French Toast

Ingredients and directions are taken from the "Cook It Allergy Free" blog with some alterations.

Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas
1 Cup of dairy free milk
2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp vanilla
2 Tbsp flax meal
6-8 slices of bread
2 Tbsp Oil or butter for skillet (skillet must be greased in between batches)

Directions:
1.  Blend bananas, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, and flax, in blender
2.  Gently dip bread slices into the mix, coating both sides well.
3.  Fry in oil until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side.
4. Serve with maple syrup and fresh fruit

Orange You Happy Carrots

1 lb. peeled baby carrots

1/2 c. orange juice

2 tbs. honey

2 tbs. golden raisins

1 tsp. finely shredded orange peel

1. In a large, deep skillet, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add carrots, return to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 5-10 min or until tender. Drain and return to pan.

2. Stir in orange juice, honey, and raisins. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered for 5-8 min or until liquid is syrupy and carrots are glazed. Serve topped with orange peel.

Oatmeal & Apple Bars

1 medium apple chopped

1/2 c. Benecol margarine

1/4 c. brown sugar

1/4 c. granulated sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 cup applesauce

1 c. all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1-1/2 c quick cooking oats

Heat oven to 350F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with vegetable pan spray. In a large bowl, cream butter with both sugars. Add vanilla and applesauce; blend well. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and oats; mix well. Stir in apples. Spray a 1 oz. cookie scoop or tablespoon with vegetable pan spray and drop dough on prepared pans. Bake 15-18 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.

Makes: 2 dozen cookies

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A note from the person who originally posted this: I used this recipe, but added some cinnamon. I then baked it in an 8x8 baking dish for double the time. Cut into bars and wrapped each individually. Made for soft, chewy bars that tasted divine! Works great for snacks. Next time I'll decrease the sugar a bit (it's rather sweet) and bake in a slightly larger pan though the recipe does work great as is.

Oatmeal Cookies

(Allrecipes.com)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup apple sauce
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder (I used 1/2 powder, 1/2 soda)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 chopped walnuts (optional but are a good add)

- Preheat oven to 350*. Grease cookie sheet
- In a medium bowl stir together brown sugar, white sugar and apple sauce. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; stir into the apple sauce mixture. Add the rolled oats, raisins, walnuts.
- Drop by teaspoons. I prefer the mini ice cream scooper. They don't flatten out while baking so you might want to flatten them a bit if you want.
- Bake for 10 min

* These are really good "healthy" cookies even for those of us who CAN eat eggs and dairy! I can't get enough of them!!

Substitutions

Milk:
Soy milk, rice milk, coconut milk, almond milk
Butter:
Benecol spread, Earth Balance (non-dairy) buttery spread, Fleischmann's Unsalted Margarine
1 Egg:
1/4 cup applesauce, Ener-G egg replacer
Nuts (Approved for Kenzie):
Almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds

Stats as of 3/2/2011

Scale: 

0 - Absent/Undetectable

1 - Low Level

2 - Moderate Level

3 - High Level 

4-6 - Very High Level


Blood work results from initial testing on 3/2/2011:
Milk/Dairy: 3

Egg White: 3

Peanut: 2

Dog Dander: 3


We are very anxious to test again around her 2nd birthday!

Ham & Cheese Crescent Rolls

- Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
- Vegan cheese (the Vegan brand soy cheese melts well)
- 1 slice of lunch meat (turkey or ham, check labels for cross contamination)


Lay the meat on the dough, then cheese in strips, fold meat over the cheese and roll up.
Bake at 375* for 10-12 min until golden.