One of the reasons why a lot of people give up on the GFCF diet is that kid cuisine tends to revolve around WHEAT and DAIRY. Think about it - Pizza, Chicken Nuggets, Macaroni & Cheese, Grilled Cheese. All of these things are GFCF laden. It can be tough. Before my son started on "the diet" he lived on these things also. He would drink milk, gulp down yogurt tubes, and could make his own KRAFT EZ-MAC as a kindergardener. In the beginning it was so tough to try to make him GFCF substitutes for his kiddie cuisine items that he loved so much.
Macaroni and Cheese was a tough one, but I found a way of making it with Quinoa Elbow noodles and Vegan Gourmet Cheese. Alex ate it but I had a few complaints.
1. The Vegan Cheese was soy based and while we are lucky that Alex can tolerate soy, it isnt really good for boys to consume a lot of. We are trying to cut back on soy.
2. The Vegan Cheese I was using didn't melt down easily
3. The smell of this stuff was noxious.
On a few occasions I had purchased the IAN'S Mac & NO Cheese frozen lunch for Alex and the "cheese" sauce was less noxious smelling. Alex ate it up and it was convenient in a pinch but these are very expensive for a single serving.
Then I found
Chreese from Road's End Organics. Chreese is a Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Organic "cheese" sauce substitute.
You can get Chreese in a bunch of different products like a
Boxed Gluten Free Macaroni & Chreese
or
Chreese Mix Packets
. I bought the packets to mix up Chreese sauce at my local health food store for $1 a piece and it is so easy. To make it you simply mix up the dry mixture with water over medium heat and stir it til its the right consistency. I added a teaspoon of coconut milk to it so that it would be a little bit more creamy since I was using it for Mac & Cheese for Alex. I made his GFCF Mac & Cheese using his elbow noodle of choice -
Quinoa Elbows
with the Chreese and was pleased how it came out.
If you are looking for a gluten free and dairy free cheese, try Chreese!
