Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza

You don't need real dairy cheese to have a great pizza, so don't let that stop you.

For the cheese i used Daiya (Dairy, lactose and casein free)

Pizza Dough Recipe: (I used a yeastless dough, this might be beneficial to some others as well)

Makes: 1 pizza, Preparation time: 2 min., Cooking time: 0 min.

Ingredient's

• 2 cups flour (adjust water if using wheat)
• 1-1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• Garlic and Rosemary

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients.
2. Knead by hand until it becomes a dough and doesn't stick to the sides of the bowl.
3. Cover until you're ready to use it.
4. Flatten out into shape of pizza than flip over (bottom up)
5. Brush on a little bit of oil than sprinkle with garlic and rosemary; if you don't like rosemary leave it off but the garlic will really make the difference.

After all of that is complete flip your dough back over and cover with your favorite sauce, meat (optional) and cheese topping (Daiya)

This was the FIRST time i was able to feed pizza to my daughter, she is now in love with pizza (like the rest of us)

Welcome Message

To start I just want to clarify what i will be covering in this blog.  Now I have created this blog because for the last 2 years my husband and myself have had to rethink what we cook and how we prepare it, as our daughter has some severe food allergies.

Most of the recipes that you will find in here are Dairy, Egg, and Nut free.  now my daughter is not allergic to all nuts, so i will make special notes if any nut types are used in a recipe.  But it is very easy to modify even my recipes to further refine them for additional allergies that you or your loved one may have.

At first it was very difficult to come up with new things to make or modify things so that my daughter could eat them, but after alot of struggling on our part we have been able to come to terms with these lifestyle changes as a family.  Though allergies are a pain, please make note that they are easier to maintain if the whole family tries to manage it together.  Now this doesn't mean that my husband and myself don't eat dairy, but we make the meal so that everyone can eat it, than finish it off with each persons desired toppings.

Life was made easy when i realized that i actually had a Vegitarian Meat Eater on my hands.  I say this because vegitarian food does not have any dairy or eggs in it, but can easily accomidate meat into any recipe.

I hope that this blog will simplify others trying to adapt to food allergies, and to realize that life isn't over because you can't bread your chicken in egg anymore or use milk and eggs in your baked goods.

Safe and Happy cooking to all!

Kristina Youngblut

Substitutions

I will continue to update this as i go, but so far this is what i have used.

1 Egg = 3/4 Medium or 1/2 Large Ripe Banana; whip the banana until it becomes frothy and it will act very simular to eggs in backing.

1 Egg = there is an Egg Substitute; which is a powder base. Just add water.

• PaneRiso Egg Replacer; glutten, egg, dairy, soy free

Milk = Most recipes you can just replace with Water.  you can also replace with Almond, Soy or Rice Milk.  make sure to use Original, but if you are making a chocolate item, use the chocolate version of your substitute.

Nuts = ALWAYS optional, just because something says you need it, you don't.  But there are other things you can put in place, dark chocolate (is generally dairy free, check the labels)

Cheese = Daiya (Dairy, lactose and casein frre); comes in Mozarella and Cheddar

Butter/Margarine = most margarine contains whey, Becel Vegan is a great alternative.

More to come!

Chocolate cupcakes w/ Buttercream Icing

These are very easy and very yummy chocolate cupcakes, and the buttercream icing is the Wilton Ready to use icing and contains no dairy or eggs.

Yeilds: 18 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients together.
2. Combine all the wet ingredients together in another bowl.
3. Pour the liquid ingredients all at once into the dry ingredients, and beat until smooth.
4. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
5. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 20-25 minutes. Let cool in pan. When cool decorate as you wish.