Eureka!

I found a new bread recipe today! I'm so excited to try it! Just put TK down for a nap and heading to kitchen to try it out! I'll let you know how it goes!

Sometimes We Win, Sometimes We Lose

Tonight I experienced a little of both! We decided that we needed something sweet. That darn sweet tooth just won't move out, no matter what I do! So we searched through our new cookbooks to find something tasty. Chocolate chip cookies were agreed upon and off I went to the kitchen to work some magic.

Well, magic doesn't come so easily to me in the baking department these days... My first try came out of the oven like this...

Cookies, anyone?? Ick! My husband assured me that they taste fine! That sweet man. They say that learning how to cook allergen free food is a trial and error process, so I try to expect this each time I try a new recipe. But all I can think is, "What a waste of all that flour and those expensive chocolate chips!"

After analyzing our "cookies" (I'm not sure they are even worthy of that name) we decided that more flour was needed. Makes sense since we live at a high altitude. I'm just so afraid to alter these recipes that are so specific. So we added more flour to the remaining dough and the result was much better!

Mmmm... chocolate chip cookies that taste ALMOST like the ones your mom used to make!

Thanks Food Network

This is a delicious and fresh meal that takes little time to prepare. I have included a link to the recipe but I made my own version which I will share down below.

I used 2 red tomatoes (because those were the only ones I had on hand)
1 purple onion
1 Green Pepper (because I think everything should include a green pepper)
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil
Italian Seasonings (I'd love to tell you how much I used, but... I don't measure them. )

You have to try this! I just combine the tomato mixture a few hours before and let it marinade in the fridge for a couple hours. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, grill it up and top it off with the delectable topping you put together earlier. Can dinner get any easier? I don't think so.

Sofie-Safe Cooking!

Oh my goodness! This cookbook has saved our lives! We have a total of 3 allergy cookbooks in our house. After all the experimenting, we have determined that Sofie-Safe Cooking is the BEST cookbook if your entire household wants to go allergy-free. All of her recipes are simple, healthy, tasty and don't use all of those weird ingredients you've never heard of before. I HIGHLY recommend this cookbook to anyone with allergies. Her pancakes have been a hit (when Dad makes them.; it's been determined that I am NOT a pancake cook...) and we've added blueberries to ours and they turn out great.

It has been challenging to get all of us on the same diet, but it has been wonderful! We love eating the same meals together; sharing food off of each others' plates. It has also been a major stress reliever for us. It IS possible and the results are fantastic! Food is to be enjoyed! And boy, we sure do enjoy food!

Still Wheat and Soy Free at this house!

TK had a skin test the other day to see how he reacted to wheat and soy. His last skin test (done at the end of June) gave us hope that he would be able to undertake a food challenge for the wheat and soy... But alas, we are still not quite there. Our allergist is hopeful that if we avoid those for now, he will hopefully be ready for the food challenge with the soy at least. So, for now, we will still be substituting, mixing flours and spending a lot of money on rice milk! :)

"Sun" sational Cookies?? You know it!

I just made this DELICIOUS recipe for TK! He loves the cookies, no doubt! You HAVE to try it out. I, of course, substituted the egg for "Ener-G" egg replacer, and the flour for King Arthur's wheat free, gluten free all purpose flour. They turned out great!