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Why This Blog...
If you landed here from my other blog (OurTravelsInBiomedLand), then you know why. If not, well, my two beautiful boys have a lot of digestive issues and as a result, we ended up with diet that is free of gluten, dairy, soy, and a variety of other foods. Due to the particular combination of foods that the boys need to avoid, there are not a lot of store bought, pre-prepared, ready made foods they can consume. So I had to learn to cook things from scratch. And while it was rough in the beginning, now, after well over 4 years of cooking practice, most of the kitchen chemistry experiments actually turn out quite well.
Now please understand that the recipes I post here are intended to appeal to kids. It was never my intent to (re)create fancy schmancy haute cuisine. And you also won't find a lot of "this is how you can continue to serve your kid mac & cheese without the actual mac & cheese and they won't taste the difference" type recipes. As I have found that recreating the so-called *kid friendly* foods from our pre-diet changes days is virtually impossible, and would always lead to disappointment.
What you will find is this: any and all of my kitchen chemistry experiments are started from the premise of wanting to come up with something tasty that's relatively simple to cook, and uses pure food ingredients as much as possible.
Now please understand that the recipes I post here are intended to appeal to kids. It was never my intent to (re)create fancy schmancy haute cuisine. And you also won't find a lot of "this is how you can continue to serve your kid mac & cheese without the actual mac & cheese and they won't taste the difference" type recipes. As I have found that recreating the so-called *kid friendly* foods from our pre-diet changes days is virtually impossible, and would always lead to disappointment.
What you will find is this: any and all of my kitchen chemistry experiments are started from the premise of wanting to come up with something tasty that's relatively simple to cook, and uses pure food ingredients as much as possible.
Foods We Avoid or Only Use Sparingly
- All artificial preservatives, emulsifiers, colorants, etc (aka artificial crap)
- All prepackaged/pre-prepared foods with unrecognizable, unpronouncible or genetically modified ingredients (aka stay as close to foods as made by Momma Nature as possible)
- Banana (Salamander)
- Canola Oil (HUGE problem for Salamander)
- Casein (well, pretty much all mammal dairy)
- Citrus (Potatey)
- Coconut (Potatey)
- Corn (Potatey)
- Gluten
- Limited Eggs (we used to be egg free; egg white was the big IgG based problem, but egg yolks are *sulphur bombs* and the boys have trouble processing sulphur; so limited amounts and rotate, rotate, rotate)
- Limited high glutamate veggies (legumes, beans, peas - we do eat them, but we rotate)
- Limited Quinoa (high oxalate foods are a problem for Salamander)
- Low protein (one of the breakdown elements of protein is ammonia; both boys have ammonia processing issues)
- Low Sugar (as much as humanly possible - I use honey, agave syrup or maple syrup for sweeteners)
- Most nuts for Salamander (he can have almond, walnut and hazelnut - of course then Potatey can't have walnut..)
- Mushroom (fungus.. we have enough fungi issues, thank you very much)
- Mustard (Salamander)
- Onion
- Pumpkin (HUGE problem for Salamander)
- Radish (Potatey)
- Shelfish
- Soy
- Various Spices, such as ginger, cinnamon, clove, garlic, nutmeg, oregano (Potatey - do I think he really is allergic to these? No. I think funky immune system cross reaction)
- Whatever else I am forgetting right now - I'll add as needed
- Yeast (Baker's & Brewer's)
Weekly Rotation - Theme of the Day
- Monday - Corn (Salamander), Rice (Potatey)
- Tuesday - Fruits and Veggies; Left over Almond Flour Waffles
- Wednesday - Rice
- Thursday - Potato
- Friday - Buckwheat
- Saturday - Fruits and Veggies; Tapioca Rolls/Buns; Baked Beans (Salamander); Peas or Brocoli (Potatey)
- Sunday - Almond Flour Waffles; Fruits and Veggies; Various Salads or a Soup
Must Have Food Stuffs (WIP)
- Almond Flour
- Baby Carrots
- Baking Soda (NOT powder)
- Cherrybrook Kitchen GF Waffle & Pancake Mix
- Ener-G Egg Replacer
- Ener-G Potato Starch Flour & Potato Flour
- Ener-G Tapioca Flour
- Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (GFCF and Soy Free)
- Hain Lite Safflower Mayonnaise (I made my own for a while too)
- Kosher Sea Salt
- Mrs. Leeper's Corn Pasta & Spaghetti
- Muir Glenn Tomato Sauce or Muir Glenn Chunky Tomato Sauce (I use this to make the boys' ketchup)
- Organic Baby Spinach
- Organic Dried Cranberries
- Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Red Mills Millet Flour
- Red Mills Organic Buckwheat Flour
- Spectrum Organic (raw) Apple Cider Vinegar
- Spectrum Organic Shortening
- Spectrum Safflower Oil
- Spectrum Sunflower Oil
- Sunmaid Raisins (small boxes only; the other sizes/bins are NOT gluten free)
- Tinkyada Rice Pasta & Rice Spaghetti
- Walnut Pieces
Helpful *Food Stuff* Books
- ** = My copies are starting to fall apart.. LOL
- ** Breaking The Vicious Cycle - Elaine Gottshall
- ** Cooking to Heal Little Tummies - Jenna Roberts & Natalie Hagood
- ** Is This Your Child - Doris Rapp, MD
- ** The Body Ecology Diet - Donna Gates
- ** The Encyclopedia of Dietary Interventions - Karyn Serrousi & Lisa Lewis, PhD
- ** Why Can't My child Behave - Jane Hersey
- Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook 2nd Ed - Jeanne Marie Martin
- Grain-free Gourmet - Jodi Bager & Jenny Lass
- The Feel Good Food Guide - Deborah Page Johnson
- The Thyroid Diet - Mary J. Shomon
Great Mailorder Food Websites (WIP)
- Allergy Grocer (aka Miss Roben's)
- Cherrybrook Kitchen GFCFetcF Stuff
- Digestive Wellness (SCD - nut flours!!)
- Ener-G Foods
- Gluten Free Pantry (DO READ ALL INGREDIENTS CAREFULLY)
- Namaste Mixes (DO READ ALL INGREDIENTS CAREFULLY)
- Special Foods (Used a lot of their stuff in the early days when I was petrified of the boys' developing problems with what little "mainstream" foods they still could eat)
- Spectrum Oils (DO READ ALL INGREDIENTS CAREFULLY)
Archive
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- Not Much Time..
- Allergy Grocery Fresh Baked Goods
- Honey Suckles
- Chocolate Brittle
- Delicata Squash...
- Match Me If You Can...
- So Sorry..
- Tasty Chicken Tenders
- Baked (fried?) Apple
- Beef and Vegetable Stew
- Salamander's Salad
- What Do The Boys Drink....
- Turkey Sandwich
- On Seafood....
- Buckwheat Pancakes
- Meatballs
- Baked Beans
- Ketchup....
- Almond Flour Waffles
- Ice Cream (Egg based)
- Easy Mashed Potatoes
- Coconut Yoghurt and Ice Cream
- Yes, yes.. more recipes need to go up. I have stac...
- Easy Snack Bars..
- Easy Pancakes
- Easy Brownies
- It Has Been Suggested...
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Recipes by Category
- "eating out" (1)
- "grown-up" taste (1)
- almond flour based dish (2)
- beef (4)
- breakfast (8)
- chicken (1)
- comfort food (6)
- condiments (2)
- corn (2)
- dinner (14)
- drinks (1)
- egg based dish (3)
- fish (1)
- fruits (4)
- hazelnut (1)
- ketchup (1)
- left-overs (6)
- legumes (2)
- lunch (14)
- Notices (7)
- pancakes (4)
- pasta (1)
- potato based dish (3)
- quinoa (1)
- salad (2)
- salad dressing (1)
- sandwich substitute (5)
- seafood (1)
- snacks (10)
- squash (1)
- Thanksgiving (4)
- tomato based dish (2)
- treats (8)
- turkey (4)
- veggies (3)
- yoghurt substitute (1)
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