To Grandma's houses we go!!

Corn Allergy/Chemical Sensitivity 

Visitor's Guide

Picture Guide for easy replacements for friends and family you maybe visiting! 

When you have a severe corn allergy you have to assume everything has corn in it until proven it doesn't, not just food. It's hard to visit places because you pretty much make your living conditions a safe haven and the rest of the world is straight up toxic. It's very hard to keep up with dangerous and deadly household items that the normal American household buys with no issues. 

Here is a way to prepare for when visiting friends and family I have put together from experience. These are safer alternatives so you can prepare for a safe visit! 

 :::Disclaimer::: Make sure to recommend according to your own sensitivity level of course. These are just some things you can buy to prepare for an easier visit. Example: a corn allergy person would have issues with All free & clear if used but if someone else was using it may have a better chance being around that person rather than if they used Gain. 

Stay Away From these!!

We call these rice cakes :)

I took an old family recipe which was my favorite and turned it into amazingness allergy free for my son to enjoy!
Recipe:
I used about 2cups of leftover brown rice 3/4 cup of liquid- I used coconut milk from the can
I used 2tsp of chia seed pudding leftovers or you could use 2 eggs or an egg replacer
1cup of pancake mix
+you could add a tsp of sweetner as well we don't

This made about half of a medium sized mixing bowl. Then I put them into my cake pop maker and smashed them and they took about 4minutes on each side. They look like little hashbrowns. I used some frozen blueberries with some water in the bullet mixer and then poured some on top it soaks then right up and they taste good with a little maple syrup poured on top for some sweetness.
This recipe makes a ton!
These will freeze really good because the pancakes do!

::If you don't have a cake pop maker::
You could use a normal muffin tin fill them only about and inch full. Bake for maybe 10-15 minutes on 350* I'm not sure I would just watch them closely. I usually bake my pancakes German style and it takes about 20minutes.
The smaller the better if you are using gluten free pancake mix because they tend to not rise and you don't want a gooey center.

We are Paleo Vegan

When finding recipes which I recently made a fabulous pancake recipe and forgot to write it down and then turned those into goldfish shaped pb&j's they were so delicious! Anyway we bake paleo meaning no grains and then for our protien source we use quinoa mostly and sometimes brown rice but I don't like to use anything but quinoa. My son doesn't really do good with lentils or rice for digesting. He has FPIES to casein so no dairy falls into the paleo and has big issues with gluten and corn so also falls into the grain free lifestyle of paleo. He does absolutely terrible with eggs and turkey and pork. It takes him 7days to recover from them for sure after an upset. So that is where the vegan lifestyle began. Vegans tend to use alot of grains though. Which he doesn't do well with so I bake mostly using Paleo recipes. Which is absolutely fabulous and has great flavor. If your going to do this though you need to order in bulk! :) I love the vegetable recipes that paleo diets consist of and seasoning. We were juicing daily for vitamin intake and making sure he was getting the right amount of vitamins in his diet but Summer is ending soon and the greens we usually use are all gone locally anyway which is pretty much all he can tolerate the freshest of the fresh. He cannot eat stuff from the store because there sprayed with fungicide. Most of the organic usda approved stuff is as well so we can only go to about 3 booths at the farmers market. I have never like tomatoes and they have the most fabulous tomatoes! I also believe in full term breastfeeding like the paleo lifestyle follows as well. This way he will be healthier for the rest of his life if I just donate my time to him for the something like 1% of his life that requires it! :) If my husband goes hunting this season my son will be allowed to eat Deer but that's only because it's fresh caught and not processed or sprayed with anything and we can butcher it and package it ourselves :)

Organic & Breastfeeding

When I was doing the elimination diet and following my son's reactions he was reacting to me not eating the slightest bit of chemically covered vegetables.  By this I mean not organic of course. He wasn't reacting right away it took about 2-3 days for my food intake to get to my milk to him.  He wasn't reacting to things like salt and pepper and spices, since he became allergic to cinnamon I could eat cinnamon just fine it's weird how kids react differently. If chemicals passed through breastmilk then why do they always tell you what you eat is fine. I suppose if your child has a strong gut then it wouldn't trigger a reaction but it will still effect him. As I think further on this the chances of him getting a cold or something from me not pumping up my breastmilk with more awesome immune boosting foods is increased when I don't eat healthy. He is currently doing really well minus the fact that my husband has come home and the house is filled with bad food he keeps getting his little fingers on. I have found that activated charcoal relieves his belly pains within 15 minutes. He loves it and thinks it is chocolate milk which he has never had before lol. I'm so glad the last 6 months of hell have paid off well and he is finally doing well! As the naturopath said as long as he gets a well rounded diet weekly not daily like an adult then he will be just fine! :) So having a whole broccoli for lunch and eating a whole bowl of peas for a snack is ok!

Chemical free means corn.free household!

We are officially chemical.free. I hate how everyone says it's impossible to avoid cancer or chemicals that cause cancer. It's actually extremely easy and cheap. I use Dr. Bronner's liquid soap it has 18-1 uses and on there website it tells you how! We use it for all our soap replacing just by diluting it and using a foam soap dispenser. I use my 2-1 bissel steam mop to clean and disinfect everything it has the hand attatchment to clean the toilets, sink, mirrors have no streak, stainless steal is amazing, the floors are actually sanitary enough to eat off of without getting some chemicals in your mouth. I can't believe how easy it was to clean poop off my sons wall when he tried to draw a mural! The Eww of motherly.duties. I didn't even have to touch it either the steam mop was amazing! We use squiggle toothpaste even though we could use Dr. Bronners. For shampoo and conditioner I use nothing I went down from doing a baking soda strip on my hair to nothing. I can hand swipe tangles out, no more nasty dreads in the back of my head at night. My hair shines in a good way. I do use a boar brissle brush and brush in the morning and at night this is the best! I have one that has long and short bristles to get to your scalp to evenly distribute the oil down the hair strand. It was like a $50 extensions brush but it is amazing! I have beach hair now because the PH in my scalp is balances and not blocked by shampoo residue. I don't use any products on my hair but some real coconut oil the cooking raw kind found in health food stores for some fly away control. Which actually strengthens the hair when I use it instead of just a temporary fix. I don't color my hair because I have two kids and no time. But I would just go outside with lemon and salt water combo and bask in the sun if I did. The kids use Dr. Bronners baby on there skin and coconut oil for dry patches as well. Ok I do use some bad mascara but all mascara is bad even if it is plant based. We use Charlie's soap for cloth diapers and clothes and some lavender oil in the vent in the dryer and it makes everything including the house smell good. I use baking soda and lemon for spots or stains. Or I just throw lemon juice in the steam cleaner and add some sun on the porch. It's super fast. So really not expensive and the Bronners pasta forever and comes in different scents and uses like tea tree is antifungal and citrus is a good kitchen cleaner. I use it in the dishwasher. I was using Apple Cider Vinegar in the glass cleaner in there but it works fine without it. Just 1tsp in each compartment no matter what size the load. Any questions I'd be happy to answer them! The reason behind this all is my son is allergic to corn and its used quite a lot in chemicals and the fumes or smells are corn and have carcinogen toxins in them! So he kept getting into the baby soap and getting sick. Skin is one of our largest organs and by rubbing things into our skin it gets into your system pretty fast. So be careful what you use it does effect you even though you may be tolerable.
Here is a picture I took as soon as I woke up. Loving the beach hair and my curls that I hardly could ever get to show!

Lasagna Bowl

Homemade Sauce with Tinkyada lasagna noodles
The noodles can.usually be found in the gluten free section of your Wal-Mart or local grocery store. They are a $1 more than your average cheap pasta usually. They are thicker and healthier since the only ingredients are brown rice! More protein! The sauce I made in the crockpot starting with enough olive oil to cover the bottom of the crock. Then added minced fresh from the vine garlic and minced onion. I used 3 little purple onions and 3whole things of garlic. Then after about an.hour on high I added chopped tomatoes. I go for the ugly tomatoes at the Farmers Market and just cut the imperfections out. They taste better anyway. Then about 30minutes before dinner I add the fresh from the vine basil a whole bunchle and chop that up and throw it in there. Then sprinkle some sea salt in there and call.it good until ready to serve! Just take a knife and slice up the noodles when there done before draining.  We all had a double serving including the 10month old! 

Nutritional Benefits:
Brown Rice(pasta)
Vitamin B-6
Fiber
Magnesium
Zinc
Protein


SUPER Fresh Tomatoes=
Vitamin A
Vitamin K
Vitamin C
Lycopene
+Antioxidants
Fiber

SUPER Fresh Garlic
Super Anti Bacterial fighting powers!
Prevents some forms of Cancer
Vitamin C Vitamin B-6 Manganese
Helps the endocrine and liver function!

Super Fresh Basil
Acne-helps destroy bacteria on the skin when rubbed in!
Antidepressant if you smell it!
Immune System Enhancer!

Fresh Red Onions
Vitamin C
Chromium
Flavonoids Quercetin-Allergy fighting powers :)

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