Food Allergies: Cooking for families with lots of food allergies can be very frustrating but it is possible. Reading labels becomes your primary duty, but understanding what all the different synonyms means is critical. Your grocery bill really accelerates but when you start eliminating all the doctor visits it becomes easier. Ask your accountant about using the difference in the cost on your taxes. For instance, if regular bread is $2.00 a loaf and the cost of gluten free bread is $5.00 a loaf, you can use the difference of $3.00 as a deduction on your taxes. This is a lot of record keeping but worth it. I simply circle each item on my receipt and put the amount of the difference on a spread sheet. You'll be surprised how much it adds up to.
Shellfish and Peanuts (and peanut butter) aren't usually a hidden food ingredient, so it may be easier to avoid than some other allergy-causing foods. You just have to watch for cross contamination.
Casein is a milk protein. Many non-dairy products contain casein (a milk derivative), listed on the ingredient labels. Using water or fruit juice, rice milk and soy milk are good substitutes.
Nutrition is important with vitamins, folic acid, calcium and other important vitamins and minerals are essential to good health. Fruits, vegetables and natural meats become the main food focus and treats that everyone can eat become the main foods in our diet. The good news is "It's very healthy"!
Concentrate on what you can eat and serve your family instead of what you can't eat.
The following web site has a lot of information of cooking without eggs and egg substitutes:
http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/egg-replacements.aspx
Ener-G Foods is a reliable source and there food is quite good and has a section on allergies:
http://www.ener-g.com/
The Mayo Clinic is a reliable resource for correct information about the allergies:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Another good source which has all of the main food allergies is the Food Allergy Network:
http://www.foodallergy.org/section/allergens
Healthy Eating!
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