Christmas Goodies

[corinne]

I have a lot of food sensitivities and I'm on a very restricted diet. I'm trying to figure out some Christmas goodies to make so I'll have something to munch on while everyone else is eating delicious-looking stuff. I can't eat any grains (including corn or rice so no corn syrup), most starches including tapioca are out, no fresh fruit, no citrus or acidic foods, no dairy. Eggs are okay and as of two weeks ago I started eating potatos again so potato flour is probably okay. Any suggestions? There must be something I can make for treats.

[Jestgar]

The three ingredient peanutbutter cookies: 1c peanut butter, 1c sugar, 1 egg.

Also try other simple cookie recipes. Substitute coconut or shortening for the butter, and try making up a flour mix using potato starch, teff, buckwheat, quinoa flakes ground into flour, whatever you can eat. Start with small batches until you get something that works.

You could make little salmon patties by mixing cooked salmon with potato flakes and a few seasonings and frying until browned.

Try using the alternative flours to make biscuits and when you find a combo that works, make little meat filled biscuits.

[corinne]

Thanks for the suggestions. The salmon patties will definitely work and sound yummy.

I forgot to add that I can't eat nuts or chocolate either. I can't eat any flours (even quinoa or buckwheat) but I might try potato flour this week now that potatos seem to be staying put. Is it possible to make cookies with just potato flour? Anyone have candy recipes without nuts, chocolate or dairy?

[lonewolf]

Here's a recipe for divinity. You could leave out the nuts.

Maple Divinity

2 cups maple syrup (REAL Maple Syrup - NOT Aunt Jemimah's)

2 egg whites

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans

PREPARATION:

Butter sides of heavy 2-quart saucepan. Add maple syrup; cook rapidly over high heat to hard ball stage (250°) without stirring. Remove from heat. At once beat egg whites with salt and vanilla until stiff peaks form.

[Jestgar]

I think my potato starch box has a recipe for angel food cake using only potato starch. If this is true, it should be possible to make variations on angel food cake using fruits or jellies or instant pudding which can be made entirely of chemicals....

You might try making a vanilla fudge using coconut milk. Candies are made by boiling sugar and water until they reach a specific temperature (Higher temps for crunchier candies). I think you might be able to make carmel "corn" by making the syrup and substituting anything crunchy for the corn part. (...wracking brain.....)

I'll work on this.

[Jestgar]

Potato skins with hummus or baba ganoush on them?

Sweet potato/yam skins with same?

Mushrooms stuffed with anything you want?

I found something called a "yam cake" in the asian section of the supermarket that I'm going to try as a substitute for cream cheese.

Figs and dates are really sweet and it might be incredibly decadent to candy them.

Candied apricots are fabulous, but I don't have a recipe.

[corinne]

Thanks for all of the yummy suggestions. I know it will be a lot easier over the holidays if I have treats I can enjoy.

[jerseyangel]

This is a recipe I came up with--it uses chocolate chips, but you could substitute raisins

Grain Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 375

With a mixer (I use a hand mixer for this), combine 1/2 cup shortening (I use Spectrum), 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 egg and 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat until light. Add 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. baking soda and 1 and 1/4 cups potato starch. Blend well. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips (or whatever you want). Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes, or until very lightly browned.

Cool on wire rack and when completely cooled, store tightly covered.