tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192098181175273392012-01-29T20:20:16.089-05:00Cooking and eating normal food despite a soy allergyKay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-67666112283469472862012-01-29T20:18:00.001-05:002012-01-29T20:19:37.286-05:00

A Soy-free Kitchen Original (This cooks up very quickly in one pan.) 1 lb sea scallops 1 bag  (6-9 oz) baby spinach 2 slices bacon 2 medium shallots 1/2 cup hard cider 1. Cut bacon crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. Using a 12" skillet, fry until just crisp; remove to a paper towel.  Remove bacon grease from pan, reserving for later. 2. Meanwhile, cut scallops in half crosswise and mince shallots

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As I have said before, I am originally from New England.  We ate fish sticks, fish cakes, fish patties, fried fish, etc, etc.  Usually cod.  And always with tartar sauce.  Today I went to use some cod my husband had bought and found myself without white bread to use as filler.  (I know, I know, traditional cod cakes use potato as filler, but traditional cod cakes are made with salt cod, too.) 

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A great post from GirlEat, a relatively new blog from someone with a relatively new soy allergy: http://girleat.com/2012/01/01/thank-you-restaurant/

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One of my colleagues' birthday is tomorrow, so I am making cupcakes.  If I don't make them, I don't get any because if you don't know all the ingredients, you can't eat it if you have food allergies.  It's a new job (since August), and the cupcakes have made me somewhat popular because we generally have 1-2 birthdays a month.  So far we have had Banana Nut with Vanilla Frosting (recipes from

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Once in a while you want to go back to your food roots--what you ate when you were a kid.  Onion Dip made with Lipton Onion's Soup Mix is out (I check the ingredients every time I see it).  Try this instead: 2 cups sour cream or light sour cream 2 tsp soy-free beef bouillon powder, or 2 soy-free bouillon cubes 1 Tbsp dried onion flakes 1/2 tsp grain-based coffee substitute, for color (optional)

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Coming back to blogging after a hiatus.  Also, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SoyfreeKitchen

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I heartily recommend this recipe from Cooking Light magazine. We had it tonight, with a few changes: - I didn't have any fontina cheese, so we went with all mozzarella - I used 8 oz of mozzarella instead of the 6 oz of mozzarella/fontina a half recipe should have used. - I didn't have any whole-wheat panko (which often has soy, anyway) so we used homemade dried mixed (whole wheat, rye, oatmeal

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Back from hiatus--had a new job and it was a tough adjustment. Every time I have ever made devilled eggs, it has been a crapshoot--too much mayo or not enough. Well, I happened upon the right proportions, so here you go: Devilled Eggs 9 hard-boiled eggs 1/4 cup soy-free mayonnaise 2 Tbsp grainy mustard 1/2 tsp Old Bay Seafood Seasoning (or celery salt) 1. Shell the eggs and cut in half. Put

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If you don't like the cranberry jelly with the ridges from the can in it, the Soy-free Kitchen presents:Orange-lemon Cranberry Relish4 cups cranberries, washed and sorted1 large orange, cut into chunks1 lemon, cut into chunks1 1/2 cups sugar1 tsp cinnamon1/2 tsp cloves1. Put the cranberries, orange pieces, and lemon pieces in the food processor and pulse until the cranberries are cut up but not a

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Brasserie Beck, on 11th Street, NW:http://www.beckdc.com/We've eaten there several times. The staff is very nice about checking for soy if they're not sure. They use canola oil to make their Pommes Frites, which are thin and sprinkled with salt and dried parsley, and served with a trio of house-made flavored mayonaises. The three flavors are garlic, tomato, and curry--and the mayo is made with

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Happy Hallowe'en, everyone, and how about some Pumpkin Bundt Cake with a Rum-Brown-Sugar Glaze?Pumpkin Bundt Cake3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour3 tsp baking powder2 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp baking powder1 tsp ground nutmeg1/4 tsp salt1 1/2 cups fresh or canned pumpkin puree (a one-pound can)1/2 cup applesauce1 1/2 cups sugar1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or soy-free margarine2 eggs2 tsp vanilla

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Just added a new entry to the "Blogs I Like" column over to the right: Austrian Recipes.Elder Daughter spent July in Vienna taking 6 credits of German, so I took advantage of it to visit Vienna for the first time since I was about her age. (Vienna is wunderschoen--crazy beautiful--by the way.)I ate my way across Vienna for 6 days and never had a soy problem once. Probably, like Germany, they

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Found a new recipe for it this week, and more simple you could not find:Put in the bottom of a large bowl:2 Tablespoons honeyWhisk in:3 Tablespoons cider vinegarAnd then whisk in:2 Tablespoons canola or other tasteless oilToss in:1 (8-10 oz) bag preshredded coleslaw or broccoslaw mixAdd:Salt and pepper if desired.

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Thinking I was going to check off another entry on Cakespy's The Sweet 100, I made Cook's Illustrated recipe for Sticky Toffee Pudding. Oh. My. (Goodness.) It was so-o-o good, but it had so-o-o much butter and sugar in it.Well. I went back to the Soy-free Kitchen blog entry on The Sweet 100 to update it, and guess what? Sticky Toffee Pudding is not on there. What *is* on there is Gooey Butter

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If you have soy-free mayo, you can have ham salad:Ham Salad8 ounces ham, cut into chunks1/4 cup mayonnaise1 stalk celery, cut into 1" chunks1 Tbs sweet relish (or more, to taste)1 tsp dried onion flakes1 tsp grainy mustard1/8 tsp ground pepperProcess all in the food processor until ground but not mushy.Serve as a sandwich filling.SOY-FREE CONSIDERATIONSsoy-free mayonnaise

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-13746631423140633782010-02-11T08:54:00.005-05:002010-04-25T12:59:25.757-04:00

I can't find my sheet around the house, but here is a link to the one I was talking about, posted on RecipeCurio.comIt has recipes for Green Goddess, Creamy Italian, Creamy Tart French (!?), Russian, Creamy Roquefort, Thousand Island, Fresh Strawberry (!?), Tangy Buttermilk, and Parmesan Cheese dressings. There are also links to other salad dressing recipes at the bottom of the page.Two notes:--I

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This month's Eating Well magazine has a recipe for Cucumber Herb Vinaigrette.It only keeps three days, though.

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-17681563777920097932010-01-30T19:43:00.004-05:002010-01-30T19:51:03.850-05:00

Passover is starting March 29th.In the days running up to Passover, don't forget to look for soy-free foods in the Kosher-for-Passover sections in many supermarkets!Some Jews do not eat peas, beans, soy, or other legumes during Passover, so it is a great time to look for soy-free groceries, especially soup mixes and chocolate, especially chocolate chips. I discovered Israeli chocolate one year

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Got a question the other day on soy-free salad dressings. Our number one salad dressing here in the Soy-free Kitchen is Good Seasons, made with extra-virgin olive oil and red-wine vinegar. I called the Good Seasons company to make sure there was no soy in the ingredients. It makes a great Cobb Salad (for our Approximate Cobb Salad, see below).When you buy salad dressing at the store, remember to

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Most commercial Boston Cream Pies leave a lot to be desired. They are made with shortening, artificial vanilla flavoring, and who knows what is in those too-sweet chocolate glazes?While most cookbooks claim that Boston Cream Pie is traditionally made with spongecake, I hail from New England and am here to tell you this is not so. I checked my The All New Boston Cooking School Cookbook by Fanny

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I got a request for a mayonaise-free coleslaw the other day. (BTW, Maria, I told you it had poppy seeds, but I misremembered. It was celery seeds. Although I can't see why you couldn't use poppy seeds if you want. . . .)Celery Seed Dressing1/2 cup sugar1 tsp dry mustard1/2 to 1 tsp salt1 to 2 tsp celery seed1 tbsp grated onion (or 1 tsp dried onion flakes)1 cup oil1/2 cup cider vinegarPut the

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Chicken Divan has come full circle. Originally made with mornay sauce (bechamel or white sauce with cheese in it), over the years it turned into something you dumped canned chicken, frozen broccoli and a can of cream-of-something-soup into.Well. We don't eat cream-of-something soup anymore because it usually has soy. I don't like frozen broccoli because the stems are tough and the crowns are

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Today in the Washington Post, on page 2 of the Outlook section in a column called Outspoken, David Kessler, the former head of the Food and Drug Adminstration, talks about the connection between processed food and obesity. Also today, in the New York Times Magazine, is an article called Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch. It is about: the movie Julie and Julia, the disconnect between TV food

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-15957834539593433522009-07-19T16:16:00.005-04:002009-07-19T16:31:31.695-04:00

Just got back from Scotland and northern England. They don't seem to use much soy oil, but it's hard to tell. They list ingredients on groceries, but don't tell you which "vegetable oil" is used.Sometimes a product will tell you--mostly when it's trying to convince you it's organic or a health food. They they will list safflower oil or the like.The pubs and restaurants are very helpful, though.

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And soy-free.

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I love me some Nutella, but it has soy, darn it. The other day, Elder Daughter and I were out of town and went to a Kroeger's supermarket. They have their own brand of Chocolate-Hazelnut spread and there on the ingredients label, instead of "soy lecithin," it said:"sunflower lecithin"Wow. Of course we bought it. It is delicious.

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I won't publish the recipe here, but if you subscribe to Cook's Illustrated online, you can find the best chocolate bundt cake I've ever had. It has semisweet chocolate and cocoa in it (and butter and sour cream*), and gets better with time. I made one for work the other day. My husband and I tried a cupcake we had made just for tasting purposes the night I made it, and it was good. The next day

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Blog Hiatus: sorry about that. Haven't been cooking much because I had pneumonia the end of February and have been sleeping a lot, sometimes through supper.***Lecithin in tea: Look out for tea bags that include lemon flavor. This week I came across two different lemon-flavored teas, from two different brands, that had soy lecithin in them! Who would be looking for soy in tea?!?!Fish Tacos:

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I read murder mysteries when I am not alert enough to read anything deeper. I have read all of the Kinsey Millhone series, by Sue Grafton, to date. Kinsey spends a lot of time in a hole-in-the-wall neighborhood bar/Hungarian restaurant. In R is for Ricochet, the owner bullies her into eating Paprikas Krumpli ("Is stew made of boil potato, ongion, and what you call weenies cut in pieces. Is always

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Got a NordicWare Original 10-15 Cup Bundt Pan for Christmas (thanks, J & D!) Elder Daughter insisted I make a pound cake to try it out . . . now!After searching the NordicWare website, we settled on Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Poppyseeds. We left out the raisins, because Younger Daughter only likes them plain, not in things. The recipe said to wrap in foil and refrigerate for 2 days to let the

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Got a new cookbook for Christmas and tried a recipe from it 2 nights ago. The recipe is called Chicken with Gorgonzola and Walnuts; you can find an article about it in the Washington Post here. (note: we used onions instead of shallots because that's what we had on hand.)The recipe was really good, pretty fast, and easy. There are no soy considerations to keep in mind. However, like the slightly

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Adapted from a recipe found on the internet (don't remember source) after I came home from a trip to Hawaii where I could not try the great-looking breads in the hotel.Very good in a sandwich with chicken salad!Hawaiian Breadmakes one 1 1/2-pound loaf3 cups bread flour1 egg1 yolk (save white)1/2 cup pineapple tidbits with juice (1 snack pack serving)1/4 cup water1/3 cup sugar3 Tbsp butter, cut

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Oatmeal Honey Breadmakes one 1 1/2-pound loaf3/4 cup old-fashioned oats1 cup water1 egg3 cups bread flour1 tsp salt1 Tbsp canola oil [* see note below]1/4 cup honey [wild flower honey is good in this]1 1/2 tsp dry yeastPlace all the ingredients in the pan in the order recommended in your manual. Process on dough mode. Grease a 9" x 5" bread pan by putting a little oil in the bottom, then

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25 December: Finnish Coffee Braid26 December: Oatmeal-Honey Bread27 December: Hawaiian Bread28 December: none29 December: All-Whole Wheat Bread30 December: Sesame Semolina Finnish Coffee Braidrecipe from mom, who got it from a college friendwe usually had this for Christmas breakfastadapted for the bread machinemakes 2 small loaves3 cups bread flour2/3 cup milk1/3 cup sugar1 egg1/2 tsp salt1/4

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Sister-in-law baked Red Velvet Cake for Christmas dinner, so I get to bold another entry on the Sweet 100 list. Hers was from Epicurious.com, (without the berries) and was delicious.

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-48258546866893503992008-12-20T09:54:00.019-05:002008-12-20T15:33:41.374-05:00

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a Sunflower Seed Butter Mouse (!?)Back before my adult-onset soy allergy, we used to make Peanut Butter Mice, from a Woman's Day magazine back in the 80's, as one of our Christmas cookies. Then one year, I developed a rash and breathing problems while making them, prompting me to stop eating peanuts

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-64209017388365392742008-12-13T07:53:00.008-05:002010-04-25T13:10:20.394-04:00

I know the subtitle of this blog says "cooking and eating normal food" but this *is* normal food for my familyOne of our relatives was once married to a Tibetan, and one time she made soup for us. It was so good, I tried to recreate it soon thereafter, and succeeded well enough that it has become one of my kids' favorite suppers. The recipe I based mine on has been around the internet, though

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"We have nothing sweet to eat," Dear Husband (DH) complained yesterday. So, in exchange for his playing taxi driver for Younger Daughter, I knocked another entry off the Sweet 100 list.Nanaimo Bars. Oh. My. (Ahem . . .) Goodness. (We are a family-friendly blog here.) What are Nanaimo Bars? Are they a (no-bake) bar cookie? Are they candy? Are they both, like KitKat or RitterSport? I vote both.

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The blog Choosing Voluntary Simplicity has a good essay on how to have a soy-free Thanksgiving. For the day after Thanksgiving, I have two words:White Chiliabout 2 Tbsp olive or canola oil1 cup chopped onions1 cup chopped green pepper1 minced jalapeno pepper (optional)3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 Tablespoon)1 lb leftover turkey, cut into 1/2" cubes1 14 to 16-oz can cannelini beans or

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The Yankee Magazine Joe Froggers were more successful than the "authentic" recipe. They were easier to roll and they didn't spread anywhere near as much. And they tasted better, too.

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Good news! (for me, I mean.) The Whole Foods near me just started carrying Glee soy-free gum. As my daugher in first-year Spanish says, "me gusta!"

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-75313104686238972262008-11-13T14:53:00.002-05:002010-04-25T13:11:39.494-04:00

The office is having a going-away party tomorrow. The honoree decided he wanted a potluck lunch, which means I will be able to eat at least one thing there--the dessert, because I am bringing it. Potlucks mean either Cherry Cobbler (see here) or Texas Sheet cake because they are both made in a jelly-roll pan and serve a lot.There are recipes for this all over the web. Some leave out the word "

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Here's a good fall recipe, and it is not too hard to make if you have 1/2 pound leftover chicken and use frozen vegetables. The original recipe came from a Weight Watchers cookbook and used a small tube of (five) biscuits, each split in half, on top, which made it really easy, but they have soy oil. If you can eat soy oil--I can't--go ahead and use them, but use the cooking temperature and time

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-77298687482981144652008-11-02T09:37:00.001-05:002008-11-16T14:00:53.018-05:00

Well, we tried the Marblehead Joe Froggers recipe, not entirely successfully.The cookies tasted good, but the dough was so soft that refrigerating it didn't work; we had to freeze it. That was moderately successful.Then the cookies spread. They ended up almost twice as big as they were cut out. I think maybe it was the fault of the Spectrum palm oil shortening I used. I have had trouble making

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My dear husband and I spent Thursday and Friday night in Baltimore, courtesy of my generous MIL, who was in town prior to taking a cruise. This involved a stay in a very nice Marriot on the harbor, but with no kitchenette. Meals went like this:Thursday dinner--Seafood restaurant (Oceanaire, very nice, but pricey). Steamed clams and steamed broccoli. The best steamed clams I ever had--not chewy,

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I should have posted this last week, but better late than never.Last weekend we visited Elder Daughter at college. We booked at the Residence Inn in Richmond where we've stayed before. (Just found out that there is a Whole Foods and a newly-opened Trader Joe's just blocks from the place, woo-hoo!) This time we brought our entire dinner with us: lasagna, salad, salad dressing, and bread. Residence

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If you have been reading this blog, you may have gotten the idea that the Soy-free Kitchen is run by a gourmande--and you would be right. If you need proof, keep reading. This list comes from Cakespy.com, which is not a cooking site, but an eating site--they review bakeries--although there are some recipes on it. The photography is wonderful and quirky. In any case, the list seems to have become

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This morning I was reading an article on MSN.com called Food allergies: Strategies for dining out. It had a great idea in it: Chef Cards. These are cards from the Mayo Clinic, preformatted with some introductory text, which you can fill out with information on your food allergy and give to the restaurant server to give to the chef. They come four to a page; you print them, cut them out, and fill

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Elder daughter was home from college again this weekend (again?! yes, again.) Her favorite cookie is the Italian pignoli cookie made with almond paste. Here is a very good recipe from Epicurious.com. Here's another website that uses the exact same recipe, only this one has a photo. I include this because mine weren't photo-worthy.Note: I made the dough the way they said to in the recipe, but I

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From their website:The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America is asking people with food allergies and their caretakers to take an online survey.The purpose of the survey is to find out how people use the labels on foods that list ingredients and the warnings that a product may be contaminated by a known allergen. AAFA wants to become better informed about the impact of these labels.Currently,

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They didn't used to.Darn.

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Our elder daughter is a freshman in college this year, about 90 miles away. She comes home every few weeks and we make cookies for her to bring back. Her favorite is Oatmeal-Chocolate Chunk (recipe below) but we are branching out. This week she is getting Connecticut Nutmeg Hermits from Maida Heatter's Book of Great Cookies. This book is out of print, but you can still get it online from

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Good news! Soy-Free Sales, at http://www.soyfreesales.com/index.html, has soy-, nut-, peanut-, lactose-, dairy-, wheat-, gluten-, casein-, egg- and yeast- free gum!!! It comes in peppermint, cinnamon, bubblegum, and tangerine.They also have a good selection of chocolate, including chocolate chips in bulk. The Soy-Free Kitchen will be testing these out shortly. . . .

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-44364137083233447542008-08-30T15:00:00.001-04:002010-04-25T13:16:37.225-04:00

sThe last time I went to a Chinese restaurant I was sick before we left, even though I had ordered only steamed shrimp, steamed rice, and sweet-and-sour sauce on the side. I blame cross-contamination in the kitchen (probably someone used a spoon that had been in another dish.)But I love Chinese food.So, to a avoid a long story and get straight to the recipe, here is our home-made:Moo Goo Gai Pan1

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Elder daughter and I spent just came back from 11 days in Germany. I ate out every meal with no problems. Germans use sunflower and canola oil for the most part--even in their mayonaise.The plane back was British Airways, though, and eating was a problem. The good thing was, the entrees had the ingredients on the covers. A flight attendant kindly checked through all the entrees and found me an

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http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-1083Check it out.

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My potato salads tend to be good, not great. But here's one, adapted from Epicurious.com, that is out-of-this-world.Potato Salad2 lb equal-size Yukon Gold potatoes, still in their jackets1/4 cup cider vinegar plus 1 teaspoon salt OR:[1/4 cup dill pickle juice ]3/4 cup chopped celery (chop small)1/4 cup chopped green onions (scallions) OR:[1/4 cup finely chopped chives ]1/4 cup chopped fresh

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Memorial Day calls for cookouts and all-American food; my husband likes pie. So, mixed berry pie is on the menu. (Red, white, and blue.)Pie crust is not as hard as some things to make soy-free. You can't use Crisco, a mixture of soy and cottonseed oils, and my pie-dough experiments with Spectrum, a palm-oil shortening haven't turned out so well. Nor have all-butter crusts. However, since our

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-21093656159068596752008-05-09T20:02:00.002-04:002010-04-25T13:15:48.301-04:00

I went to Israel last year and am still fascinated by Israeli food. It's kind of a Middle-East fusion thing, with dishes from all over. I bought Joan Nathan's The Foods of Israel Today and decided to try some recipes for things I hadn't already had in Israel. The first one we tried was Shakshuka. I loved her recipe, but of course had to tinker with it (based on some other online versions.) So

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-27474797291520078362008-04-13T09:38:00.000-04:002008-04-13T10:10:08.226-04:00

We visited another college this weekend, and our trip was a little more successful, foodwise, than the last time. I planned more, in other words.I made some Bolognese sauce using a recipe I adapted from an old (pre "points") Weight-Watchers cookbook, then mixed it with cooked macaroni and carried it with us. It worked out well, because our trip was longer this time, and we were tired when we got

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-50526852457355445512008-04-06T20:13:00.000-04:002008-04-06T20:31:23.618-04:00

Traveling is hard. You have to plan. I didn't plan when we visited two colleges with my older daughter this weekend, and I literally did not know where my next meal was going to come from. However, I decided it was not going to be a problem because I still have to lose--ahem--a few pounds.Friday morning I drank coffee and ate a bagel and got into the car. At the last moment I grabbed some

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-18197811828743759172008-03-22T06:41:00.000-04:002008-03-30T19:23:22.391-04:00

I promised a chocolate post some time ago.I didn't get any chocolate eggs for Easter, because the Easter bunny doesn't bring soy-free chocolate. If there was a Passover bunny, he could, because Passover chocolate is soy free--something to do with certain Ashkenazim not eating legumes during Passover. So I ordered mini-chocolate chips, chocolate "buttons" with nonpareils on them, and peppermint

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Eating away from home is tough if you're soy-allergic. I make a point to go to the same neighborhood restaurants over and over, so the owners and cooks get to know me and will watch out for me. But this is not foolproof. One time I had cultivated a neighborhood Chinese restaurant. I told them I was allergic to soy. I only ordered steamed shrimp, steamed rice, steamed vegetables, and

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-5298661608186759712008-01-20T06:58:00.000-05:002008-01-20T08:14:37.892-05:00

Remember our motto, check every label, every time? I have collected some key words --in alphabetical order--to look for if you are avoiding soy:Abura-age – sliced deep-fried tofuAtsu-age – deep-fried tofuBac-O's – Brand name for imitation bacon bitsBacon bits, imitationBean curdDofuDoufuEdamameEmulsifier 322 (this is lecithin in Europe)Gan-modoki – soy dumplingHydrolyzed plant protein (HPP) – (

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I have decided to lose--ahem--a few pounds. In a way this is easy, because I control all the food I eat, anyway, taking my own supplies to work.Of course, in other ways, this is hard. One way it is hard, is, even if I wanted to, I couldn't use some of the commercial diet plans. - Jenny Craig food has soy. - Nutrisystem food has soy. - L.A. weight loss uses your own food, but they sell you

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My neighborhood pizza restaurant sold out.No, I mean, really sold out--the Egyptians (!) who owned it, and made their dough without oil from scratch, and their sauce with olive oil from scratch--sold to a Hispanic owner who first used frozen crusts then discontinued pizza altogether. Bummer. I asked at some of the nearby pizza places and can't find one who doesn't use soy. I called Papa John's

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-89509364825697574982008-01-01T09:24:00.000-05:002008-01-01T09:44:52.078-05:00

Because a large percentage of prepared foods have soy in them somewhere--I read it's upward of 65%, but I can't prove it--you have to learn to cook more when you're soy-allergic. For example, I have to make my own dried bread crumbs. I let some bread get stale, then whirl it in the blender. For really fine ones, I shake them through a sieve. Store in the freezer or they get rancid or buggy. It

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Remember I said last time that the corollary to check every label, every time, is if there is no label, you can't eat it? Nothing has a label at a potluck. Eventually you get used to not being able to partake of much at these parties. I went to one this week, and, besides a piece of the appetiser cheesecake I had brought, I ate raw vegetables. Nothing was labeled; they had even thrown out the

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One thing I didn't expect when I became allergic to soy was that it would prove to be a test of sorts for my friends (and family, more below.) Some people I barely know go out of their way to accomodate me, and some people I didn't expect don't try at all.For example, there was one woman I worked with, and was work-friendly with (but nothing more), who would go out of her way to check in with me

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Macaroni and cheese is generally not a problem for the soy allergic, because there are not a lot of places in it to sneak soy. I suppose somebody could use margarine instead of butter, and those pesky breadcrumbs on top could be made out of supermarket bread, but here we are talking about somebody else's homemade mac & cheese. If you make the kind in the box--and I admit I have--it is pretty

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Remember way back in post #1 I said that you can eat like a normal person without soy, but you have to make a lot of things from scratch? That's the theme for Thanksgiving.--Turkey: 100% natural or kosher, no self-basting birds--stuffing: made from scratch, from high-end bakery bread or homemade, no stuffing mix--cranberry sauce: premade is safe, but homemade tastes better--mashed potatoes: made

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Very few crackers are available to the soy-free. Saltines have soy--even the fat-free ones had lecithin the last time I looked. Some varieties of Kashi "TLC" ("tasty little cracker") varieties are soy-free, though you have to (repeat after me:) read every label, every time. The last time I went grocery shopping, I found two varieties of Carr's crackers that were made with palm oil, the Whole

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Until 2 weeks ago, I hadn't had a french fry since 1999 when I moved back to the United States from Germany. Most french fries in the States are cooked in soy oil or generic "vegetable oil" which usually is a mix with some soy in it. But two weeks ago we went to Brasserie Beck, a Belgian restaurant in downtown Washington, D.C. My sister-in-law asked what they fry in, and they told her grapeseed

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This week I dedicate to chocolate cake, because it is the reason I missed posting last week. I was making one Saturday morning to take out to dinner with me that evening. A big kitchen knife dropped and cut one of my fingers enough to have stitches, so I spent time in the emergency room instead of blogging.Chocolate cake is one of the best things ever invented, in my opinion, but is problematical

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One of the ironies of being soy-allergic is that it forces you to avoid processed foods (very healthy!) but you become hyper-aware of those you can eat.Which brings us to chips. I am not much of a potato chip fan, but once in a while. . . .Here's a list of those without soy I have found:-- Lays plain-- Lays Ruffles-- Lays Reduced Fat (NOT Fat-free, those have soy-based Olestra)-- Utz plain-- Utz

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Not long ago I got an email from Rachel in New York, asking if I knew of any soy-free chewing gum. I don't chew gum much, but my daughters do, so I funded them to go out looking for soy-free gum. They didn't find any. I went online and managed to find two: Chiclets and Dubble Bubble, but Dubble Bubble gumballs "may contain lecithin."

Kay Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10839780066159238973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419209818117527339.post-11729993361986225582007-09-03T10:53:00.001-04:002007-09-05T03:06:27.263-04:00

Here's a useful site that lists a lot of soy-free (and soy-laden) products and offerings by commercial food outlets:Soy Product Informationand here's an online store where you can shop by allergy:KidsAllergyStop.com(and they have chocolate chips!)

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Most of the commercial salad dressings in the U.S. have soy oil in them, or are labeled something like "canola and/or soy oil." So we make our own. Besides, it's cheaper (I'm from New England, remember?)Good Seasons packets have no soy--I called and asked--and, if you make it with pure extra-virgin olive oil and red-wine vinegar, it's pretty good. So that's our staple. Here's another good one

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We are having the traditional end-of-summer cookout on Labor Day weekend and we are going vaguely Mediterranean. One of the appetizers (mezze?) is going to be pita and hummus. The nice thing about both of them is that, even if you buy them, they usually don't have soy in them (read every label, every time.) We buy whole-wheat pita, but we make our hummus. It's just too cheap when you make it, and

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As far as I know, there is no truth-in-advertising law for blogs, but I will tell you up front that these chicken nuggets are not going to taste like MacD's. (As they say on Seinfeld, not that there's anything wrong with that.) I can't even walk into a MacDonald's, or I walk out with asthma. Something with soy in it--fryer grease? non-stick spray for the grill?--is in the air. We serve these

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Well, we are on a bread kick, apparently. An old friend of mine from my graduate school days is in town and she came this morning for coffee. She offered to bring doughnuts, but if they don't have soy flour in them (like Dunkin Donuts) they are fried in soy oil. So that's out. I made one of my husband's favorite coffee cakes. It's reminiscent of an almond danish:Almond Braid3/4 cup milk (skim is

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You know how tired you get when you're shopping in a mall, and how hungry you get, and how those cinnamon rolls smell so good? Well, when you're soy allergic, you can't buy them. They may be soy-free--who knows? The company doesn't post this information on their website, and I haven't written them. In any case, here's a recipe that's pretty close, except I don't use a cream-cheese based frosting:

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Tuna Noodle Casserole (or Toona Noona, as one of my kids called it) is not high class fare, but it has its advantages. It is quick, and my whole family will eat it.Half of that changed when I came down with the soy allergy.Canned Cream of Chicken--or Cream of Mushroom, or Cream of Celery--soup contains soy. You could make a white sauce for the casserole, but then you've changed what makes this

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Soy-free bread is problematical. Most of the breads on the bread aisle have soy oil. Most tortillas are out, too, unless you can find an honest-to-god fat-free one, and they are scarce. As a result, our fajitas are usually served in whole-wheat pita. Pita's usually okay.The good news is, supermarkets are starting to sell more upscale bread in their bakery departments and they are often soy-free.

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In Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1, which I got for my birthday this year, I learned that authentic Sauce Tartare is made with hard-cooked egg yolks, and Sauce Remoulade is made with raw egg yolks. That is, it is based on mayonnaise. Both have herbs, pickles, and capers, so except for the state of the egg yolks, they are virtually identical.Well. I am from New England,

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Barbecue sauce is one of those products that I didn't expect to have to worry about. However, once you realize that most of them contain oil, it's obvious that soy oil is going to show up. There are a few, like Kraft original, that are okay--for now (read every label, every time)--but making your own is pretty easy. The following recipe came from my friend Belva, who is half-Cajun and

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Can you eat like a normal person with a soy allergy? Yes. And no.By yes, I mean you can eat most foods you used to eat, like macaroni and cheese, tuna casserole, taco salad, and chocolate-chip cookies.By no, I mean you are probably going to have to make them yourself (there are exceptions.)When I first was diagnosed with a soy allergy, I was shocked by how many processed foods contained soy,

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