What To Do When Dairy Isn't An Option
Do you know what to do when dairy isn't an option and you still want that creamy taste? In all of my years of cooking for clients (and myself), the most difficult and common challenge I have found is finding good dairy substitutes. Though many of my clients have problems of one type or another with dairy products, I still want to make them delicious meals that they will love.
Even those little “add-ons” can be a problem and are hard to bypass or substitute in a dish that needs the parmesan on the pasta or the dollop of sour cream on the tostada.
Do you try to limit or avoid dairy?
Should you be dairy-free?
There are plenty of reasons to give it up, but there are also good reasons for some to keep it in their diet. Dr. Bailey has pointed out that dairy is often a culprit in acne. She has also found that cow dairy foods cause inflammation in her otherwise pain-free but arthritic joints.
Here are some of the ways I substitute yummy non-dairy foods in dishes where we often we want dairy:
As I always say,
I will never tell you what you should eat, only how to cook something to maximize its nutritional benefit.
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Certified Natural Chef Monica Sallouti’s lifelong passion for delicious nutritious food comes from both her formal training and time spent in the kitchens of her two grandmothers as a young girl. She honed her culinary skills and nutritional education at the Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts program at Bauman College in Penngrove, CA. The specialty of nutrition for Chef Sallouti was sparked after a health crisis some 19 years ago. In her late 20’s, she was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. As part of her “treatment,” she developed a keen awareness of the inextricable link between food, cooking and health. Now, 19+ years later, Sallouti brings her knowledge, culinary creativity and care to both her clients.