If you have an Aspergers child, or anyone else in your home has an allergy to dairy or intolerance here is an awesome way to be able to enjoy a great dessert and not worry about the dairy. Add your favorite herbs and spices and make it nutritious and delicious! I make Black Rice pudding using herbal tea and water and coconut milk. I add cinnamon, Good Earth sweet N Spicy tea, Ginger, Nettle leaf, Roasted Dandelion, and whatever else I feel like to the water and again to the coconut milk. The recipe is 2 Cups  black rice                                             6 Cups water                                                                                         Spices and herbs                                                                                                            3 tea bags of any packaged tea used              3 TBS any loose spice or Herb used                                                                 Bring to boil then simmer until water is gone      usually takes an hour or more Add 1 cup sweetener- sugar, brown, sugar, stevia, or honey. You can use more or less according to your taste and 1 package coconut                                              Add 4 -6 Cans Coconut Milk so it is liquidy again. Stir well and simmer again until Thickened and rice is soft. If you use this recipe you can change anything, add your favorite tea or herbs,  try with almond milk also.                                   For a change in chocolate or Vanilla Pudding try some of the following ideas. Choose your milk substitute first. Water, Hemp Milk, Almond Milk, Coconut Milk or Rice milk are my favorite options. Measure the amount of liquid needed for the recipe, and add herbal tea. If I use packaged tea bags I use 2 bags per cup of liquid. If I am using loose Herbal tea I use 3-5 TBS per cup depending on how strong I want it and the type of Herb being used. I use a tea ball or muslin tea bag for this. I steep for at least 20 minutes. Sometimes longer, you can sit it in the fridge covered overnight if you want.  Remove herbal tea and continue with recipe as normal. There are so many ways to change pudding using spices and herbs. Use your imagination. Cloves, Orange peel, ginger, Raspberry herb and chocolate mint tea in chocolate or vanilla pudding.  Use chamomile at night for a relaxing dessert to help mellow out the kids. Rose Hips are great in Vanilla Pudding. Orange ginger in Vanilla is a nice twist as well!

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So a while back we had to cut out dairy for chubs. He gets none, and we cut out gluten for a month to see what happens. We ended up going to gluten again but less of it, we now use a lot of rice, potato, sorghum, tapioca,and anything gluten free. The only time we use anything else is if its whole wheat.
So how does this fit? We discovered that Chubs angry outbursts, the raging lets up to almost gone as long as he gets no dairy. If he has even a small amount wow watch out, he is violent, screaming, freaking over everything, refuses to do what he is asked, and can not retain anything he is taught. Take away dairy and he retains it better! it is amazing. So I made everyone go dairy free for a short time. I noticed a difference in them all. Unfortunately some refuse and so I am slowly working everyones milk into being dairy free milk. They all have it more often than they know, they always love whats cooked. I cant get them to drink it yet. Hope soon.
The gluten we went without 1 month. I think we need a redo and for it to be a few months to really know. I am fairly sure someone will have an issue of some kind. That starts next month.
Dyes play a role also, avoid them and artificial colorings of all kinds, artificial flavors as well.
I have discovered a few items that contain one form of milk or another, for someone with a severe reaction this could be bad, it could be the cause of morning or bedtime battles, or sickness.
One toothpaste! Can you believe it!
Dairy is something many react to and are not aware of it. If you are dealing with a dairy allergy here is a list of the various names it goes under on labels. I write a column on eating dairy free you can follow for ideas, recipes, and also ask questions and I will respond if possible to help. Check out examiner.com/dairyfree-food-in-topeka/jaelene-huffman                                                             

Acidophilus milk

Ammonium caseinate

Artificial butter flavor

Artificial flavors / flavoring

Brown sugar flavoring

Butter

Butter fat

Butter flavor

Butter solids

Buttermilk

Calcium caseinate

Caramel Color

Caramel Flavoring

Casein

Caseinate

Cheese (All)

Coconut Cream Flavoring

Condensed milk

Cottage cheese

Cream

Curds

Custard

Delactosed whey

Demineralized whey

Dry milk powder

Dry milk solids

Evaporated milk

Fat Replacers - Brands such as Dairy-Lo® and Simplesse® are made with milk protein

Galactose

Ghee

Half-and-half

High Protein Flour

Hydrolysates

Hydrolyzed casein

Hydrolyzed milk protein

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein

Iron caseinate

Lactalbumin

Lactalbumin phosphate

Lactate

Lactic Acid Starter Culture

Lactoferrin

Lactoglobulin

Lactose

Lactulose

Magnesium caseinate

Malted milk

Margarine

Milk (whole, lowfat, and skim)

Milk derivative

Milk fat

Milk powder

Milk protein

Milk solids

Natural egg flavor

Natural flavors / flavoring

Non-Dairy - This does not mean milk-free, it indicates 1/2% or less milk by weight

Nougat

Potassium caseinate

Protein - The added protein in foods is often milk protein

Pudding

Recaldent

Ready sponge

Rennet casein

Sodium caseinate

Sodium lactylate

Sour cream

Sour milk solids

Soy Cheese - Often contains milk protein

Sweetened condensed milk

Whey

Whey powder

Whey protein concentrate

Whey protein hydrolysate

Yogurt

Zinc caseinate

Goat's milk is avoided also. Some people may be able to handle milk after a while of dairy free. Talk to your doctor or a Nutritionist about this possibility. Goats milk has smaller fat globules and they break up easier in the stomach.