Food Glorious Food

Sorry for the long break I have been juggling so many things - I really do need to get my rhythm going!

Okay so one of my passions is cooking of which I have had some real learning experiences with since my Princess was born.  The poor darling has egg and nut allergies, which are life threatening.  So the day she first had whole egg was when I was to learn of her food allergies and a whole new way of cooking.

Out at brunch on the beautiful North Shore in Sydney with my Mum (we used to live in Sydney) Ashleigh-Rose was about 16 months old and about to have her first taste of scrambled eggs and boy did she like them - she couldn't get a mouthful quick enough. Within minutes of her gobbling 3 teaspoons of egg, to my horror, her little face started to puff up and red welts started to appear everywhere.

In a state of panic I rang "000" who said if I was close to a hospital get her there immediately as I would probably be quicker than the ambulance.  Ten minutes from North Shore Hospital we arrived in an emotional mess to be raced into emergency and watch my baby quickly deteriorate.  With doctors immediately administering adrenalin the next half hour became a blur.

To think the wonderful "egg" could be such a deadly ingredient to my daughter was a shock!

To see your child in this way is very scary, her little body was being rapidly attacked and by this stage was red raw - only 20 minutes had transpired since she had eaten the egg.

I do fancy myself as a bit of a Master Chef and love cooking for family and friends but from this day on my cooking had to take a complete turn around.

One who loved to bake: cakes, quiches, mornay's, pasta, pastries......... wow, to think that "EGG" was in so many things?

But where there's a will, there's a way......

So lots of experimental cakes - "without" egg and lots of disasters!!

But here's a couple of my success stories - being for my beautiful girls Birthday's.  Every child has to have a birthday cake they can eat.

Who would think this was an egg-less chocolate cake?

 And another egg-less chocolate cake.....................

My quote for the day:

"They who lose today may win tomorrow"

                                               - Miguel De Cervantes

Never say Never
SSMxx