Silver's Condition

Silver has a medical condition called Escinophiliac Esophogitis. Also known as E.E. You can google the condition or if you just type EE you will get results to his condition. He was diagnosed by an endoscopy with Biopsies taken from his throat, stomach, and intestines. He has to go through an elimination diet of the top 9 most commont food allergies. Those allergies are: Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Corn, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Fish, and Shellfish. When he was first diagnosed in August 2009, we had to eliminate ALL of those items from EVERYTHING he ate. After three months he got tested again, and his biopsies were clear, so we got to pick ONE of those 9 foods to add back into his diet. And so this goes on and on.... Every three months, he gets retested, and ONLY if his biopsies are clear can we add one food back in. However, during this process he has been tested for his food allergies, and we know he is allergic to Corn, and Eggs so those two will never come back. In addition to those he is also allergic to Peas, and Cashews. So I make MOST of his food at home, from scratch!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Doughnuts - egg free

This orginal recipe calls for two eggs, but I make them using Ener-G Egg replacer, and they turn out FABULOUS!!!  Silver ate two doughnut holes the first time I made them, and 5 the second time.  This is a hit my whole family loves.

2 Envelops of active Dry Yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 1/2 Cups luke warm milk
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs  (or equivelent if using a replacer)
1/3 Cup shortning
5 Cups all purpose flour

  1. Sprinkle yeast over warm water and let proof for about 5 minutes.  Mix together the Yeast, Water, Milk, Sugar, Salt, Eggs*, Shortning, and 2 cups of the flour.  Mix until creamy and add the reast of the flour.  Kneed dough until a smooth texture apprars. 
  2. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, until about 1/2 inch thick.  Using a round doughnut cutter (I use a small bowl because I do not have a round cutter)  cut out the doughnuts , (then I also cut out holes using a medicine cup that came with a bottle of cough syrup) place on a baking sheet to rise.  Cover with a kitchen towl and let them rise for about 30-40 minutes, until puffy.
  3. Preheat a pan of oil on a medium heat.  (about 350 degrees if you have a therometer, which I do not)  Doughnts float so they need to be turned to cook evenly.  Cook on each side about 30 seconds.  Dip them in a pan of glaze, or simply a bowl of sugar to coat them, and place them back on the sheet to cool.

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