Tag Archives: GF/CF diet

You know, it’s the simple things you take for granted before being diagnosed with food allergies. If something looks good, you eat it. Then, suddenly, you can’t anymore. I’m not sure about the rest of you guys, but it gave me food whiplash. My allergies came on slowly overtime, and I became less and less able to tolerate foods I used to be able to eat. So, my problem is, I still crave certain foods. Like donuts. The good news is, there’s a healthy(ish) answer for that craving, the fonut (fake donut). It’s not my name or recipe originally (although I did make a minor modification or two), there’s a great shop out here in Southern California (www.fonuts.com) that put out a few of their recipes, so here we go:
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Today I get to write a guess post about one of my favorite things in the world: food!  Unfortunately, Dr. Jerry did this horrible thing where he told me all the foods I used to love I couldn’t have anymore thanks to my allergies (okay, maybe not ALL of the foods, but most of them).  My problem is, I still love food and I love to cook, so I’ve had to become very creative in making foods without all the “bad” stuff.  Here’s a great cobbler recipe I’ve put together, we just had this at Mom’s birthday and it turned out great!  Now, the recipe calls for canned peaches, but I’ve used it with frozen berries and fresh pineapple too, so use whatever fruit you like!
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