Dr. Update

Life has been super crazy, so I am sorry. We have been eating alot of burgers, hot dogs and BBQ. All basic and contains nothing...YIPPEE.

In other more interesting news, Korde went back to the Dr. earlier this week and was given permission to try cookies and cakes, as long as they are sans milk chocolate and milk containing frosting. The longer things are cooked the less allergen remains. As stoaked as we are, we have yet to actually try due to chaos in the form of the midnight showing of Harry Potter that was MuCh more exciting then a cookie :)

French Toast

From The Everything Food allergy Cookbook by Linda Larsen we used the Cinnamon French Toast recipe, but (altered) it a bit.

1/4 c. OJ
1/4 c. rice milk (vanilla flavored)
1 ripe banana (1/2 cup applesauce)
2 TB sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon(used cinnamon applesauce so didn't add this)
1/8 tsp cardamom(didn't use)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt

It said to use crusty bread, I didn't...USE CRUSTY BREAD This is a bit more liquidy then regular French Toast, so using the denser bread is a must. We didn't but have any and we didn't and it took lots of greaser to get them to not stick. However, these were SO GOOD! The OJ we used was a bit tart for me, but it was super tasty, smelled like Heaven and ALL the kids LOVED them...even my 2 picky eater brothers :) By the time I ate I wasn't hungry but the little I had while cooking was pretty darn tasty. Also, they didn't really need butter or syrup for some of the kids, which as long as they are happy everything else is much easier :)

Other foods...

Okay, so we had a whirlwind week last week, so I didn't get the stuff we tried on here.

We had a Polynesian Stir-Fry that was REALLY good, but the recipe is at my house and I am not.

We also had a Roasted Garlic sauce with Roasted veggies. The veggies were good, Korde liked the sauce and I didn't, I didn't give it to the baby, and no one else was home.

We have taken her out to eat, hamburgers are something easy she can eat out.

Instant Mashed potatoes are hit and miss. We have some that are fine, just have to switch out the regular milk with an alternative, but at my parents house, theirs have milk in the "mix".

First attempt at "Alfredo"

This was the recipe we had. It's from The Candle Cafe Cookbook by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza with Barbara Scott-Goodman

1 lb Silken Tofu
1 Head of Garlic, peeled
1/4 sup Sesame Tahini
1/4 cup Shoyu or Tamari Soy Sauce
pinch of salt
1 cup water

Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Transfer to a sauce pan and cook for 1 hour over med-low heat stirring occasionally.


This tasted like liquid garlic. It was not tasty to us at all. I had to thin it down with soy milk because it was REALLY thick. I don't know if I will try to alter it or just try a different one.

Pancakes tonight

On Sundays we tend to have Roast with potatoes and veggies, or breakfast for dinner. Today we had these for dinner. We used Very Vanilla Soy Milk. They left kind of a funny taste, so I would lesson the baking soda a little. Also, I didn't cook them covered so that could have been the reason they were rubbery...I would probably add sugar to them too as the aren't very sweet. If my family would eat them with nuts in them I would add nuts to them. If I make them again, I will add some sugar and COVER them when I cook them.

On another note. She was given a Bagel at church today. She loves bagels so started eating. I caught her after the first bite. I got yelled at for not telling the people giving her food. I didn't know they were giving her food, so I didn't think about it. I told them we just found out the past week. It wasn't pleasant...

Emotional Reactions

I realized on Saturday when we were walking through an Amusement Park and Korde asked if she could have something and didn't throw a huge fit about it that we were past the anger stage. When she was first realizing the length that she would have to go to to rid milk from her diet she would get REALLY mad...scream, stomp, slam the door, kick her plastic drawers out of her dresser...it was not fun, but I wasn't going to tell her to calm down, as she's the most calm tempered child I have. As I was thinking more on this in the park, it hit me that because she is old enough to understand the ramifications especially, she was going to have to "morn" for lack of a better word, what she had lost. Today she asked if she could have something else or not and I told her no, and she just said, "That's what I thought." Afterwords she went back to her business...

Food so far

Anything marked VEGAN will not contain anything with Animal bi-products in it and is safe for Korde to eat, if and only if you have the same allergies as she does will this be the case for you or yours.

[However, it also takes out all the meat...gah...that gets a bit old to me...if you have a different opinion that is fine, but this is my blog :) My opinion is subject to change as we go through this, but right now, I am still a steak and potatoes girl at heart :)]

Tofutti makes a line of dairy free products that replaces things like sour cream and cream cheese, ice cream. Some of their stuff contains eggs though, so double check the cookies and instant meals.

Trader Joe's has soy milk, rice milk, soy yogurt, frozen desserts, cheese, cereal. I know I am missing TONS, but their website and stores all are supposed to have a VEGAN list, so that is REALLY helpful.


There are TONS of Vegan blogs. I like VeganYumYum as the pictures of her food make it look TO. DIE. FOR!

Korde prefers rice milk over soy milk and she likes the peach soy yogurt, not the raspberry.

Things that surprised me that contain milk*: Special K, Corn Flakes, seasoned bread crumbs, Spaghetti O's, some Italian Dressings, frozen meatballs, frosting, some cake mixes.

*I realize some of these should not have been a surprise.

PS I am not sure why my websites aren't actual links...sorry...I'm working on it.