Wow I can’t believe how the time has flown, and I haven’t posted since 2020. The last two years have been a crazy ride all over the world but also in our household. We have completed our shed, moved out of the caravan into our “house” part of the shed. Started our own business, expanded our business, then expanded it a bit more. One boy started high school, another started primary school, and the middle one is now in intermediate.
Through all the mess we have been battling with Dustin’s food allergies, just to recap, our youngest has had severe eczema since he was born pretty much. we tried a lot of topical things in the beginning but as he got older it got worse and we started eliminating foods. Our list has got quite extensive. Gluten, dairy, the nightshade family (potatoes, tomatoes, capsicum, chili, eggplant, paprika) strawberry, kiwifruit, raspberry. Our plan moving forward is once we have a clean slate, so he is out of reaction (each reaction takes about 5 weeks to work through his body), we are going to try him on some of the earlier eliminations and see if they were really a reaction or disguised as something else.
In the mean time, our oldest Riley had a time off gluten and dairy, due to stomach issues, while he is back on most g/d he has reduced his intake. Also I have noticed a huge difference in my health eliminating gluten and dairy from my diet. From the huge reduction in the amount of brain splitting headaches I get, to the only occasional stomach issues, usually after I have had a weak moment and eaten either gluten or dairy. No I haven’t done any tests, I am just listening to my body and trying to be more disciplined. So the majority of us in our house need to eliminate something.
I have always loved cooking but I really hit a slump in the last year. It has been almost a food depression, eliminating so many foods from our diet, as well as battling with my own healthy eating, has been a real mental switch. Gluten free, Dairy free products are expensive, and recipes are often complicated and filled with so many extra ingredients that are not readily available. Coming up with recipes that are easy and we enjoy eating left me in a real funk. The other thing that I have found difficult is the lack of supply of the products that we would usually buy, it seams as though the gf/df products were the first to go when staff levels were down.
So I’ve now turned a corner, and have in the back of my mind the fact that if I am struggling with this then I won’t be the only one. So I’m going to try and get back on the band wagon and bring you some more recipes that I have tested on my family of five, plus a boarder, that are all the frees above – no I don’t cut out nuts (thanks goodness that is something I don’t have to allow for)
Here’s a picture to motivate you, from the Freezer treats post a while back these ones are blueberry and lemon, and chocolate and cranberry. All ready for another week at school.
Board by @castingflorals (shameless plus for my business)
three boys kitchen 