Hello! A friend recently found out that their 5 yr old daughter is allergic to eggs & sugar...does anyone have any recipes, ideas or can you refer/suggest any cookbooks for substitutes for those items? Thanks So Very Much!!
Thank You All VERY Much!!! I will pass all your great responses along to her, They are ALL GREATLY Appreciated & I'm sure they will help her & her family out!!! :)
A great substitute for egg:
one tablespoon water
one tablespoon vinegar
one teaspoon baking powder.
Works like a charm. Try to get baking powder without the aluminum in it. There is no need for extra metals.
I have a 13 year old daughter with numerous food allergies and lactose intolerance. I agree with one of the earlier responders who suggested finding out specifically what type of sugars the child is sensitive to. We have known the problem for 4 years and avoidance has been the best tool. Sometimes my daughter knowingly eats a food she is sensitive to, but because her system has calmed down so much she can "get away with it". Meaning that her reaction is not severe. Much of allergies is trial and error and you really need someone to partner with you in the journey. Childrens systems change over the years.
My son has an egg allergy. I google vegan recipes (like vegan chocolate chip cookies, etc.) and have had no problem finding good recipes for baked goods. As for the sugar, you can often substitute apple sauce, I keep the individual packets in my house as well as the jars, the granny smith has a stronger flavor which can be good in things like waffles, pancakes.
They do make an egg replacer (I know Wegman's has it with gluten free products) but I usually use other substitutes such as apple sauce or yogurt.
Also, there are premade products without eggs, I often find them in the organic section (waffles were the big one in my family). Be careful to watch pasta, ice cream, pizza, breaded products, until you check the ingredients, you never know!
It is difficult but gets easier (my son was diagnosed with egg and shellfish allergies at age 8), good luck!
Stevia is a good natural sugar substitute.
Bananas can sometimes be used in recipes as an egg substitute.
A vegan cook book would be helpful. Also there are many substitutes for sucrose. Stevia, molassas, honey, brown rice syrup, agave nectar just to start. Maybe a Diabetic cookbook would help for sugarless recipes.
The other option is to go to an acupuncturist and get NAET Nambutripad's allergy elimnation technique. Google NAET it will bring you to the website and you can go to find a practitioner put in your city and zip code and it will give you names of practitioners of NAET in your area.
Hi,
One of my best friends is HIGHLY allergic to eggs and a few other things....I dont know about sugar though. I will ask him and get back to you with some of the ideas that he has. You may have to tweak some of them for the sugar part if he isnt allergic to that though.
Your friend can join FANN (Food Allergy Network) and Kids with food allergies (this one costs money but has recipes).
Also I have a few cookbooks that I like:
"Bakin' without eggs",
"Allergy Free Cookbook" by Alice Sherwood, &
"What's to Eat? The Milk-free, Egg-free, Nut-free Food Allergy Cookbook" by Linda Marienhoff Coss. I actually went to the library for a few of these and tried them out before buying them in the store.
I have never heard of a food allergy to sugar so I don't know what to do for that, but tell her to google it and she'll find substitutes for it.
To substitute for an egg she can use 1.5 tablespoons of water + 1.5 tablespoons of oil + 1 teaspoon of baking powder (mix all this together in a small bowl and add it to the other ingredients after it begins to foam). I use this egg substitute to make pancakes using Bisquik mix.
Allergic to Sugar ? I may be really dense, but I've never heard this one. Is it to Sugar Cane vs sugar beets, or is it to sugar ? And does it really create an allergic reaction or does it make her hyper ? If it makes her hyper, I would try to add more protein to the day, because then the blood sugar highs and lows wouldn't be so drastic and wouldn't affect behavior the same way. . . . Also, to figure out how to feed her, she'd have to know, is it glucose (table sugar), fructose, etc ? The only thing you can really eat that has no sugar of any kind in it, is meat, and then there are a few veggies that are pretty barren when it comes to sugars.
And then for the eggs? There are egg substitutes out there, largely for people who have high cholesteral. One brand is called egg beaters, I think.
Your friend should get a food list from the allergist and then see a nutritionist or something to figure out how to cook with these things. But DO clarify the sugar thing. And if there's a natural way to avoid the particular sugar she's allergic to, that would be best. The splendas of the world, and all the fake sugars are chemically created, and we really don't have any idea what the side affects are long-term.
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I refer my patients to her and have worked with her myself.
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I know of a practitioner that helps diagnose and treat this type of issue and she has a ton of websites links on her website which may be helpful to you, it's www.holisticfamilyhealthcarepc.com.
good luck!
