Shelly's Recipes and Tips for People With Multiple Food Allergies

My daughter Julie is allergic to dairy, eggs, wheat, soy, and a bunch of fruits. We also avoid peanuts and tree nuts at her allergist's recommendations. My husband hates fish and seafood of all kinds, so we avoid those too. When we figured out that we needed to change Julie's diet to keep her healthy, finding things to feed her seemed almost impossible. I hope that by sharing what I've learned I can help other parents keep their kids healthy while enjoying mealtimes together as a family. I don't have all the answers, I am not a health expert. I'm just a mom trying to feed my family good food. Please read and think about each recipe carefully before trying it for your family – while my recipes usually don't include any of the top eight allergens, there are a lot of other allergens out there. Even if I include something that you are allergic to, there is very likely some substitution you can use to make the dish work out. I sure hope you find something here that helps you, and I would love to hear about it if you do; or if you have other great recipes and ideas for me to add. Please feel free to e-mail me at shellyk at shellykang dot com. (just replace the at and the dot with the symbols)

Recipes

Chili

Kung Pao Chicken

Dad's Yummy Chicken

Chicken and Black Bean Enchiladas

Beef Stroganoff

Curry Turkey Burgers and Thai Slaw Salad

Pasta Salad with Chicken and Artichoke Hearts

Tamale Pie

Fried Rice

Cookbook Suggestions – recipes we love

The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook by Cybele Pascal (Vital Health Publishing, 2006)

Breaded Chicken Cutlets with Roasted Red Peppers p. 86 - This chicken is like Shake-N-Bake, only less salty and the recipe has you use chicken breasts instead of whole parts. It's delicious, and pretty much satisfies the craving for fried chicken. I didn't really care for the red peppers all that much – not enough to make it worth all the work roasting and peeling them. They were kind of slimy. But we're adding the chicken to our regular meal rotation, and with a big salad or maybe some mashed potatoes, or sweet potato fries, it's a great meal!

Creamy Avocado Chicken Salad, p. 55 – It's chicken salad for people who can't do mayonnaise, and even if you can eat mayonnaise it tastes great and is much healthier for you! This made great sandwiches, and was even pretty good the next day (Avocados do brown, though, so you don't want to leave this one in the fridge too long)

Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust p. 91 – This is an american classic made safe for our families! I swear, I liked it better than the Swanson pot-pies I loved as a kid. This recipe was a little time consuming, and I pretty much spent all my free time that day making it, but it was worth it! The biscuit recipe in this book is not all that great for stand-alone biscuits (although they're better than nothing) but the biscuits work great as a topping for this casserole. Next time, I'm going to make twice the amount of filling for the same amount of biscuits and I think it will be even better. Even the leftovers were a hit in our house.