About a week ago, I watched a local cooking show and saw some guy making vodka cream sauce, and I got to thinking, “Can I make that… and how?” So today I went to the local smokehouse (Oscar’s of Warrensburg, fabulous!!) and purchased a pound of hot Italian sausage (I only used half tonight). I couldn’t remember what the TV recipe was but I got the gist of it (the only amount I remembered was 1/4 c. vodka!) and figured I could wing it. Next time I’ll write it down in detail. But I took the sausage out of the casing,
We went to a Renaissance Festival last Saturday. I brought some snacks, as is my custom, and hoped to find some foods that my kids could have. They had smoked turkey legs that were basted with apple juice. Even though apple was one of my daughter’s severe intolerances (making her drink so much that she was tested twice for diabetes), I decided to try it (she’s been off it for about 3 years). She slept just fine that night, no increase in liquids, and no other symptoms that I could see. Yesterday, I let her eat two strawberries that grow in our yard (tiny things), and when I cleaned out her lunchbox from school, I found potato chips that I hadn’t given her (apparently one of her friends shared with her). She slept last night just fine, and again, no odd symptoms. I asked the caregiver today, and she said they eat Lay’s potato chips (I know that one is corn oil). So is it possible that she’s going to be able to have corn again someday? She’s been off that one about 3 years as well, and it was the food that gave her eczema and then folliculitis (and was one of her screaming-all-night-long foods). So it seems like she’s doing really well lately. I love it when more foods can be added into our rotation!!
I haven’t been posting many new recipes lately because I’ve been working on a cookbook! I’ve been re-doing each recipe and taking pictures, so that every recipe will be shown in full color in the book.
Well my son is definitely making progress since he got on the RIGHT probiotics and digestive enzymes, after the osteopath got the Genova stool test results. He’s added guar gum (which means he can have Purely Decadent Coconut Milk ice cream now!), gluten-free oatmeal (my daughter and I failed that food challenge), and apples (he is SOOOO happy to have apples and applesauce back). Not sure what food is next. But I am so thankful that he is finally healing.
I tried my son on eggs about a month ago. His previous reaction had been crying uncontrollably for a couple hours the following day after ingestion (about 18 months ago). He said his stomach hurt that night, but that was it. So I increased his Molybdenum (helps sulfur foods) and tried again (put it in cake so he wouldn’t know he was getting eggs). I used quail eggs and it was the equivalent of 2 chicken eggs in a chocolate-coconut bundt cake. He had one small piece (maybe a 12th of the cake). About a half hour later he said his stomach was cramping up. I got him a Children’s Pepto Bismol tablet, but before he even put it in his mouth, he ran off to the bathroom and vomited. Definite fail. We also tried tuna (a steak on the grill) which he loved. He ended up in the nurse’s office the next day at school, but he didn’t eat much lunch so he said it might have just been that he was hungry. We’ll revisit that one after things calm down a bit. My daughter is doing wonderful with oranges. She loves Clementines, and she’ll have 3-4 a day with no problem. Now I’m trying to figure out the next food for her to add back in.