Now that I can't eat nuts, I need to find a replacement for my go-to almond flour, egg, and cheese pizza crust.
Thinking about trying this one tonight: http://stuffimakemyhusband.blogspot.com/2011/02/hybrid-pizza.html
Once I have added a few more acceptable vegetables in my diet, I'll try it with the vegetable substitution as listed. Perhaps with spinach or cauliflower.
Another problem is I cannot eat tomatoes... Thinking of using a white/alfredo sauce, or just going with the crust and cheese. My sister did it for many years, why can't I?
If only I could get over my love of pizza, I wouldn't have to keep trying...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Food Allergies
I haven't posted anything in a long time, but I feel like I need to get these anxieties off my chest a little bit, so here goes.
After nearly a year of gluten-freedom, I decided to have a standard allergy test. The kind where they poke your back with different allergens and note the results after 15 minutes.
Here's the list of things that I am "allergic to" according to the prick test:
- cats
- grass pollen
- birch pollen
- "Tree mix" (not sure what that is)
- grass
- corn
- oranges
- soy beans
- cabbage
- carrots
- celery
- tomatoes
- peanuts
- almonds
- cashews
- pistachios
- hazelnuts
- pecans
- walnuts
No sign of wheat, milk, or egg allergies, even though they tested for them.
They told me I have "Oral allergy syndrome." This basically means I'm allergic to the things I'm allergic to because of how they get pollinated. Looking at the list from wikipedia, this means I'm allergic to:
Birch pollen: almonds, apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, carrots, celery, cherries, chicory, coriander, fennel, fig, hazel nuts, kiwifruit, nectarines, parsley, parsnips, peaches, pears, peppers, plums, potatoes, prunes, soy, strawberries, wheat; Potential: walnuts
Grass pollen: fig, melons, tomatoes, oranges
Sounds about right. Not sure about the whole CORN thing. How the hell am I supposed to avoid corn and soy and ALL nuts? Not sure about the whole avoiding gluten thing too. I know that has made me feel better. I should probably continue that unless they want to run another celiac test on me. Time to see a nutritionist and in the mean time, eat rice and meat.
Time to be gluten, corn, soy, and nut free. O_o
After nearly a year of gluten-freedom, I decided to have a standard allergy test. The kind where they poke your back with different allergens and note the results after 15 minutes.
Here's the list of things that I am "allergic to" according to the prick test:
- cats
- grass pollen
- birch pollen
- "Tree mix" (not sure what that is)
- grass
- corn
- oranges
- soy beans
- cabbage
- carrots
- celery
- tomatoes
- peanuts
- almonds
- cashews
- pistachios
- hazelnuts
- pecans
- walnuts
No sign of wheat, milk, or egg allergies, even though they tested for them.
They told me I have "Oral allergy syndrome." This basically means I'm allergic to the things I'm allergic to because of how they get pollinated. Looking at the list from wikipedia, this means I'm allergic to:
Birch pollen: almonds, apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, carrots, celery, cherries, chicory, coriander, fennel, fig, hazel nuts, kiwifruit, nectarines, parsley, parsnips, peaches, pears, peppers, plums, potatoes, prunes, soy, strawberries, wheat; Potential: walnuts
Grass pollen: fig, melons, tomatoes, oranges
Sounds about right. Not sure about the whole CORN thing. How the hell am I supposed to avoid corn and soy and ALL nuts? Not sure about the whole avoiding gluten thing too. I know that has made me feel better. I should probably continue that unless they want to run another celiac test on me. Time to see a nutritionist and in the mean time, eat rice and meat.
Time to be gluten, corn, soy, and nut free. O_o
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