Dairy Free lunch ideas
I know there have been a lot of posts about recipe suggestions but I was just wondering what people do for lunch for thier Cmpa babies.
I seem to be ok for dinner but lunch I find tricky. I do things like avocado on toast and pasta just wondering what everyone is doing as a lot of quick recipes have cheese in them (not a fan of dairy free cheese š
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I see so man fun recipes with cheese!
We do tuna jacket potatoes with sweet or normal potato and I mix dairy free yoghurt with the tuna, or the same with chicken and yoghurt, or leftover curry with a potato, slices of cucumber with hummus, scrambled eggs on toast, sometimes just a random plate of things, as they don't really know that it's not a "meal"
Tbh mostly I use the theory my baby doesn't know the difference between breakfast lunch and dinner so will also give him banana pancakes, egg bites without the cheese in, porridge made with coconut milk, leftover dinner from the night before, or toast with avocado or peanut butter and some fruit and veg puree to go with it, and sometimes I'll even just make a bigger breakfast and give him the second half for lunch.
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