I have a feeling this is a long shot but I figure if I'm going to get an answer anywhere here's a good bet. I've recently developed a banana allergy which is fine in terms of no bananas for breakfast but I do enjoy the occasional banana bread. Mostly I like the warmth and the mushy, gooey texture so would love to replicate that even if replicating ( Read more... )

 Is anyone familiar with the ALCAT test? It's a food sensitivity test. I have been having some issues with some inflammation, which led, in addition to my curiosity, to me taking the test. I tested 200 foods as well as 50 medicinal herbs. My results are very daunting.
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A dear friend of mine hasn't eaten desserts in years. She has a disease (SIBO = small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), and so can't eat legumes, carbs, or sugar. Of course, this has sparked my "AHA!!! CHALLENGE!!!" mode, and I'd really, really, really love to make her something that she can enjoy that doesn't taste like cardboard. She thinks that ( Read more... )

My stepmom and I are trying to spend the week reducing our reliance on processed food/chemicals by making meals out of foods with as few already-combined ingredients as possible. Basically, with substitution magic, that means no baking powder, tofu, or chocolate. We've done the stir-fry thing quite a bit, and really all that we're having trouble ( Read more... )

Should just give up on my love of cheese because of the carrageenan and iodine ingredients? I'm trying to avoid it and soy, carrageenan and agar agar came up as positive for iodine. I looked back on the memories for cheese and the ones I saw contained them. I remember seeing a recipe using cauliflower but I'm forgetting the key ingredient and may ( Read more... )

I'm hosting a Thanksgiving dinner this year, and in addition to being vegan, it also needs to be wheat/gluten/corn/soy/peanut/almond/mushroom free (I'm not allergic to mushrooms, but one of my guestes absolutely loathes them ( Read more... )

I have a friend who's staying with me for about four days, and before she came I wrote up a tenative schedule of things to cook for her stay... roasted portobellos, fettucine alfredo made with a nut-based sauce, hot-sauce glazed tempeh, faux egg-salad sandwiches, tofu scrambles for breakfast... and etc, lots of tasty things. Then when I got here I ( Read more... )

Okay, so I really miss having mustard with my tofu pups & veggie burgers but I'm allergic to apples & grapes so I guess that means mustard made with most vinegars or apple cider vinegar is out. But I got to thinking, what about rice vinegar? Is it possible to make a mustard with that? If so, anyone have any good recipes for making your own mustard/ ( Read more... )

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My 14-month-old son is not vegan, per sé. We had intended to raise him as a lacto ovo vegetarian; then he was diagnosed with severe allergies to milk and eggs (and peanuts. The trifecta!). So, by default ( Read more... )