I'd say my biggest struggle this entire year is the discovery of my daughters milk allergy. It's consuming. Just when I think I get a handle on things she is broke out again, or someone (my mother!) is tempting her with things like the evils of nutella (let me just say the only thing "healthy" about nutella is the wheat bread you put it on. Sis is getting to the point where she won't even try things b/c she is scared it has milk in it. Even things like a cup cake. And then here I am last night making a meal that we all like and that is good even with out the cheese when it hit's me, the seasoning for the tacos has milk in it. ugh. It's things like that that really get to me and make me feel like I've failed. I try SO hard, but it sneaks in. Like, I spent 4 hours getting groceries the other night reading what I thought was EVERY label, but I didn't think about the taco seasoning, or the fish sticks. (the fish sticks that she loves and cried about of course) *sigh* So, I didn't even tell her about the taco seasoning. But with in a few days, she will have a rash somewhere in her body and I will play innocent b/c I can't handle the guilt. This will be me, "hm, wonder what you ate sis..."
I did find this that I'm going to make from now on tho..
http://www.5dollardinners.com/homemade-taco-seasoning
AFTER I read the backs of all of those spices to make sure there isn't anything sneaking into them...
Milk in taco seasonings?! I had no idea! What is it masquerading as? Same thing w/ the fish sticks? Oh man the lactose intolerance this is as hard as the gluten allergy. It's in everything. I would DIE without cheese. I assume you've tried the soy milk and the almond milk stuff?
ReplyDeleteShe drinks almond milk. It's not a lactose intolerance, it's an allergy, lactose causes stomach trouble, this gives her eczema. It's a sad, sad thing. I was hoping that just taking the majority of milk out of her diet would do it, but it doesn't. Even if something has whey or casein in it she breaks out.
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