I've been seeing someone who specializes in food allergies.  She said to rotate what you use every 4 to 5 days to avoid becoming allergic to that food.  So if you use corn or cornflakes every day be careful or your child may become allergic to it after awhile.  Sandy

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From: Smith
Sent: Jun 19, 2009 7:28 AM
To: allergicjews@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [allergicjews] Re: new to group

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