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Posted: March 31 2009 at 7:23pm \| IP Logged

Okay - this is going to sound ridiculous, I am sure, but I really hadn't made the connectiong that I could *do* this!

We love garlic bread in this house. yum-yum. But ever since needing to avoid all dairy...I haven't had any.

Oh, I would watch DH slather the butter onto teh french bread and just droooooool. But I knew what it would do to me if I ate any. So it had been years since I had had garlic bread. Years.

Then, it suddenly occured to me....why don't I use olive oil?

So - I took half a loaf, he took the other for his butter soaked kind, and I brushed on olive oil and then the garlic and herbs and baked it like that.

And It Worked!!!

Yum.

So. Anyway. Just had to share

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Posted: March 31 2009 at 9:29pm \| IP Logged

oh yum..

I discovered eating the french bread dipped in an olive oil and vinegar.. hmm dish but not mixed.. you pour a small amount of oil on a plate and a bit of vinegar next to it.. maybe with some crushed garlic on the plate and then you dip your bread into it regulating your own oil/vinegar ratio..

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 9:25am \| IP Logged

Couldn't you just use a dairy free butter-style spread instead of butter?

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 10:14am \| IP Logged

So happy for you!!

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 11:14am \| IP Logged

Kathryn UK wrote:

Couldn't you just use a dairy free butter-style spread instead of butter?

i know that from reading labels, lots of the non-dairy ones still seem to have components from milk, and i have a dairy allergy, not lactose intolerance. so, that hidden dairy can get me if I am not careful.

I suppose I could use some types of margarine that are dairy free....but I have never used margarine in my life. I thought it was really bad for you? Are there types that aren't?

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When my son had a dairy allergy we used vegan margarine all the time. I think you can buy some now that is trans-fat free. I always bought it at the health food store, while I was buying soy milk by the case.

Those stores tend to have a better selection of those types of priducts. I thank heaven for all those vegans that invented great dairy-free, egg-free products. We used a lot of them during that time in our life! I'm sorry for your allergy.

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 2:59pm \| IP Logged

cactus mouse wrote:

Kathryn UK wrote:

Couldn't you just use a dairy free butter-style spread instead of butter?

I don't know what you can get in the US, but in the UK dairy free alternatives like these sunflower and soya spreads are widely available. I think the main health culprit in margarine is hydrogenated fat, but these are hydrogenated fat free with no artificial additives. It might be worth looking for something similar. They make quite a good alternative to butter for both spreading and baking.

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 4:26pm \| IP Logged

Smart Balance has a dairy free version. Remember that in the US, a food must list dairy as an ingredient if it is in there in any form. We used Smart Balance for a long time. Also, Fleishman's unsalted sticks, if you can find them.

But, olive oil sounds yummier anyway.

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