Life was rather difficult after finding out that John had a severe allergy to dairy. We cleaned out our pantry and refrigerator and restocked it with non-dairy items. The entire family has been effected by this serious medical condition. After a while, dealing with this issue got easier and life continued on. Today, we try to maintain as normal of a diet as John can manage.
Cooking has become easier. I know what brands of food are safe, although I still double check the ingredients. This is my all natural spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce. It's a quick and easy meal. It's a family favorite and use my own personal recipe that I have created.
Beef or chicken stir fry are also quick and easy meals that we enjoy having. This is a beef stir fry from a recipe that I found on-line; it calls for Hoisin sauce. However, I found red dye 40 in its ingredients so I had to leave it out of our stir fry. It was still very delicious and I don't think we missed having the Hoisin sauce.
John also had to give up sodas. I'm not too sure what they contain, but he gets really sick. He found LaCroix, a carbonated water, which he enjoys drinking. They come in many flavors and can be found at most grocery stores.
John loves to barbecue and we still go out for breakfast at our local diner. I occasionally bring home some sort of dairy laden food, but, for the most part, it has just been easier to avoid it all together. I explain all this so I can say that, regardless of John's allergy, we have learned to just keep it real and keep on living our lives.
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