Cherrybrook Kitchen Chocolate Chip Cookies

So these were suppose to be chocolate chip cookies - but I didn't read the directions properly....So they became chocolate cookies after I melted the shortening - it was HOT and I added it to the mix and melted all the chocolate chips.

With that said, we really enjoy Cherrybrook Kitchen products. What's not to like. A dedicated allergen free (dairy, peanut, egg and many gluten free products) company that makes treats that we can share with our non-allergic friends. It is easier to make with the kids than starting a recipe from scratch - just read the directions as part of the experience.

The chocolate chip cookies do contain soy lecithin. If you are avoiding soy - check out their other products.

Rice Spaghetti with a Ragu Sauce

Tonight was a quickie. I started to boil the water while I made the sauce. I added an onion, three garlic cloves, ground turkey, and a 15oz can of crushed tomatoes. On the side we had spinach. And for dessert - watermelon Palapas. I think we like saying palapa as much as we like eating them.

Overall, ladybug ate everything and even asked to have her spinach added to her sauce. This way she wouldn't taste it. Hey she ate it. Little ladybug picked at her meal. She hasn't eaten dinner for weeks. I think she could live on avocado alone which she eats at lunch everyday! Hubby took his to work the next day too. This is a meal that we make about twice a month.

What's for Dinner? (when you have multiple food allergies)

Stirfry tonight.

We used frozen tenderloin chicken that I cooked in Olive Oil in a pan on the stove while I showered the the ladybugs (it cooked for about 20 minutes on the stove because I didn't defrost it). Add a bag of mixed vegetable stirfry. I used Trader Joe's Bejing vegetables that had shitake mushrooms, baby corn, water chestnuts, carrots, snow peas, green beans broccolli and red peppers. We didn't use the soy sauce - (I generally stay away from prepared sauces) and served it over rice..

This makes an interesting soy sauce substitute

Ingredients
8fl.oz (1 cup) Molasses (use blackstrap for extra iron)
3fl.oz. (about 1/3 cup) Balsamic Vinegar
Sugar to taste

Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until well blended.

Ladybug tried each of the vegetables and ate the chicken and rice. She liked it. Little ladybug only ate the chicken - she didn't even touch the broccolli. Overall it was just ok - I would probably try again in the Spring and add avocado to it.