Introduction

Hi! Welcome to my blog for allergen friendly recipes! 

Let me start off my saying that my son has milk, nut, and egg allergies so those will be the only allergens that I avoid. If you or your child is allergic to shellfish, gluten, soy or anything else, my recipes might not work for you. 

Now, my story. In early 2014, we were snowed in and my son, 14 months old at the time, was getting a bit frustrated with being kept inside all winter. I had fed him everything except fish before this day. I decided to give him some apples with peanut butter and chocolate milk as a sweet treat. He ate some of the apples and drank some of the milk and shortly after his bottom lip started to swell a bit. We called a nurses hotline and they told us to give him some Benadryl since he was breathing fine. We gave it to him and the swelling went down. He had a pretty bad rash on his body after that so we took him to the doctor and they gave us some steroids to help flush his system and get rid of the rash. After that, we avoided peanuts, which was hard because one of his favorite snacks was peanut butter trail mix. 

A few weeks after this, we went out to eat. I got macaroni and cheese, bread and a soda. My husband got clam chowder, bread, a cookie and soda. We shared all of our food with him not thinking anything of it. He started to get fussy like he does when he's been sitting too long. So, we finished up and went to the car. I buckled him in his car seat and when I sat down in my seat, he let out a terrible scream so I quickly turned around to see why. His lips were 3-4 times their normal size so we rushed him to the ER. They gave him medication and it started to calm down but we had to stay in the hospital overnight. 

After telling several people the story. No one knew what he was allergic to, milk or peanuts so we just cut out peanuts thinking there may have been some in the cookie. He still had a terrible rash so we bumped up our appointment at the allergy specialist and his reactions to eggs, milk and nuts were severe. So we had blood work done and it came back that he was allergic to all parts of the egg, so no cooked eggs even, he was allergic to all parts of milk so no substituting for goats milk. And because he was allergic to peanuts, we were also advised to stay away from almond milk. 

Now he is 19 months and it's been a bit of a struggle. There are milk and eggs in things you would never imagine. So, I've learned to get a bit creative with meals and recipes and now I will share them so maybe I can help out another distressed parent of a child with these allergies!