One of the most challenging aspects of eating around my food sensitivities is trying to make desserts that are sugar free, dairy free and gluten free. My first try was a very successful sugar free, dairy free chocolate mousse, which my daughter, Lucie and I LOVE. It was based on a recipe from Clean Start: [...]
Posted on March 13, 2011 in Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Featured,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as dairy free, healthy snacking, vegan
Searching for a recipe that fits your food sensitivities, allergies, or your family’s particular likes and dislikes can be difficult. Yes, you could google a meatloaf recipe that doesn’t contain bread, onions or eggs – but there’s got to be a better way than clicking around to a zillion different food blogs. Luckily, there’s Foodily, [...]
Posted on February 2, 2011 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Food Sensitivities and tagged as Foodily
Now that Thanksgiving is over, are you wondering what to do with all that leftover canned pumpkin puree? Well, how about making some pumpkin cookies? Several years ago a friend made these Egg Free Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies for a play date since my then toddler daughter, Lucie, was eating an egg free diet due [...]
Posted on November 26, 2010 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as food allergies
My mom called this morning to ask me about the Fourmile Canyon Fire in Boulder, Colorado. Even though I live 30 miles away from the heart of the fire, it has affected us a bit. My children’s school is in Boulder County, so they’ve been kept indoors due to the poor air quality for the [...]
Posted on September 9, 2010 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Venison,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes, meatloaf
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” – [...]
Posted on September 25, 2008 in Cookbooks,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Gluten Free,Health,Recipes,Thanksgiving and tagged as brining, healthy recipes
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 [...]
Posted on February 10, 2008 in Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as Valentine's Day
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 [...]
Posted on January 29, 2008 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Food Reviews and tagged as food allergies
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 [...]
Posted on November 12, 2007 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Gluten Free,Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as brining
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 [...]
Posted on June 23, 2007 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Health and tagged as cakes
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, My Readable Feast, and check out Allergies and the search for eggless meatloaf. Don’t care if your meatloaf contains eggs or not? Try [...]
Posted on August 13, 2006 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes and tagged as meatloaf
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted on May 13, 2005 in Baking,Egg Free, Food Allergies
I came across this recipe at Broken or Not. 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. Hot Fudge Pudding Cake Based on a recipe from 100 Years of Hersey Favorites Makes 8 servings Ingredients: 1 1/4 [...]
Posted on February 28, 2005 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes
Here are the cakes I made for Monkey Boy’s at home birthday celebration and his bowling party. (He turned five.) I used discontinued Wilton pans for both cakes. Unfortunately, the pictures I took of the mini cupcakes I made for his preschool class didn’t turn out. Neither did the picture of the mini cake I [...]
Posted on February 22, 2005 in Egg Free, Food Allergies
Besides planning for my friend’s baby shower, I’m also planning my children’s birthday cakes – a Mickey Mouse cake for Monkey Boy’s birthday in February (I got the discontinued full body pan on eBay.) And a Minnie Mouse cake in March for Boo Girl. However, Boo is allergic (we think) to eggs. Luckily, I found [...]
Posted on January 27, 2005 in Baking,Egg Free, Food Allergies and tagged as birthday cakes
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