Birthday treat for lactose intolerant friend?

Hi Melody

I am relatively new to the things surrounding foods and sensitivities/allergies. In the past year I have been playing around with recipies for corn, wheat, and gluten sensitivities.

However, I have not played with dairy allergies - I have just had to avoid dairy or suffer the consequences of eating it.

May I suggest a few places to look?

I would start with your local Food Coop or maybe World Foods grocery. They offer many foods for those who have sensitivities. I love the foods put out by Pamela - you would never know they were made for those who were allergic to gluten. Arrowhead Mills makes products as well but they are drier and a little more flat. ((although if you add stuff to the cookies like craisens and nuts they turn out pretty yummy))

There are cookbooks out there that the recipies are tailored for specific allergies. I would suggest trying an internet search for a few good recipies - just type in lactose free recipies into your favorite search engine.

Some will sugest going vegan for a recipie.

www.allrecipies.com

www.all-creatures.org/recipes

www.about.com (recipies for custards, puddings, & mouses as well as ice cream, )

If you're in a warm part of the world, I would try making a fruit salad or fruit smoothie - I use frozen berries (organic as the red flesh hold more pesticides), sorbet (lactose free), and when I want it creamy, I add some vanilla soy pr rice milk ((I think the rice milk is sweeter and not so overpowering but its starchier in taste))

Your public library might have a few books you can look at and copy a few recipies from.

Also for your information (and mine too - as I had to do some research here )

if you see the words KOSHER or PARVE on an item you can know that the item is meat and dairy free.

substitutions -

Goats milk, Rice milk, Soy milk, Coconut milk

You can have or make cakes out of dairy free products. Alternative milks include soy, rice and arrow root/corn syrup derivatives of some sort. For further reference, some times lactose intolerance is just a symptom of the body not recognizing the milk product as food. In other words, the solution may be to just use whole milk.

Tuffutti makes ice cream sandwiches that taste like the real thing and they are lactose free! Trader Joes has them, as does a lot of supermarkets.

my "grandma" (long story) is lactose intolerant and there's a kind of ice cream that she can have. idk what the brand is but i've had it b4 and it tastes just like real ice cream!! also u could just get a real cake and then he could eat it and just have a stomach ache the rest of the day!!! that's what she does and then she takes something so that its not as bad =P ha ha ok maybe u dont wanna do that lol

Try looking for a vegan cake. Also, he may do just fine with taking a Lactaid pill, depends on the severity of his allergy.

You sound so sweet put a bow on your head and give him you. It's nice to have friends that think about such things.

Soy ice cream.

Instead of sweets, make him/her a birthday lunch.

Two Pints of Cherry Garcia !!!!

And a 5 gallon plastic bucket !!!!

"You GO !!!! Its yer birthday !!!!"

cake should be OK if it isn't made with milk.

Berries with cool whip is my fave.