Recipes and Foods For The Milk Free

One of the dairy free products that I use all the time are ready made pie crusts. Recently I bought Buehler’s Pie Crusts to make homemade dairy free chicken pot pies. (I swear I will post the recipe soon!) Buehler’s Pie Crusts aren’t bad, I don’t remember the name of the last brand I bought but I purchased them at Aldi’s, but they were better. It may have helped if I had unrolled them as soon as I took them out of the fridge instead of leaving them on the counter to dry out while I made the chicken mixture.

I use this dairy free product a lot in my freezer cooking. These are great for making chicken pot pies but they are also good for making homemade dairy free hot pockets as well. I have previously made hot pockets with this great chicken and dairy free cream cheese mixture. I will have to look for that recipe to share with you all!

Anyway, back to the dairy free product Buehler’s Pie Crusts. These cooked up well. I like the crust that cooks up but it does not have the flakiness I like in my dairy free chicken pot pies.

Seriously, I love this stuff.  This is one of my favorite dairy free products.  I use Campbell’s Turkey Gravy in quite a few different recipes, my favorite being my homemade chicken pot pie recipe which I will be sharing soon. 

This turkey gravy is dairy free and its Campbell’s so you can’t get much better than that!  I’m not positive but I think that the can of Campbell’s chicken gravy does have dairy in it so make sure to read the ingredients and the name when you go to buy canned turkey gravy.  I also noticed that the generic brand of canned turkey gravy had dairy in it as well. 

This dairy free product, Campbell’s Turkey Gravy, is great for just about any recipe that calls for gravy.  Turkey gravy is really good on mashed potatoes or over meat such as roast beef and would be good even when you would normally use a beef gravy.  This is also good for soups that are meant to be a little thicker.

Personally, I’ve always wondered what it would be like if I could cook it with some sausage.  I’m not sure how it would work out but maybe with a little milk and flour I could make it into sausage gravy for biscuits and gravy? What do you think?

I use yellow dairy free cake mix for a few of my oamc, or freezer, dessert recipes.  Baker’s Corner brand dairy free cake mix is what I used the last time I made desserts to freeze though, for the life of me, I cannot remember where I bought it.  I want to say Aldi’s so perhaps that is where I grabbed it but it could have been Gerbe’s (Kroger brand) but I’m positive it is not at Wal-mart.  If you know, leave a comment and let everyone know!

I like this cake mix because it is very easy to use and it always ends up moist, even after I freeze it and then thaw it to eat.  I use it to make both cakes and cupcakes.  I find that the cupcakes are easier to freeze because they are then already in individual sized portions.  This way I can set two cupcakes out at dinner for the hubby and I to have later for our dessert. 

I also like the Baker’s Corner brand dairy free cake mix because it is very inexpensive and makes a great budget dessert for just the two of us or for when we have company over.  I’ll be posting some recipes for the cupcakes I make and freeze soon!

I’m always on the lookout for new dairy free products and this one kind of just appeared on my counter.  The in-laws were in earlier this week and they brought along bagels for breakfast.  I love bagels.  I love them toasted with dairy free butter, or toasted with peanut butter, or toasted with dairy free cream cheese, or toasted and made into a club sandwich. Seriously. I love bagels.

Bagels, as well as many other breads, sometimes don’t make it onto the dairy free products list.  Earthgrains Plain Bagels make it on the dairy free products list though! They may be lacking in milk but they are by no means lacking in taste.  These bagels are very moist, and were even moist two days later when I used them in a recipe. And they toasted up perfectly (though that could be the brand new toaster I just bought and used for the first time on the bagels!).

I was so excited that I made one of my favorite freezer meals with them. Check back tomorrow for the dairy free recipe for Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches a OAMC meal. 

I’m not big on frozen dinners that you pop in the microwave but there are times when they are easier than cooking something and will warm you up faster than a sandwich.  The adventure comes in finding milk free products.  My favorite brand of frozen dinner is Marie Callender’s.  The problem is Marie Callender’s isn’t known for its milk free products.  Marie Callender’s seems to want to put milk in every one of its products, which is probably what makes them taste so much better than say, Banquet. 

I havent bought them in years but Marie Callender’s frozen dinner was on sale the other day and we’re still cooking with an extension cord plugged into the microwave.  I was excited to find Marie Callender’s Chicken Teriyaki frozen dinner is dairy free!  It isn’t the best chicken teriyaki I’ve ever had but it is pretty good for a frozen dinner and Marie Callender’s gives you a lot of food as well.  This is a good meal for those who need something quick and dairy free.