Allergy Superheroes

We’ve come up with a different take on the traditional “Dirt Cup” and made it an allergy-friendly recipe. Last spring, Enjoy Life Foods gave us the ingredients for making their dirt cup. It was very good! My wife thought she might have had a slight r

Breakfast. I love it. I really love starting our morning off with a nice, big breakfast. Sunday’s around here are known as Pancake Day. It’s a nice treat to make something more fun and a little more time consuming for a lazy Sunday morning. Once in a

Ever since last year, when I learned that I could roast a chicken in my crock pot, I wondered if I could do the same thing with a turkey. After trading out my decades-old 4 quart machine for a new 6 quart, I gave it a try. And guess what? IT WORKED!

This delicious beauty is top 8 free! It can also be corn free if you use organic powdered sugar with tapioca starch and other safe-for-you ingredients (flour, vanilla, colors, etc.) Decorate this cake with teal frosting and bring it to your next Hall

So it was the end of the year and our boys were about to embark on that time-honored tradition of driving their parents crazy for two weeks. Otherwise known as winter school break. As we went through the Lost and Found there was a nearby basket teemi

Beans. I like them. But I’m the only one in my household who does. That means I don’t have many dishes that has beans in them. I’ll open up a can of black beans to go on burritos or nachos once in a while, or a can of chili to go on a potato, but a f

Do you need an easy and attractive treat to serve for Easter or a related party? These Nest Krispie Treats will hit the spot!

This festive rice makes a great side dish to pair with any Mexican dish! Born of me just mixing my rice and vegetables together, this great rice is full of flavor!

Just in time for Valentine’s Day! Did you know that traditional Red Velvet cake uses a whole little squeeze bottle of red food coloring? You can use less if you have the super pigmented stuff, but still, that’s a lot of artificial food pigment. Some

I’ll be straight up honest with you. When I first tried Sunbutter I didn’t like it. Not at all. (Both my peanut allergic boys loved it.) It wasn’t peanut butter, it was different. And that was my problem. It’s not supposed to be peanut butter. After

Dean here, the male half of Allergy Superheroes. I wanted to help contribute more to the blog, so this is my first recipe for the new year. Let me know if you try it and how your favorite team is doing! Sadly, my Denver Broncos failed to make the pla

Here’s the thing about having a tree nut allergy: for me, most of the time, I don’t feel left out at all. Having spent my whole life knowing not only that nuts are off limits but potentially deadly, they truly don’t have any allure. If I see nuts in

We have a couple of frozen chickens in our freezer, and I’ve been wanting to roast them but haven’t wanted to spend all day near the kitchen. I then wondered whether it was possible to roast a chicken in the crockpot? A quick consultation with google

Sunday is pancake day in our house. We pretty much aren’t allowed to deviate from this, unless we make waffles instead. I decided to change things up a little bit this past week though, by incorporating the flavors of the season. And I decided to mak

As you may recall, I’ve posted a recipe for homemade chai latte before. I’m not a coffee shop person–nor a coffee person, for that matter–but I do love a good chai latte. Making my own has made this drink more affordable–and more fun! Now that it’s p

We went out for dinner the other night, and hubby was the only one of us who could order a milkshake for dessert–there was too great a risk of cross contamination for us allergic folk. The seasonal milkshakes sounded really good though, so we decided

The other night I pulled out my phone while making dinner, looking for inspiration to turn our abundant cucumber and tomato crops into an attractive vegetable dish. After seeing a few ideas, I began playing around. Then hubby walked into the kitchen.

In the last year, we’ve started doing a lot of muffins for breakfast. And now that fall is in the air (we had our temperature plunge by 20 degrees over the weekend!) it’s time to pull out all things Pumpkin Spice! These delicious allergy-friendly muf

Finding allergy-friendly recipes can be hard when you’re new, which is why I love sharing them here on my blog! This week, I’ve got a great, garden-fresh Cucumber Salad made mostly from my own backyard! If you like cucumber, you’ll love this deliciou

Mexican restaurants can be intimidating when there’s a language barrier, but these Allergy-Friendly Fajitas take the food allergy fear out of Mexican food! Dine tonight on something healthy and delicious!

What’s better than chocolate chip cookies? Why, doubling the chocolate, of course!

Garden produce is a beautiful thing! This week’s recipe came from an abundance of two crops in my garden: green beans and basil.

I decided to make muffins the other day, but discovered I was completely out of regular flour. I was already committed though, so I subbed in one of the gluten free flour mixes we had, and decided to make it top 8 free as well. And they turned out gr

This chicken salad makes for a great one-dish meal. Change it up by swapping out your favorite complimentary vegetables. The best part is that it’s top 8 free!

If you need a last-minute dessert to wow your family or friends, try out this patriotic Fruit Pizza recipe! It’s sure to be a hit!

If you deal with a nut allergy (peanut, tree nut, or both), you know that it’s nearly impossible to purchase trail mix from anywhere. In fact, except for Enjoy Life, I gave up trying long ago. Trail mix plays an important role in outdoor activities t

I needed a dessert to bring to our Father’s Day barbecue at my parents’ house last weekend, but I completely failed to plan ahead this year. With only an hour before we had to leave, I stared into the pantry until I decided to combine a few cookie re

I was feeling seriously uninspired when it came to posting a recipe this week. There really was nothing I felt like making–I just wanted to relax with a nice drink. Then I thought “Hey, why do my recipes need to be child-friendly all the time?” I don

If you have to bake without egg (or dairy), chances are, you’ve heard of the Wacky Cake. Or Crazy Cake, or Depression Cake. The Wacky Cake is a very good cake, and always gets rave reviews when I share it with people–even those who don’t have dietary

If you like the flavors of Asian food, try out this homemade Asian Salad Dressing with your next salad! It’s a refreshing change from your more common salad dressings!

Hubby and I used to love getting Fried Rice at Chinese Food restaurants. With more fun and flavor than regular white rice, it was our staple choice! Then our son was diagnosed with an egg allergy. And while we still occasionally ordered it when we kn

This is a drink I invented about eight months ago. I’d been thinking about all the foods, drinks, and nutrients “they” say you should consume every day, and how impossible it would be to come even close to the daily quota for most—much less trying to

I modified this recipe from the potatoes that accompanied a pork recipe in our McCall's Cooking School cookbook. The pork is killer and I'll post my variation of that recipe sometime, but it's a time-consuming beast, best for special occasions. I enj

I first made this recipe for hubby years ago on his birthday. It was a side dish for a larger recipe, but we both decided this was the only part of the recipe worth repeating! If you like onions, check out this delicious way to serve them as a side d

I've been using this pizza crust recipe for a while, when we make homemade pizza. I like it's ease of use--your bread machine does most of the work for you, and it behaves nicely when you spread it out on the pan. If you'd like a way to make your own

Dean has taken over the blog with his "When life gives you an egg allergy, you make egg free cookie dough you can eat raw!" Beware the puns.

I love my crockpot! It's so nice to dump all the ingredients in one big pot and let time do the cooking all day. I'll use it any time I get the chance! Another thing I love is pulled pork. I've shared my Hawaiian Pork recipe before, so today I'll sha

I purchased a set of football cookie cutters a few years ago, and I decided to break them out again for our annual Superbowl party, since our home team THE DENVER BRONCOS made it to the Superbowl!!! Rather than make brown or chocolate frosting, I dec

I got this recipe out of a magazine a while back, and it is scrum-diddle-e-umptious! If you're looking for a break from plain-old red sauce, cheese, and pepperoni, this pizza hits the spot! Whip one up for your next pizza night, or even for the Super

I found this recipe on a box of my kids' favorite flavor of Triscuits: Rosemary and Olive Oil. Since the kids like the crackers so much, I decided to give it a try (modifying it for allergens, of course.) They turned out really good!

If you like Italian-style salad dressings, you need to give this dressing a try!

I first made this recipe a long time ago with pureed sweet potato, but when trying to decide what to do with the mountain of pumpkin in my freezer, I realized that these biscuits would probably taste really good with pumpkin. And I was right! Not onl

I found this recipe in Parents Magazine a few years back. I had to modify it to edit out egg and for our personal tastes, and it's now a popular dish in our household. This is a great way to make your own fish sticks, without all the extra junk that'

This pair of recipes came out of the need to provide safe food for my family at two different events. The first was for Zax's class Gingerbread Party. The sign-up sheet came home, asking for parents to provide icing or decorations for the party. I si

Egg Nog. It's a tradition for many at this time of year. I'll be one of the first to say that I love the flavors, the creamy richness, and the decadence of eggnog. Sharing a cool glass with a loved one while bundled up in a cozy sweater is a quintess

Aquafaba. There’s a word I’ll bet you haven’t heard before. That’s because it was newly coined by Goose Wohlt, the originator of vegan chickpea meringue.