So, my wife has auto-immune disorders - Hashimoto's being one of them. So, we went to a specialist for her to have a food allergy test done as well as to see what they could do to help with her health. We found out that 2 main triggers for Hashimotos is Gluten and Dairy.

So she is now Gluten Free and Dairy Free. We also found out a list of foods that she is allergic to or foods that cause inflammatory reactions due to her auto-immune : 
Black Pepper, Mango, Pineapple, Tangerine, Dent Corn (think tortilla chips), Soy, Beef, Kidney Beans, Clove, Goat Milk, Papaya, Safflower, Tomatos, and Black Tea. 


So.. cooking has been a REAL fun challenge. Of course I have Pinterest and those food blogs, but just curious if anyone else out here has some fun meal ideas that I can try! 

Also Whole Foods has been a LIFESAFER! So many GF and DF options! 
Plus I use the YUKA app - it's free but I made a donation to get the paid version. And it detects Gluten and Dairy by scanning the barcode labels on food items. Really cool app! 

I'm trying to pull out a couple of recipes from when I had to go limited gluten when I was pregnant with my youngest. So sorry if they don't meet your other critieria! I tried to scan through them quickly, but obviously you're more familiar with her restrictions so you're more likely to catch stuff:

Cajun porkchops with zucchini: https://www.eatwell101.com/cajun-pork-chops-recipe

garlic butter sausages: https://www.eatwell101.com/garlic-butter-sausages-broccoli-recipe

Chicken bites: https://www.eatwell101.com/oven-baked-chicken-bites-recipe

Spinach Stuffed Chicken: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a30982780/spinach-stuffed-chicken-breast-recipe/ (this uses cheese, maybe you can find a work-around for it)

BBQ Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner: https://momsdinner.net/healthy-bbq-chicken-sheet-pan-dinner/

Good luck, though! That seems challenging. :( I hope you can find some tasty options!

That took out alot of yummy foods!  I'm sure she's sad about that :(  

Just at a quick glance of what she's currently having to avoid, and I would suggest looking up paleo-friendly meal ideas. Paleo tends to avoid dairy, grains, and legumes. With their recipes then, you could at least then file through the smaller ingredients to avoid or substitute, such as the soy, cloves, pepper, cloves, etc. 

Ooh thanks Jaya! I'll check those out!! 

Amberellie/Moorf, Yeah. She was sad mainly about cheese and bread xD lol She's really missing pizza right now so I've been on a mission searching for tomato free sauces for pizza recipes. 

Nurse Pants to the rescue! I had no clue that's what Paleo was so I will DEF look into that! 

https://www.livingbeyondallergies.com/tomato-free-pizza-sauce/ maybe?

My hubby and I are doing Keto right now and I've been learning that they are somewhat similar in that Keto can for the most part eat Paleo foods (with maybe the exception of some fruits? don't quote me...I'm by no means an expert on either), but Paleo can't eat Keto cuz Keto lets you eat cheese and heavy cream and whatnot. I've learned that coconut aminos is a thing and it is a subsitute for soy sauce. I have bought it but have yet to try it. xD There are quite a few coconut substitues for dairy or wheat products like coconut cream, coconut milk, coconut flour. 

Yes! Thank GOD for all the substitutes these days! Almond flour, almond milk, coconut oil instead of Pam cooking spray.. lots of changes. 

Side note.. Banana milk from Whole Foods? Superrr yummy! Especially if you use it while baking or in smoothies. 


Oooh Jaya that is brilliant! Thank you!! I was looking at like pesto sauces but she's not crazy about those. This is great! 

Also, can confirm that zoodles really aren't all that bad of a substitute for pasta - speaking as someone who loves their gluteny pasta haha. We've also tried palmini as a pasta substitute (made from heart of palm) and that was a good substitute as well!

Zoodles are a family favorite! As well as "squoodles" squash noodles lol I'll have to check out palmini!