Dairy Free Goodness

I am totally having a love affair with coconut. I won't even bother to tout its health benefits (there are many!), but merely rave about it's deliciousness and versatility. What?? You doubt me?? If you are living this life of the dairy free, I am sure that you crave insanely for all that is creamy -- mmmm, ice cream, creamy casserole, mmm... I have solved that problem -- my miracle of life, the creme de la creme, coconut milk!! Oh yes my dairy free friends, it is heavenly.

Coconut Ice Cream is one of life's greatest pleasure. And oh, so easy! Especially if you have an ice cream maker.

2 cans of coconut milk
a few heaping spoonfuls of cocoa (can't you seem how precise I am?)
a generous squirt of agave nectar

Dump into the ice cream maker and viola! Sweet and creamy ice cream!

And then this evening, I was craving one of my hubbies favorite pre-dairy free dishes Beef Stroganoff. This posed me with a challenge -- I don't like beef, Christopher can't have the sour cream, he and Andrew can't have the egg noodles -- Oh My! But I conquered all and was proclaimed by my grateful (and satisfied) husband as having "hit a home run!"

Not So Beefy, Dairy Free Stroganoff

1/2 lb local ground pork
1/2 onion
1 small can tomato paste
1 C broth
1 big splash of red wine (dry)
1 six oz container COCONUT YOGURT!! (Plain)

Brown the pork with the onions in a bit of olive oil. Sprinkle with GF flour. Mix in the paste, broth, and wine. Simmer until thick and bubbly. Dump in the coconut yogurt and mix. Simmer until warmed through. Serve over GF pasta (we LOVE quinoa pasta!)

Pre Mix Reviews

Just a quick note to say that the Bob's Red Mill brownies are pretty good! I made them with flax and water egg replacment. Next time I would cut down a bit on the oil, but over all they were wuite yummy. Also note, they are cheaper at whole foods than Kroger.

Also, in the land of mixes, the Pamela's Bread Mix is quite yumm-o. I made them into rolls by pouring the mix into muffin pans. A little gummy, but with some tweaking, I think they could be acceptable. Better by far than the dry premade loaves that you pay a fortune for!

Our Story

Welcome! I am hoping that this blog can serve, for me, as a record of our food allergy journey as well as being a resource for others on this same journey. Our oldest was "diagnosed" at age six with a very long list of food intolerances. I have had to relearn how to cook, using many ingredients I had previously not even known existed. I am hoping to record our kitchen successes as well as failures in hope that a) I won't make the same mistakes twice! b) I can remake successes and you can try them as well c) others out their who have stood in my shoes can offer advice!

Thanks for joining us of this adventure. I hope we can all help eachother!