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If your little ones have a milk allergy, here's a treat that is not only dairy-free but it's one they can help make and share with their friends!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup coconut oil (I used extra virgin)
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup honey

Directions:

Gently melt the coconut oil to liquid if in a solid state. Combine liquid coconut oil and cocoa until smooth. Mix in honey. Refrigerate for at least one hour (or until preferred hardness) in a lightly greased container (greased with coconut oil).

Nutrition Information:

• Calories170
• Protein 1g
• Carbohydrates 12g
• Fat 14g

Makes ~8 servings

Submitted by: Jessica Snell

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Here's a mac & cheese dish that your little one might help making as well as eating!

Ingredients:

• Pasta (Your child's favorite kid)
• Olive Oil
• 2-3 Slices of vegan cheese
• A few tablespoons of soy milk or Neocate

Directions:

Cook pasta according to box instructions. Drain pasta. Add olive oil in pan and mix with pasta. Add cheese and stir over low heat until cheese is melted and mixed in. Add soy milk or Neocate to help cheese melt and give a smoother texture. Don’t forget to sprinkle on some vegan grated topping!

Nutrition Information:

*Nutritional value will depend on which ingredients you choose.

Submitted by: Michele Michnowski

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These tasty muffins make a great breakfast or snack for your little ones with milk allergies!

• 4 ripe bananas
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup of dairy-free margarine
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups of brown rice or oat flour

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a food processor, blend bananas, sugar, margarine and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients and process until smooth.

Pour into muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes, or if using a bread loaf tin, for 60 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

Makes 15 muffins

Submitted by: Laura LaMotte

Per Muffin:

• Calories: 230
• Protein: 2g
• Carbohydrates: 43g
• Fat: 7g

We shared our top 4 Tips for Celebrating Halloween Without a Food Allergy Scare. But with Halloween coming up this weekend we wanted to share a round-up of all the great “Halloween with Food Allergies” tips we’ve seen recently. Here is some more great advice from our favorite blogs and advocacy groups!

Tips for a Food Allergy Safe Trick or Treating

• Kids With Food Allergies recommends pre-positioning safe candy at friends houses along with other advice for safe trick-or-treating and school parties.

• Gina Clowes of Allergy Moms has 15 Halloween Safety Tips in her latest newsletter. She recommends pulling a “switcheroo” and buying two of the same treat collectors, letting your little one trick-or-treat, but then swapping their loot out with the safe version once you get home.

• Over on Go Dairy Free, Alisa Fleming answers a question about dairy-free candy options.

• The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network has ten tried and true tips for keeping your child safe on Halloween. We love their idea of having children leave any unsafe candies for the “Good Witch”, who collects them and leaves safe treats instead!

Have you read any great ideas for having a safe, but fun, Halloween? Be sure to share the links!

- Sarah

Grocery shopping is always a hard task, but it is even harder when you are shopping for someone with food allergies! Worse, the ingredients your little ones may be allergic to can be hidden within the food label. With our latest series, we will aim to uncover some of the sources of hidden allergens.

New food labeling laws require the top eight food allergens to be listed on food labels. This is really helpful for those reading food labels; however, sometimes allergens can be hidden in the long words in the ingredient list.

Dairy is one of the ingredients which tends to be hidden in foods that you may have otherwise thought were safe. I wanted to share with you a list of some ingredients to watch out for. Some of these definitely contain diary, while others only possibly contain diary.

When viewing the list below, it’s important to always err on the side of caution. If you think there may be traces of dairy in something, call the manufacturer of the product you would like to purchase and inquire. If they cannot guarantee that the product is free of dairy, avoid it!

Foods with dairy ingredients:

• Milk and milk products(including condensed, derivative, dry, evaporated, goat’s milk and milk from other animals, low-fat, malted, milkfat, milk protein hydrolysate, nonfat, powder, protein, skimmed, solids, whole)
• Butter, butter fat, butter oil, butter acid, butter ester(s), buttermilk
• Casein, casein hydrolysate, caseinates (in all forms)
• Cheese
• Cream
• Diacetyl
• Ghee
• Lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate, lactoferrin, lactulose
• Pudding
• Recaldent®
• Rennet casein
• Sour cream, sour cream solids, sour milk solids
• Tagatose
• Whey (in all forms), whey protein hydrolysate
• Yogurt

Foods with potential dairy ingredients:

• Artificial or natural flavorings (anything which is derived from butter, cream and egg flavors)
• Chewing gum
• Deli meats
• Fat replacers
• Many types of chocolate (although dark chocolate is often free of dairy)
• Margarine
• Prebiotics (galactooligosaccharides, also known as GOS, are derived from dairy sources. Don’t worry, Neocate Junior with Prebiotics only contains prebiotics in the form of fructooligosaccharides, also known as FOS, which are derived from vegetables.)
• Salad dressings

For a more complete list of foods to avoid when accommodating for a dairy allergy, visit the Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis Network website or check out Alisa Marie Flemming’s book Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living and website for more resources.

Can you share any foods you have found that have surprising hidden dairy ingredients?

- Nita

Grocery shopping can be a daunting task for parent of kids with food allergies, and inconsistent labeling terms doesn’t make it any easier. There are currently more than 30 different labeling types! While the FDA mandates that foods containing the top 8 allergens are labeled, there is no law mandating “accidental-allergy warnings” in case a food in cross contaminated during production. And it’s not always clear exactly what the terms/statements on labels really means for your child.

Here are some of the most common terms on food labels, and what each of them means. If there are any more you’re curious about, let us know.

Dairy Free: Food that is labeled as “Dairy Free” may still contain casein, whey or other milk products. It is important to check the ingredient lists of these products for hidden dairy. GoDairyFree.org has a great list of hidden dairy in a variety of products.

Gluten-Free: According to CNN, “The FDA has recently issued standards for foods to be labeled "gluten free." Currently, the "gluten free" label is voluntary — that is, it's up to the manufacturer whether to include it. Many foods are naturally gluten-free and may or may not be labeled as such.” Products with this designation shouldn’t contain gluten, which is a main component of wheat, however some studies have shown low levels. A great resource is csaceliacs.org, which has a list of safe foods.

Manufactured on the Same Line As/Made in Same Factory As: This means that while the food may not contain the allergen directly, it was manufactured on machinery used to make other products containing potential allergens like peanuts.

May Contain: Even though there are no allergens in the product, they could be cross-contaminated (for example if they share a production facility that manufactures a product containing allergens). Proceed with caution!

Do you have any other tips for navigating the aisles of your grocery store?

-Christine

Great News – Neocate just launched new dairy-free Flavor Straws! Available in Strawberry, Banana and Cookies and Cream the straws are kid-friendly and designed to introduce new flavors to children on Neocate Junior and Neocate One+.

Interested in trying out the straws? Visit www.Nutricia-NA.com/flavorstraws. Nutricia is offering 20 Flavor Straws free for every case of Neocate Junior or Neocate One+ that you purchase.

Also, check with your healthcare provider for samples. Do you think your children will enjoy Flavor Straws? Let us know what you think and which flavors are their favorites!

- Sarah

With the heat and humidity reaching their peaks this month, we wanted to share with you a recipe for dairy-free ice cream that is both nutritious and delicious for your little ones.

Nutra Apple Milk-Free Ice Cream

Ingredients:

8 scoops (37 g) Neocate Nutra powder
3 Tbsp applesauce, unsweetened
2 fl oz water ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp sugar (optional)

Blend ingredients. Place in a container and freeze for approximately 3 hours. Serve and enjoy.

Yields one serving.

Nutritional Information:

Calories - 200
Protein - 3 g
Carbohydrate - 32 g
Fat - 7 g Calcium - 257 mg
Vitamin D - 2 mcg

For some other ideas, including a recipe for mashed potatoes and applesauce oatmeal, check out Neocate’s Nutra Recipe Guide.

Remember, only use recipes that have ingredients that are easily tolerated by your baby or child.

Do you have a favorite recipe that you use? We encourage you to share it with us. And let us know what you think of the Nutra Apple Milk-Free Ice Cream recipe above.

-Christine