Allergy-Free Recipes: Part 2

No Bake Coconut Delights: Seriously, these are amazing! You can even have a sugar-free, candida-free version (the ones I tried, made with xylitol). 

Paleo Stuffed Sweet Potatoes (from Danielle Walker): Holy Cow, watch out, you'll be addicted to this after one taste. It might be my new favorite go to meal. 

Overnight Oats - These pinterest sensations have been bombarding my board for awhile now, so I finally decided to give them a try. It's a great addition to my already limited breakfast items. The hubby LOVED these and would probably eat them every morning...if we could remember to get them ready the night before.

We recently picked up a new cookbook magazine at Whole Foods called Well Fed. The hubs has loved using this cookbook as our dinner go-to. She has a genious system called hot plates, which helps make dinner easier through the week. The basic premise is you cook all your meat and veggies early in the week then when for each meal you just decide if you want Moroccan, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, etc and throw it all together...easy peasy! We tried out several recipes and here are a few of our favorites:

Sunshine Sauce - A must have for Thai food and a great alternative for those who can't have peanuts (like me).

Paleo Pad Thai - Made with spaghetti squash and sunshine sauce....soooo good! (we left out the egg on my dish)

 

5 Must Have Food Items for an Allergy-Free Diet

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This week I'm bringing you some AMAZING products for allergy-free diets. I've discovered a few of these and they have significantly changed my outlook on missing old favorites. 

1. So Delicious No Sugar Added Ice Cream - Let's just say, that life will never be the same. I had given up on ice cream a LONG time ago, because even if I found a dairy free alternative it was still loaded with sugar! Now there is a new player in town. This ice cream comes in several flavors and only has 1 gram of sugar!! What?! I know. I've tried the mint chip and butter pecan and so far it's SO Delicious. ;) 

2. Brown Rice Yeast-free Bread by Ener-G - While finding gluten free bread is pretty easy these days, finding yeast-free bread is nearly impossible. I did finally find one yeast-free bread only to get it home and discover it contained wheat. Can we say #fail? But I ran across this guy at Central Market and figured why not. Surprisingly I found it really good. I even had a few slices on my plate for Thanksgiving this year. I will say I had other taste it and they weren't as impressed, but I figure when you are eating yeast rolls at Thanksgiving there's probably not much that can beat that! But for a gluten-free, yeast-free, no sugar added bread this is your choice! It's even better when you slather it with the next product: dairy-free, soy-free butter.

3. Earth Smart Dairy-Free, Soy-Free Butter - I was never a butter person. In fact, I use to hate it! But as I got older I started using butter for toast and of course baking. While I can't tell a big difference from this product I wouldn't be surprised if some butter snobs out there would disagree. Regardless I've used this for my bread and in a few recipes. So far, I'm a fan!

4. Beanitos Chips - I love these guys! I use them to dip into my hummus and for putting in my chili or soup. I love having a little a crunch in there, but don't want to depend on corn. If you're paleo or whole 30 I'm sorry, these may not be for you as they are made from beans...

5. Canyon Cut Kettle Cooked Chips - Just want some salt and something to snack on? Then meet your new best friend. Only three simple ingredients: potatoes, avacoado oil, and sea salt. Just be careful not get any of the other flavors (like cracked pepper) it contains yeast and some other no-nos.

There you have it! My top 5 for an allergy-free diet. I'd love to hear of any products you all have found. Comment below and share a link to your favorite! And stay tuned for next week as I post my Thanksgiving recipes and how I managed to survive two Thanksgiving meals in one day!

Pumpkin Bar Amazingness: Dairy-free, Sugar-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free

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That's a lot of free...but you'd never know! So I've been testing out a few dessert recipes and just haven't found one that seems to work yet, until tonight. After an overwhelming amount of ingredients and a long trip to Central Market, I decided to give this recipe a shot. 

http://www.tessadomesticdiva.com/2013/09/pumpkin-bars-w-caramel-frosting-gluten-free-vegan.html

I didn't have to make any substitutions. The only issue I had was for the frosting. I couldn't find any "healthy" powdered sugar, so I decided to make it anyways with some regular powdered sugar I found in the back of our pantry. I ended up only putting it on half of the pumpkin bars (ya know for the hubs) and it turns out it was even too sweet for him! Needless to say, if you can't do sugar you will be just fine skipping the frosting.

Hope you enjoy these and let me know if you make them!