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Egg Free, Food Allergies

Why not create a healthy polymeal feast this Thanksgiving? Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S, is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition, and health. His new book Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why shows how to combine ingredients – what he refers to as “polymeals” – [...]

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Posted on September 25, 2008 in Cookbooks,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Gluten Free,Health,Recipes,Thanksgiving and tagged as

I was so excited to see this healthy Valentine’s Day recipe in the February issue of Woman’s Day. Not only does it have only 4 Weight Watchers POINTS per serving, but it doesn’t contain eggs – a big consideration since my daughter is allergic to eggs. I also love the recipe because it uses ricotta [...]

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Posted on February 10, 2008 in Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as , , ,

I often blog about the challenges of having a daughter who is allergic to eggs, nuts, peanuts (a legume) and soy both here at This Mama Cooks! and on my children’s book blog, My Readable Feast. It’s probably why Divvies Bakery in South Salem, New York contacted me about reviewing some of their products. Divvies [...]

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Posted on January 29, 2008 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Food Reviews and tagged as ,

Now that we've moved my mother-in-law out to Colorado, Thanksgiving is going to be challenging. No, not because she's mean ol' lady, but because she has celiac sprue and can't eat gluten. Combine that with my daughter's food allergies – no eggs and no nuts – and the holiday feast becomes quite challenging. Hooray for [...]

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Posted on November 12, 2007 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Gluten Free,Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as

When my friend Suzanne heard that my daughter is allergic to eggs, she sent along this recipe for an eggless chocolate cake. It’s named after the mother of an old friend of hers who used to make it. Since my daughter is also allergic to peanut butter, I’d make a traditional frosting or maybe a [...]

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Posted on June 23, 2007 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Health and tagged as , ,

Allergic to eggs or just looking for foods that don’t contain them? I’ve found some terrific recipes for eggless meatloaf that I’d love to share with you at my other food blog, A Readable Feast, and check out Allergies and the search for eggless meatloaf. Don’t care if your meatloaf contains eggs or not? Try [...]

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Posted on August 13, 2006 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes and tagged as ,

I’ve finally found a pumpkin pie recipes without eggs! (My daughter is allergic to them.) From yesterday’s Denver Post comes this recipe which originally appeared in Vegetarian Times magazine: Vegan Pumpkin Pie The filling for this vegan recipe needs to set overnight in the refrigerator, so make it the day before you serve it. Also, [...]

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Posted on November 17, 2005 in Baking,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Thanksgiving

For the past couple of weeks The Denver Post has presented a "Countdown to Thanksgiving" feature with some fantastic recipes. (The previous week’s recipes are here.) Since I’m on the lookout for desserts without eggs – due to my daughter’s egg allergy – I thought this recipe would be a good one to try: Colorado [...]

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Posted on November 12, 2005 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Thanksgiving

I came across this in the latest issue of Parent’s magazine: At Last! Treats for Kids with Food AllergiesThis new line of baking mixes by Cherrybrook Kitchen was developed by a mom especially for kids who are allergic to peanuts, eggs, nuts, and dairy products. The best thing about them: they taste really good. The [...]

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Posted on May 13, 2005 in Baking,Egg Free, Food Allergies

I came across this recipe at Broken or Not while cruising BlogExplosion. It sounded so good I felt I must post it here at This Mama Cooks! What intrigued me was while it’s called a cake, it has no eggs. Just the sort of recipe I’m looking for the egg-sensitive Boo Girl, thanks Kris. (She’s [...]

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Posted on February 28, 2005 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes