Welcome to the Blog:
A source of information about common food allergens and links to recipes which don’t contain them
Homemade mayonnaise
Traditional mayonnaise, mayonnaise replacements, and even vegan mayonnaise can be a problem for a multiple-food allergic person. Luckily, making homemade aquafaba mayo is a breeze.
Baking with aquafaba
Numerous aquafaba recipes have popped up on the internet, and the first one that I tried was… muffins. Have I mentioned that I love muffins?
Creamy rice pudding
Rice pudding is an easy-allergen-avoidance dessert to try. It’s simple to make, easy to modify for personal preferences, and completely delicious!
Allergen-free whole grain bread: Part 3
Remember the challenge I had using my old hand mixer to make dough for the first bread trial? Well, I decided that this bread-making enterprise was a good excuse to replace the old relic with a beautiful heavy-duty KitchenAid stand mixer. That’s reasonable, right? Right!
Roasted cauliflower and garlic soup
This Roasted Cauliflower and Garlic Soup from the Collegiate Vegan doesn’t require any adjustment to make it allergen-free, and it’s delicious.
Meeting my need for dessert
Making allergen-free breads and desserts is hard. And while I believe that good mental and physical health involves eating sweets only on an occasional basis, I also believe that it involves being able to eat sweets!
Making allergen-free whole grain bread: Part 2
For my second bread trial I approached the issue of allergens from another angle, by choosing a recipe free of any ingredients needing to be replaced, other than gluten.
Making allergen-free whole grain bread: An experiment
One of my dearest goals in life is to figure out how to make a decent allergen-free whole grain bread. And muffins. Especially muffins.
Allergen-free vanilla extract
One of the many problems faced by baked-good lovers with food allergies is that seemingly innocuous common baking ingredients contain hidden allergens. Here’s how you can make allergen-free vanilla extract using just two ingredients.