surviving the food allergy apocalypse

Tag: Tree Nut-free

  • Better Than Sex Vegan Rum Caramel Sauce

    So, one of the major bummers about a milk allergy is no more caramel. Or at least no more store bought candy with caramel.  And I miss that.  So by adapting a recipe that was used to make sticky buns, we developed this caramel.  The first thing we used it for was to dump over…

  • Awesome Cake Doughnuts — yes, gluten-free

    Now so far, gluten-free baking is still new to me.  I’ve had some utter disasters, so I’m still sticking pretty close to the recipes of other people.  So far, the majority of the recipes in this cookbook have been overwhelmingly winners.  I can highly recommend it as a good starting cookbook for gluten-free baking —…

  • Denise’s Really, Really Spicy Pea Soup

    This is a recipe that I began developing when I was younger and finally got it exactly where I wanted it somewhere between the ages of 16 or 17 years old. My parents do not like spicy food at all, and in typical teenage rebellion, I became a fire breather. Of course, back then, I…

  • Bat Signal Halloween Cupcakes

    Good Morning Gotham City! Do you feel you’re missing out on the sugar that makes Halloween special, given that everything is chock full of allergens?  You won’t after these cupcakes. This entire recipe is an excuse to play with marshmallow fondant, honestly, in my favorite baked goods format: the cupcake.  Since gluten-free baking is still…

  • Denise’s Crock-Pot Pulled Pork

    I love pulled pork. Although generally pulled pork is not rife with potential allergens when I eat out, you never know. By making it at home, I control the ingredients and I know what’s in it, and I have leftovers. Woo hoo! This is an incredibly easy version. Basically you dump the stuff in the…

  • Amanda and Ken’s Smoky Sweet Potato Soup

    Note (note 1): This post seems to have a lot of notes. My last year of grad school, my two roommates and I hosted somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 people for Thanksgiving.  We added all the leaves of my drop-leaf table (I’m the last of the grandkids to get it, and it seats 12),…

  • Easy Buffalo Wings (Two Versions, One Gluten Free)

    Why buffalo wings?  Because I love them, and I can’t eat them out anymore. Buffalo wing sauce is generally made with butter or margarine, and therefore contains milk. And depending on the particular restaurant, the breading may contain milk and they might use an egg to coat the chicken before breading it. And many restaurants…

  • Happy Layers Nacho Dip

    This is that layered Mexican dip that someone always brings to a potluck.  I don’t recall being a huge fan of it in the pre-diagnosis days, but it was one of the random things I really missed when I suddenly couldn’t have it.  This version is only 4 layers (no sour cream and no olives),…