Do you ever find yourself in the mood for chocolate milk shakes even though your house has a milk allergy? My husband is notorious for this craving. "Do we have ingredients to make milk shakes?". Happens about once a month. But no worries, I'm an expert at dairy-free chocolate milk shakes! And I'm not talking just any old chocolate milk shake. I'm talking the whipped … [Read more...]

Everyone deserves to indulge in the creamy goodness of ice cream, even milk allergy families. So several years ago, after some experimenting, we came up with our best vanilla ice cream recipe. And once that was down pat, we built upon that base and created other dairy-free flavors to enjoy. My kids absolutely love making our own ice cream, and we have so many more … [Read more...]

Being able to make safe, homemade ice cream for my milk allergy son and whole family is one of my favorite things to do. And it's one of my fortes in the kitchen, along with soups and baking.  ;) Ice cream is so simple yet memory-making. We can all remember some special childhood event that involved ice cream, can't we? And our kids deserve that, even with food allergies. … [Read more...]

Our family is obsessed with making homemade, dairy-free ice cream, even in winter.  Because when you have an easy convenient ice cream maker (affiliate) and candy canes on hand, why not? For basic peppermint ice cream, we love natural candy canes and natural food coloring from Natural Candy Store. (affiliate)   The boys absolutely adore this flavor any time of the … [Read more...]

Move over pumpkin spice latte, we have a dairy-free pumpkin ice cream recipe the whole family can enjoy. To make ice cream all year long, I simply keep a gel bowl from my gel ice cream maker (affiliate link) in the freezer. And when we get the urge for ice cream, a delicious frozen treat can be made within the hour. Booyah! This pumpkin ice cream recipe has a really … [Read more...]