Cyndi,
I am in a strictly kosher home, w/a 4 y.o. daughter who has
had anaph. to egg and dairy. The house is completely free of things she
is allergic to: nuts, eggs, sesame, coconut, cherries (which is a
flavoring in many juices & pops). She is also allergic to dairy,
safflower oil and honey, but we do have very few products with those things in
them and very carefully eat those. IN addition I am on a gluten-free
diet. My kids do not like potatoes!
It is a total fallacy that you need egg to cook with.
We do fine without it.
Sweet potato tsimmes is a mainstay in my house, I use the
recipe from the NY times Passover book. You can melt marshmallows on top to
make it more appealing if need be, but we don’t.
Also turkey burgers with lots of parsely, garlic, onion,
salt, I use bread crumbs as a binder instead of egg. You could use a gluten
free sub for that. For me I add curry, scallions and lime juice in the meat,
and also to deglaze the pan before I remove my burgers. I use 1 lb. Empire ground
white, 2 lbs empire ground dark. You can make meatballs with these too which
are delicious. Everyone in my family loves these.
I make cornflake chicken with chicken on the bone, I wash
the chicken and without drying it, put it into a Ziploc bag with mashed
cornflakes, salt and garlic powder. Shake hard! You don’t need the egg at
all. I drizzle margarine on it and then bake in the oven. Everyone loves it.
Trader joes makes a sesame free hummus which everyone loves
and is great for on the road/lunch boxes. We dip carrots, celery, corn
tortillas and regular tortillas in them. Or make wraps with them.
I sent you a separate email about the practicalness of such
a strict elimination diet. I would ask them to keep soy in as you adjust to
the strictness of this diet, or insist on Ige and IgG blood testing. I have
had the latter and it has made a huge difference in my life.
Good luck!
Kim