Elimination diet advice

[mattbell]

I'm going to take all elimination diet posts onto a filter so the rest of you don't get spammed by them.  If you want to be on the filter, let me know.

First question -- what is a good non-dairy, non-soy substitute for yogurt?  I need something that I can use as a creamy-ish base for (non-wheat) cereals and pasta sauce.  All the rice/nut milks are too thin.  

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[eccentrific.livejournal.com]

A few minutes with a blender, a strainer and some cheesecloth. Put a cup of raw almonds (or whatever nut - sunflower seeds work well too) and a cup of water in the blender with whatever flavorings you want (I like a tsp. honey and 3/4 in. vanilla bean for drinking, plain for cooking with). Blend well. Add 4 cups water (for normal drinking consistency - adjust for whatever you want) and mix. Pour into cheesecloth sitting in a strainer over a bowl or something. Ignore it while you go shower or something. Come back, squeeze the cheesecloth to get all the liquid out and throw out the solids.

Fish that you eat with bones like sardines and anchovies are really good sources of calcium. Also, dark green vegetables like spinach and collard greens are very good. Vegetable calcium is not absorbed as easily as the calcium in milk typically, so you need more of it.