be worth a try.

My MIL uses sheep products because of her allergies to the same things your daughter is. She does smoothies, flax seeds, sesame seeds, spelt, polenta, bison (which is different than beef and she can eat it. She is Native American so that might have something to do with her beef allergy). Lots of things can be made with potatoes and corn, like use polenta for pizza dough, its pretty good, and sheep's feta for cheese on it or another melty kind of cheese.

I know its hard, but at least you don't have to do gluten free too!

Since you obviously must have an allergist, if he or she is connected to a hospital, ask if there's a nutritionist you can have a counseling session with. My daughter has other food and eating problems due to autoimmune and other diagnoses, but we met with a nutritionist on staff at the hospital who was great. She talked to my daughter (I don't know how old your daughter is but if she's not a baby or toddler, she could participate in the discussion) and talked to me about meal times, how much food my daughter could handle, ideas for food, etc. It was really helpful. Your allergist would be a good resource for finding a nutritionist, or else call the nearest children's hospital and start asking.

I would look up child-friendly vegan vegan dishes. Vegan will mean that there are absolutely no animal products or byproducts at all. No milk, eggs, cream, butter, whey, casein, meat, etc. Then you can add in what she CAN have to those recipes. You're going to have to do a lot more homemade cooking and semi-homemade cooking. You're also going to have to get out of the mindset that acceptable foods include Spagetti-O's and frozen chicken nuggets, right? There are healthy alternatives that you can make for her in place of those things, and they can be similar in how fun they are but taste far better and be far healthier.

For instance, we love polenta here. But I can't really consume much in the way of corn products and neither can my middle daughter. A wonderful replacement for polenta is quinoa. I can use quinoa as a replacement for couscous too... which are made with semolina flour. If I want to make it creamy, I use vegan "cream cheese" which isn't made with a single bit of dairy. But my middle daughter is able to eat it and she gets a healthy grain. I add some steamed, diced veggies to it and it's great as a side or main dish.

Depending on the type of grains she can have, you can probably find them ground up and bake with them. Then you can use veggie and fruit purees in them. You can use rice flour to make pancakes and add cinnamon and apple sauce.

It will be an adjustment, but it will take time. It will take a lot of trial and error.

This may sound silly, but are you looking for recipes to cook or processed foods you can feed her? Because with that combination of allergies, it may be difficult to find things she can eat off the shelf. Do you mean good as in healthy or good as in tasty treats?

But you can cook all kinds of things for her. My hubby developed a similar milk allergy over the last few years. I can relate. People don't understand that milk, casein and whey are in everything! We have learned to look for the kosher symbol and the parvae symbol. Parvae may be a good option for you, because that means it's neutral, no dairy or meat. You will still need to be wary of the orange and soy.

I do a lot of substitutions when I cook. My husband wants to avoid soy, so we use rice milk. In most things, it works. There are a few recipes where things taste off, but we find other ways to make it work. For example rice milk made our mashed potatoes taste odd, so we use chicken broth instead. Coconut milk and vegetable shortening are other non dairy soy subs that work in a lot of recipes.

Try mixing things up in another way. Instead of just giving her apples, how about apples and humus? That will get some more protein in her diet too. Pasta, couscous and quinoa can also be easily added to the diet as long as you choose non dairy flavors and sauces.

You can try brown rice pasta --- See if there is a vegan restaurant near you. The one near us has grated "cheese" that is non-dairy.

Do you have a juicer? I have even juiced watermelon!

Tonight, I browned grass fed, organic chop meat in onion and garlic. Then, I made a thick tomato sauce !

My favorite smoothie: 2 frozen bananas, almond milk and cacoa. Put in a blender and blend until thick...

Allrecipes.com should have vegan recipes.

We love hummus (chickpeas), too !

Rice milk is good, as well !

My son is allergic to milk, eggs, and all nuts. He is not allergic to soy. His milk allergy is very severe and we avoid it (and casein, etc) 100%. Some processed meats contain milk, but many do not, so there might be some you could try. Anyway, here are some of the things he eats in a typical week (keep in mind that they are NOT necessarily soy free):

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean turkey sausage links, fruit, Vans brand waffles (only some varieties are dairy free), homemade things (cornbread, coffee cake, mini muffins), pancakes (from scratch), tofu
I have a hard time getting protein in the morning if we don't do sausage or tofu. You could do eggs though.

Lunch: chicken nuggets (dinosaur shaped ones at Costco/Ralph's/Kroger), Hebrew National hot dogs, sunbutter & jelly sandwiches, turkey and salami sandwiches, turkey meatballs (good ones at Trader Joes), or leftovers from dinner. he also has fruit and some kind of crackers or chips - pretzels, ruffles, lays, sun chips (original flavor only), wheat thins, ritz

Dinner: chicken, fish, or pork, potatoes, rice (white rice or rice a roni chicken flavor), stuffing (stove top), pasta and veggies.

My granddaughter had a milk allergy, She could tolerate foods such as spaghettios and oyster crackers. She only had to avoid milk, cottage cheese, foods with a great deal of milk in them. She could even eat most cheeses.

I suggest you try giving him one food, such as Spaghettios and see what her reaction is. Try one at a time.

She can eat all varieties of fruits and vegetables. Branch out and try ones that you haven't tried if you're limiting yourself to the common ones. Remember that for most of history we only ate foods grown in the earth. It's really a very healthy diet.