I love to bake but it’s hard to do when dealing with food allergies. How do you bake when you cannot use eggs? I’ve never tried using an egg replacer; the idea just creeps me out. Instead, I’ve resorted to getting creative with oils, bananas and applesauce. When my son was first diagnosed with food allergies – and it was my diet that I was concerned about because he was just nursing – I turned to the web to find an alternative baked good that would satisfy my sweet tooth. I found many recipes on About.com and Allrecipes.com. At the later, you can search by the ingredients you want to use and ingredients you don’t want to use. Love that! I’ve had to adapt many recipes to suit my son’s particular allergies but those sites were a good place to start. Here’s a cookie recipe that I adapted from Allrecipes.com. The original recipe is Healthy Banana Cookies. I’m not sure how healthy my version is but my son loves them. Enjoy! 2-3 ripe bananas 2 cups of oats – I use the old-fashioned … [Read more...]
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Allergy-Friendly Chocolate-Banana-Oat Cookies
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