When my child flared up all over with eczema, I neurotically read every possible blog and book I could grab. The dermatologist and GP said it was allergy related, so I made the tough decision to go wheat free, egg free and dairy free for at least a whole month to suss out what was causing her insane flare up. It was a struggle to please my fussy daughter, but after a month of trial and error, I have concocted a short list of easy allergy free breakfasts and dinner/lunch recipes which have managed to tame her never dying appetite.
1. Pancakes (replacing eggs with bananas)
Mrs Crimbles gluten free pancake mix is packaged so you can just throw this together in minutes. Although the recipe on the pack asks for you to use eggs and milk, you can substitute an egg for a banana and cows milk for oat/soya milk. You can also substitute an egg with chickpea water, (if you have some handy). These taste delicious and will not disappoint your fussy child!
Free of: dairy, gluten, eggs
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10-15 minutes
Ingredients: Mrs Crimbles gluten free pancake mix, medium bananas, soya milk or other milk alternative, vegetable oil, caster sugar
Instructions: Pour the Mrs Crimbles gluten free pancakes into a mixing bowl. Whisk with 2 medium bananas, 80g caster sugar and 200ml soya or alternative milk. On high heat add some vegetable oil in a frying pan, pour the mixture into the frying pan and make sure you flip the pancake to ensure both sides are cooked. Finally, serve with whatever you choose: we like to eat ours with strawberries, blueberries and drizzles of honey.
2. Granola with fruits and alternative milk
The brilliant thing about this breakfast is it is so versatile and can suit any allergies. You can replace nuts and fruits with alternatives to personalize the breakfast to suit your needs. Your kids will love it, and it is so easy to make, you can even ask them to make breakfast themselves.
Free of: dairy, gluten, eggs
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
Ingredients: gluten free granola, fruits of your choice, soya milk or alternatives
Instructions: Pour granola into a bowl, add sliced fruits of your choice and nuts. Finally pour in the alternative milk!
3. Toast with avocado
Just because you are avoiding gluten does not mean you can not enjoy bread and toast. This easy to make allergy free breakfast recipe is one of our favourites. This is not just for breakfast and can be enjoyed anytime of the day! Sometimes we replace the avocado with spreads such as honey or maple syrup as an alternative too.
Free of: dairy, gluten, eggs
Preparation time: 3 minutes
Cooking time: 1 minutes
Ingredients: gluten free bread, lactose free butter, avocado, salt and pepper to taste
Instructions: Slice the avocado. Toast the bread slices and butter with lactose free butter. Place the avocado on the toast and season with salt and pepper.
4. Yoghurt with fruits
There are some brilliant lactose free yoghurts made from oats, soya or coconut, so there is plenty of choice for everyone’s taste buds. We prefer the soya options made by Alpro who offer a variety of flavours including strawberry, vanilla and blueberry. However, there are many brands offering some delicious alternatives, so regardless of what your allergy is, you will certainly find something to satisfy your taste buds.
Free of: dairy, gluten, eggs
Preparation time: 3 minutes
Cooking time: 1 minutes
Ingredients: lactose free yoghurt, fruits and nuts of your choice, optional gluten free granola
Instructions: Pour yoghurt into a bowl and throw in fruits/nuts of your choice. If you like it to be crunchy then add some gluten free granola.
5. Rice cakes, salmon and avocado
This delicious breakfast idea also works as a snack for anytime of the day and literally takes just a couple of minutes to make. You can replace the rice cake for corn cake according to your preference and allergies.
Free of: dairy, gluten, eggs
Preparation time: 4 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
Ingredients: avocado, rice cakes, smoked salmon, salt and pepper to taste
Instructions: Smash some avocado and season with salt and pepper. Spread the avocado on a rice cake and add small slices of smoked salmon on top.
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