Hello and welcome to Bon Allergy. My sister and I have created this blog in an attempt to help all of you out there with food allergies. We are not expert chefs who can come up with recipes on a dime, but we can cook and tell if something tastes good. It takes a lot of time and effort to find allergy-free products and recipes that taste normal enough to serve for dinner. Our goal is to make your job easier (and have fun along the way).
Let us introduce ourselves.
This is my sister Katie and I (Hannah) with our youngest adorable niece. Although we are the best of friends, the two of us have very different personalities. I am the crazy adventurous one who adores sports and can talk your ear off. Katie is the one in the cute clothes drawing pictures and being really sweet, and she prefers not to be dirty. But we have rubbed off on each other - she does love softball, and I love girlie movies. We have always shared whatever we had (including a room), and now we have food allergies in common.
A few years back, after an injury, I became really sick. It took a while before I discovered I had food allergies. Later I found out that I had nerve problems that affect my stomach, and my body has a hard time digesting certain foods. I am allergic to milk and eggs (oh, and cranberries, which is very random). I get really sick if I have either of those. I can be a little more liberal with the other foods I cannot eat due to digestion problems, which are gluten, soy, and certain fruits. Sugar also bothers my stomach; but, hey, it's a lot harder to completely give up than you think.
When I first discovered I couldn't eat milk or eggs, I practically went into a food depression, eating mostly meat and raw fruits and veggies. My first attempt to make gluten-free dessert ended up being a bunch of cookie crumbs, and the vegan brownies I made tasted, well, vegan. It took me a while to stop being lazy and get my butt into the kitchen to experiment (and I still didn't do it very often). When my sister found out she had allergies, however, it took her a total of a few days to create something fabulous. I told you she was different from me.
Katie found out earlier this year that she has a vascular disease. One of the ways of combating that problem without medication was to find out what she was allergic to and stay away from them. Her list of foods she cannot eat is quite extensive, including gluten, dairy, corn, peanuts, and yeast.
We usually make food both of us can eat together, as we already share some of the same restrictions. Correction - Katie makes food that both of us can eat. I give her tips and ideas, but usually she is the one searching for a recipe to make or base ours off of. I also often don't get home from work until late, so I'm not home to help.
That is our story. The moral of it is we have allergies, Katie is amazing, and we hope you enjoy the information and recipes we provide. For your convenience, we will be labeling each recipe for quick reference. We will put which of the major allergy foods (minus fish/shellfish) the dish is free of. We will also add yeast-free and sugar-free to our labels.
Glad you started this!
the sight looks amazing girls!
you should check out these blogs for some amazing recipes: http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/
http://www.mytartelette.com/2009/02/recipe-index.html
Great site! I especially liked seeing my Mom's Fudge recipe (Yum). My allergies are to gluten, dairy, corn, soy, and strangely garlic. I am currently following the Primal Blueprint, and feeling great. Currently I have lost over 100 pounds.