How to Shop for Dairy-Free Alternatives
Having a dairy-free shopping plan before you set foot in the grocery store is a smart move. If you plan ahead, you’re more likely to have on hand a variety of ingredients for fixing nutritious nondairy [more…]
How to Explain Your Dairy-Free Diet to Others
Your dairy-free diet doesn’t have to be anyone’s concern but your own, and you don’t owe anyone any explanation about your diet. It’s even possible that some people may never find out that your diet is [more…]
Finding Alternative Sources of Calcium
Finding nondairy foods that contain plenty of calcium isn’t difficult. In fact, many nondairy foods have calcium, so make sure you eat them often. Remember that horses, elephants, cows, and giraffes get [more…]
Getting Help When Giving Up Dairy Products
If you find yourself stuck at some point along the way in your transition to going dairy-free, seek out some support. You have several options, including the following: [more…]
How to Adjust Old Recipes for a Dairy-Free Diet
The dairy ingredients you’ve traditionally used — over and over again — to cook and bake with perform certain functions in recipes. Cheese adds bulk and binds ingredients together. Milk can make foods [more…]
How to Introduce Your Dairy-Free Diet to the Family
When you have a special dietary need in your family, such as when you’re trying to eliminate dairy products, family meals can be a bit more challenging. For example, when you start talking about taking [more…]
How to Help Children Avoid Dairy at School
Dairy products have always figured prominently in the national school meals program, so it might take a few extra steps to keep your kids dairy-free.
In the National School Lunch Program — our nation’s [more…]
How to Make a Dairy-Free Diet Fun for Kids
There’s a foolproof recipe for getting children to eat (and enjoy!) their dairy-free meals. The key ingredient? Fun! A hefty dose of fun can make any lifestyle change more comfortable to endure. And if [more…]
How to Adjust to Nondairy Breakfasts
You may wonder whether you can go dairy-free at breakfast. Whether you like breakfast a little or a lot, taking time to eat in the morning is a smart way to start the day. Eating breakfast — even if it’s [more…]
Preparing Milk-less Soups, Salads, and Sides
What better way to start a dinner or create an entire lunch than with some soup? Soup is a good way to work a few servings of vegetables and health-supporting fiber into your diet. And you can do it without [more…]
How to Cook and Eat Dairy-Free Entrees
Eliminating dairy from your favorite entrees may be somewhat challenging. Your entree is the foundation of the dining experience. If the entree tastes good, you’ll remember that meal for a while, and it [more…]
How to Cook for Dairy Eaters When You’re Dairy-Free
Having guests in your home can be especially challenging if you’re living dairy-free. Unless your guests also are dairy-free, they’re likely to be unfamiliar with some of the nondairy products you may [more…]
How to Choose Nondairy Meals at Restaurants
Sooner or later, you’re going to end up eating at a restaurant where the dairy-free choices aren’t obvious. The menu is the first resource you can study to determine whether the food you want to eat has [more…]
How to Identify Milk Allergies in Babies
Some babies have to avoid milk-based infant formulas because they’re allergic to cow’s milk. Specifically, they’re allergic to one of the proteins in cow’s milk. Casein is one example of a milk protein [more…]
How to Prepare Dairy-Free Snacks for Kids
When you choose for your children to go dairy-free, taking steps to ensure that you replace the dairy you’re ditching with foods that are comparable — and not worse than — the foods they’re replacing is [more…]
How to Go Dairy-Free with Dips, Sauces, and Dressings
Customizing your condiments makes it a cinch to create meals with all the flavor you want but without the dairy ingredients you want to avoid . Your imagination is all that stands between you and a vast [more…]
Glycemic Index Cookbook For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Cooking low-glycemic foods is a wonderful tool for overall health, but it's especially beneficial for weight management and insulin resistance. Understanding the glycemic index and glycemic loads of foods [more…]
Gluten-Free Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Your gluten-free diet can be healthy, inviting, and full of flavor. Why not start planning meals with recipes that leave out gluten and pack in good taste and great presentation? [more…]
Measuring and Mixing in Gluten-Free Baking
Measuring and mixing are essential to delicious, gluten-free baked goods. Because gluten-free flours are heavier than wheat flours, weighing them (grams) instead of measuring by volume [more…]
The Components of Gluten-Free Doughs
Many people are working in labs and universities around the world to help make gluten-free products as close to wheat-based products as possible. If you're going to make gluten-free baked good, you want [more…]
What Is Gluten, Why Does It Matter to Baking, and Where Does It Lurk?
Gluten is a molecule unique to certain plants, and it is a key component of traditional baking. Gluten consists of two smaller proteins called glutenin and gliadin. When mixed with water, these two proteins [more…]
Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Baked goods evolved around wheat, which contains gluten. Gluten is a protein molecule found in wheat and other grains. This particular molecule affects certain people with a condition called celiac disease [more…]
Hypertension Cookbook For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Cooking for hypertension is not only a great way to lower your blood pressure, but also to lose weight and improve your overall heart health. Following the DASH [more…]
Soft Tacos with Chicken
Tacos are a fast-food favorite, but sodium levels can be very high. Instead, make your own soft tacos with chicken. While this recipe is made of good-for-you-ingredients, it’s also slightly higher in sodium [more…]
Quick and Easy Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp
This angel hair pasta dish features shrimp and colorful vegetables — appealing to the eye and to the palate! Angel hair pasta is an extra-thin type of spaghetti that cooks quickly, so this dish is easy [more…]
