Category Archives: cooking

recipes

If you’re one of my facebook friends then you’ve probably seen the fantastic news about Finley outgrowing many of his food allergies.  According to the blood test he’s outgrown his corn, avocado, egg, banana and potato allergies.  His milk and tomato allergies barely register and his peanut allergy dropped incredibly low.  We still have to…

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mini pops

I’m going to be frank here.  Having a corn allergy absolutely sucks.  It’s in about 98% of the foods you buy at the grocery store.  I’ve never been a huge popcorn fan but my kids LOVE it; but then we found out about Finns corn allergy.  However, I found out about mini pops last week…

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our tacos

Mix and match whatever you please. …homemade tortillas… …refried beans… …sauteed veggies… …cilantro lime rice… …grilled chicken or steak… …feta cheese… My favorite is the cilantro lime rice, sauteed veggies and some feta (obviously not dairy free but easily omitted).  Oh, some guacamole would be amazing!

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easy lunch

With all of Finn’s food allergies, I have many people ask me what we can/do eat.  So, I thought it’d be fun to share a couple of our favorites with you.  This is my favorite go-to lunch.  It’s fast, easy and yummy.  All you do is boil your choice of noodles in some chicken broth. …

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dangerous brownies

I can not stop eating these brownies!  I’m not sure whether I should love Erin right now or hate her * 1/3 cup all-purpose flour * 1 cup water * 1/2 cup butter (I used 1/2 cup canola oil) * 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder * 2 cups white sugar * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract…

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