Life With Food Allergies

For ordinary people, eating is easy. They select anything from the refrigerator, pantry, or a menu from a restaurant. For those with food allergies, it's a different life.

I used to be your ordinary person, but now I have been placed in the latter category. A thirteen year old girl who has to watch what she eats, twenty-four seven!
When I first realized that I was gluten and wheat intolerant, and that I was also allergic to eggs, turmeric, and mustard, things became more difficult.

I had to start concocting new and "tasty" meal recipes. Some worked, some didn't, and what really made it difficult was that I am a vegetarian.
At first I was literally living on nothing but rice, goats milk yogurt and veggies. (not a good idea)
To make a long story short my "rice" diet had everything but the kitchen sink! Rice bread, Rice tortilla's, Rice pasta, and....of course plain brown rice. (I had even added rice ice cream!)

I was getting way too many grains and hardly enough veggies, so I decided to make a change. I began to start eating more and more greens, and less and less of the sugary fruits, sweeteners, and starches.
Over the past few months I have really enjoyed coming up with yummy ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Now I eat mostly raw foods, but at least once or twice a day I incorporate things like lentils, rice and salmon (the only meat I eat) and occasionally steamed or roasted veggies.

The whole purpose of this blog is to help others with their food allergies, and one of the most important things to remember is that you shouldn't dwell on the things you can't have, but the things you "can".

I hope you enjoy reading my recipes, looking at pictures, and taking this journey of health with me.
Elizabeth