Allergy Free Sopa de Lima (Mexican Lime Soup)
Allergy-Free Sopa de Lima (Mexican Lime Soup)
Sometimes the challenge of eating allergy-friendly and gluten-free is all about making smart choices. You begin to look at certain types of cuisine with a fresh eye because they just might be naturally free of certain allergens. For example, Mexican food relies heavily on the gluten-free grain corn. So it’s a pretty safe bet that you can find traditional recipes that are already gluten-free. This lovely Mexican chicken soup derives from the Yucatan, and is naturally allergy-friendly. If you choose your chicken stock wisely, it’s also easily gluten-free.
If you are allergic to corn, but can eat gluten, instead of corn tortillas, swap out regular flour tortillas. And if you can’t eat either, well then, try my recipe for gluten-free (corn-free) tortillas, here.
Rice Milk Ranch Dressing
Rice Milk Ranch Dressing (Allergy-Free and Vegan too!)
First order of business, to see the winner of the Free For All Cooking cookbook giveaway, please see the video drawing here: Free For All Cooking Giveaway. Thank you all for your participation and enthusiasm! Congrats to the winner!
Now, on to the food! Is your kid a dunker or a dipper? Do veggies need to be disguised as the vehicle by which the dip or dressing is transported to the mouth? Then this Allergy-Free Gluten-Free Ranch Dressing is the perfect ruse for you!
Allergy Free Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Allergy-Free Broccoli “Cheddar” Soup
(Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free)
It’s cold out, even by Los Angeles standards. So I’ve been thinking a lot about soup. This week, I was drawn by the lure of “mock” cheddar. That’s right Mock Cheddar. If you haven’t already heard, there’s a new kid in town, by the name of Daiya, and it’s changing the face of dairy-free living.
Daiya is a new dairy-free, vegan, soy-free cheese product that has revolutionized the way I think about pizza, pasta, and in this case, cheese soup. Daiya’s greatest strength is that it melts, just like normal cheese, which up till now has been virtually impossible with vegan cheeses. I chose to whip up an Allergen-Free Broccoli Cheddar Soup, to see how this new product would perform when it was required to not only melt, but to disappear into the soup completely. Suffice it to say, it rose to the challenge, and then some.