VIRGINIA >>> Re: diet and regular soda

[Guest guest]

Virginia ,

OH bless your heart i dont know how in the world you are managing

to cook meals with those limitations.

Molly : O )

>

> Molly,

> I know what you mean. My hubby found out that he has

> allergies to a multitude of foods and trying to find

> something to eat for him is like finding needles in a

> haystack.

> He has tested allergic to all grains except rice and

> beans. Turnips, chocolate and milk products as well

> as eggs. All that leaves is meat and vegetables

> pretty much.

> Thankfully, he loves beans so he has had a lot of

> beans cooked with ham hock with Frito's and/or

> specially made cornbread.

> There are substitutes for some of the ingredients we

> use but some of them there just isn't.

> Tonight we tried to do salmon patties without the

> crackers and egg to bind it all together. We used

> potato flakes hoping that it would also do the binding

> but it didn't. The flavor was more fishy than when

> you have crushed crackers and an egg. I thought maybe

> I could use a mashed banana in place of the egg but

> not too sure that it wouldn't change the flavor quite

> a bit. Of all the substitutes I have found it sounds

> like it would do the binding most effectively. I'll

> have to give it a try after grocery shopping again.

>

> Until there is a drastic change in our diet we don't

> realize how many things are not just the ingredient

> that you thought they were. So many things contain

> soy which is a grain, and anything made that is baked

> usually has wheat or white all purpose flour including

> crackers and snack stuff. The only chips that we

> found to use are Frito's which are only corn and oil.

> Regular chips are fine as well but watch for the ones

> that are flavored or use wheat in them or use flavor

> and spices given from grains and cheese.

> Take out any milk products from the dairy section and

> then add the soybean oil to the list and you really

> don't have much of anything left.

>

> Then add to that he is diabetic (diet controlled) so

> regular sugar that is in a lot of stuff is off limits

> as well. He also has had several small strokes so we

> need to stay away from animal fats too.

>

> Isn't life such fun??? Thanks for sharing.

> ;-)Virginia