Two years ago my son was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. I was completely devastated! I had never dealt with anything like this before. Why was it happening? Why didn't it happen to the other children? What do I do now? These were the questions going round and round in my head. I have culinary background but not nearly enough to deal with this. I felt sad, overwhelmed, scared and mad all at the same time. I couldn't focus on much except making sure my son didn't get anything that would hurt him.
He couldn't have much...he was allergic to eggs, soy, dairy, wheat. corn, peanuts and tree-nuts. What else is there? On top of that, he had environmental allergies.... all tree and grass. He was so young to have his quality life effected in this way. I started researching food, recipes, and any information I could get my hands on. I went to several health food stores and looked at item after item to find something that he could eat. Let me just stop for a moment, if you hate regular grocery shopping this will wear you out!! Back to the story, I was exhausted to say the least and still hadn't gotten very far. Is it that hard to find nutritional allergy free items? Absolutely!
What is the world coming to when a mother cannot nourish her child? This was depressing! My heavenly Father spoke to me when I had come to the end of my rope and said to me "Get up! this is a time of learning!" He was right. If I couldn't find it, I would have to learn to make it. So I went out and found every book I could get my hands on that dealt with allergy free cooking and baking.
OMG! How expensive the ingredients are! Eating healthy is expensive, there has to be a way to fix that.
Are you that mom, dad or grandparent who has a loved one with food allergies? What do you do? How do you cope? Where do you purchase your bakery items from? I'd like to hear from you. Stay tuned because this story gets pretty interesting!
