Sorry for the delay
I know I haven't been here in a while, but I will be posting again soon-ish.
How 'bout some nice cookies? I have developed friendships with people who are either allergic to certain ingredients, like eggs and nuts; or have an illness which restricts them from eating certain foods. Like me, I have Fibromyalgia, and eating less sugar in my diet does help, but also reducing or eliminating entirely gluten (wheat) from my diet helped immensely. But a gluten-free diet can be expensive. I am learning to adjust the wheat in my meals and reducing its presence in my diet takes time and experimentation with my foods.
I am constantly on the lookout for inexpensive substitutes, but when it comes to baking I prefer real flour. It just isn't the same to me, even with the way my taste buds have changed due to the Fibro.
So here goes. I have a friend whose son was thought to be allergic to eggs. So I went looking last Christmas for cookies without eggs for them. I found these yummy Peanut Butter Cookies. They were a big hit then and again later at our District Family Camp.
Then we needed a Sugar Cookie for him to help make and these were pretty good, too. Thank God this child is not allergic to eggs, just tree nuts. So that made their baking days easier.
But my family members and friends with diabetes have different dietary rules to follow: Carb Counting. This is on-going. And while there are two types of diabetes, both affect a person's dietary requirements. So when I make cookies and not sure who is going to eat them, I try to find recipes with nutritional values listed so I can share this with them. That way they know in advance how many carbs are approximately in each cookie. Or cake. Or bread. All depends.
Right now we are searching our office for my mother-in-law's Pumpkin Cookies. They're really good. And as soon as we find it, I will share it here.
How 'bout some nice cookies? I have developed friendships with people who are either allergic to certain ingredients, like eggs and nuts; or have an illness which restricts them from eating certain foods. Like me, I have Fibromyalgia, and eating less sugar in my diet does help, but also reducing or eliminating entirely gluten (wheat) from my diet helped immensely. But a gluten-free diet can be expensive. I am learning to adjust the wheat in my meals and reducing its presence in my diet takes time and experimentation with my foods.
I am constantly on the lookout for inexpensive substitutes, but when it comes to baking I prefer real flour. It just isn't the same to me, even with the way my taste buds have changed due to the Fibro.
So here goes. I have a friend whose son was thought to be allergic to eggs. So I went looking last Christmas for cookies without eggs for them. I found these yummy Peanut Butter Cookies. They were a big hit then and again later at our District Family Camp.
Then we needed a Sugar Cookie for him to help make and these were pretty good, too. Thank God this child is not allergic to eggs, just tree nuts. So that made their baking days easier.
But my family members and friends with diabetes have different dietary rules to follow: Carb Counting. This is on-going. And while there are two types of diabetes, both affect a person's dietary requirements. So when I make cookies and not sure who is going to eat them, I try to find recipes with nutritional values listed so I can share this with them. That way they know in advance how many carbs are approximately in each cookie. Or cake. Or bread. All depends.
Right now we are searching our office for my mother-in-law's Pumpkin Cookies. They're really good. And as soon as we find it, I will share it here.
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