Welcome to this blog! We hope that this will be a place of encouragement to all of you who have family members suffering from multiple food allergies. We started this journey over 12 years ago when we started taking care of our nephew who had nut allergy, specifically cashew nuts and also soy allergy. That seems like so long ago and just a small jumping point to where we are now! Our daughter has allergies to:
Beef
Chicken
Turkey
Lamb
Wheat and all gluten
Barley
Oats
Rye
Soy
Potato
Milk
Eggs
All dairy - cheese, butter, yoghurt
Strawberries and other berries
Tomato
Certain fish
She's only 2 so we have not yet tried nuts or certain shellfish (crab, lobster) so I'm not sure about those! We have had multiple trips to the ER as she will get severe hives and also anaphylaxis where she get's problems breathing and lip/mouth swelling. Benedryl is our friend!
Often times we are simply asked what can she eat as that seems easier:
Rice. corn, pork, duck, some fruit - apples, pears, bananas, grapes, corn oil, onions, mushrooms, spinach and other green leafy vegetables like nappa cabbage, carrots, white turnips/radish.
Listing things out helps me realize that she really can eat alot more than sometimes I remember!
Our greatest struggles are when we travel or when I'm feeling too lazy to cook and want to just grab something from the freezer to microwave. But I hope to share with you some tips for when we travel and also our favorite recipes! I also hope to show how it doesn't have to be real expensive to provide great food that is allergy free. Alot of times I am shocked at how expensive gluten free cookies are!
Hope this will help you and encourage you to start enjoying cooking for your food allergic child!