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When my daughter was three months old, she was diagnosed with a milk and soy protein allergy.  The pediatrician told me that I needed to cut out all dairy and soy from my diet.  In my head, I was trying to figure out what exactly that meant.  (Oh my gosh, no more ice cream!  No more milk in my cereal!  No more cheeeeeeeeese!)  My entire ride home was spent thinking about all of the dinners that I eat with cheese (every. single. dinner.) and how annoying it was going to be to give up that wonderfully delicious carton of ice cream in the freezer to my husband.  

When we finally returned home, it was lunchtime.  I grabbed the deli meat out of the fridge and looked longingly at the cheese.  Not today, cheese.  I went to get the bread and realized that there was soy in it.  CRAP.  All we had to eat is leftover lasagna (that's a big fat no-no), instant cheesy mashed potatoes (sigh), and this lonely deli meat.  Then it hit me.  This was going to be hard.

I have now been dairy- and soy-free for almost 3 months, and in an effort to make the transition easier for those other moms who have had their world turned upside down when the pediatrician says "no more dairy," I created this blog.  I also thought that if I wrote all of these recipes down somewhere, it may be easier for me to figure out dinner faster than staring blankly into the produce department.