I started this blog for an easy and fun way to organize the recipes that I have come up with to fit the new culinary lifestyle we have adopted ever since we found out that our son has food allergies. We have high hopes that he will outgrow the milk and egg allergy, so in the future we may not have to make those adjustments anymore. It is not so likely that he will outgrow the nut and seed allergy so a lot of my baking recipes will still apply. The reason why I have been forced to search for new ways to cook is because I chose to continue nursing him and therefore I had to change my diet. My favorite foods used to include: peanut butter, ice cream, yogurt, mexican, italian, almonds, etc. Now I just make simple adjustments to all my mexican and italian dishes and I've become very fond of rice milk, homemade hummus without tahini and Kelly Rudnicki's blog "Food Allergy Mama" for all my baking needs. I was forced to think of new ways to get calcium and protein in our diets instead of milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, and nuts which was a lot harder than I thought! So, out with the dairy/eggs/nuts and in with the chickpeas and beans (and of course, plenty of meat!)
My recipes are incredibly simple and a lot of them can be made ahead of time so they are perfect for Moms with little kids who happen to always be needy right around dinner time. I hope this blog helps anyone with food allergies as much as it's going to help me stay organized!
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