Welcome to my blog! I’m Elizabeth, and sometimes I break out into full upper body hives for no particular reason. Well, I know why. I have food allergies. I was born with an allergy to dairy, and later on in life I discovered that I was allergic to eggs, peanuts, and corn, with an exciting detour into an intolerance to soy, malt, barley, oats, watermelon, and brewer’s yeast. It’s super fun!
It can also be incredibly frustrating. There’s so much to be wary of when you have multiple food allergies, and learning as an adult meant that I had to relearn all my old cooking habits. Where before I was willing to try any new food I came across, now I had to learn extreme caution. And the question I hear the most when people find out about my dietary restrictions?
“But What Can You Eat?”
Turns out, quite a lot, even though I have to be more careful now then I was when I was younger. It’s been difficult navigating my new normal, even with my family and friends to help me, and part of my recovery was learning to work my way through my recipes all over again. I researched new ingredients, and wrestled with saying good bye to old favorites, even as I made new ones. I’ve always loved to cook (with more or less success) and now it has become even more important that I know what’s in my food and how it’s all come together.
My goal is help other people who might have my allergies (or some of them, or just one!) learn that there is good food out there for us and we can have it. I eat chicken, and occasionally, red meat, but I also have a ton of plant-based dishes, especially desserts.
Each week, I’m going to upload a recipe or a post about some aspect of living with allergies that has helped me move forward. I hope very much that you’ll join me here, and that you can add these recipes into your own food repertoire.
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But What Can You Eat? 