Allergy Update

So my dinner last night went well, especially since I hadn't planned it out ahead of time. I micro-defrosted my chicken tenderloins. Half I seasoned with Shake and Bake and the other I brushed with a little Olive Oil and sprinkled some salt, pepper and onion salt. I told Madison that I was making this chicken for us and the other kids had to have something different since they were so picky.

She didn't argue but I don't think she bought it either.

I also fixed white basmati rice, fresh corn on the cob and mixed veggies. It was delish! Everyone loved what they had except Mia. But then she's like that with food and I'll worry about that later. I'll devise or find a nugget recipe that's egg, wheat, soy and milk free at some point. Until then we can eat it plain w/ spices.

I was really encouraged to get a meal out that was theorhetically allergan free. I perused the Food Lion last night and found a couple things to try. I discovered today that I can make the corn cake packet and use goat's butter because non of it had allergans in it, including the "creamed" corn.

I'm keeping lists. Lists of banned foods, lists of allowable foods, lists of things she's tried and not liked, a list of each allergan and it's derivative for food shopping. I'll make a list to tack to the fridgie to remind us and at some point I'll probably make a menu of sorts to help with meal planning. On this side of things, I think I'll be easier to fix things we can all eat, even if the same or repetitive, so that no one feels singled out. It's just not fair to sit there and eat pizza and fix something different for my Madison.

My friend J, sent a recipe for Wacky Cake she saw in the newspaper over the weekend. It's an awesome recipe with the only allergan as wheat. Since I don't have to take the wheat out as of yet, I want to make this soon. I'm sure we can replace the wheat flour with a derivative and make it completely allergan free. We'll see. I'm going to make it properly first and then with an alternate flour or two to see how we fare. I'm excited about this! Oh and it has chocolate in it so it can't be too bad ;)