Hi, new member...

[sistagurl]

Hi, my name is Tiffani and I was newly diganosed with SEVERAL food allergies.The laundry list includes:

Peanuts and all of its derivatives
Tomatos and all of its derivatives
Soybeans and all of its derivatives
Corn and all of its derivatives
Potatoes and all of its derivatives
Apples <~ I am still scratching my head on this one

Comments

[dynamicgirl]

Sorry you're feeling overwhelmed.

* Tofu
* Meat (beef, steak etc)
* Rice and rice noodles
* Rice pasta

some suggestions. You can still eat dairy? I stuff eggplants with vegetables and rice, and top them with cheese. You could do rice based pasta with cheese and meat (if you eat meat), or stif fries with meat or tofu and rice noodles.

Good luck.

[cluelessinchi]

Tofu is soy. I am allergic to the peanut and soy.

[oakenking]

Did they tell you that you absolutely cannot have *any* of the allergic foods? I have a friend who has a laundry-list allergy spectrum like that, and she's on a rotation... she can have beef once every five days, shellfish once every three days, fish every other day, chicken every other day... If you've just got a raw response of "allergic," does it indicate what your level of response to the different foods is? What are your symptoms like? Is everything at the same intensity

[senatororgana]

I know I'm responding to an older comment, but what you said about meats injected with soy-based broths really caught my eye. My mom was diagnosed with Celiac about 4 years ago (though she's had symptoms for 20 years, just goes to show...) and she and I are also both somewhat soy intolerant.
Are there certain brands of meat that do this? How can we know more about what goes into the meat?
I realize you may not be an expert on this, but any help/links to articles/whatever would be great! That's such a new one to me, I'd like to know more about it.

[oakenking]

By law, they have to be labeled - usually it's something like "Injected with up to 12% of a solution containing..." You can also look for meats listed as "all natural" or "minimally processed"

As far as learning which brands are OK and which are out - see if you can't find a soy allergy support group. I know that the celiac folks have lists of brand names that are good or bad.

[cluelessinchi]

I liked your information about the groupings of the foods. That is a little known concept.
I am allergic to soy and peanuts so I am going to not eat many other legumes as well.

Eggplant should be listed as a night shade. I also am allergic to night shade veggies. Tomatoes, potatoes, peppers of any kind.

Apples are related the the rose family. So are pears.

Chances are the OP is allergic to all shellfish.

Personally I am allergic to gluten, legumes, rose, night shades, and dairy. That really makes my list much shorter.

[sistagurl]

Thank you both so much... I usually put on a big spread for the Championship games, but this year I was standing in the grocery store having a nervous breakdown because I couldn't have anything I would normally prepare, Thank you so much for the tips... Do they taste okay? I am really big on things having to taste good [I have to say no to tofu though] So I have been eating meats and green veggies, but I am a carbaholic, and I am needing a fix.

Oakenking, when I eat those things, I feel awful, I break out in a rash all over and my tummy goes nuts [to put it mildly] And I truly think that my depression has been caused my all of this because I have not felt well for going on 4 years now.[Happy New Year guys!]

[twistedcat]

the rice pasta that i like the best is called tinkinyada. it tastes and acts like regular pasta. cooks slightly longer, but that's an easy tradeoff.

[twistedcat]

oh! and for baking, try chickpea flour. it' great for cookies. they usually have it at the indian market if you can't find it at your grocery store or health food store.

[laurak29]

Check out the books in the "Eat Right 4 Your Type" series. They list recipes without many of these allergies. I also have a Wheat intolerance, and not Celiac disease. These books have been helpful.

[intuitintoit]

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