Top Eight Free: Your Guide to Allergy-Free Eating

What’s a foodie to do when confronted with allergies to the basic ingredients in most cooking?   Learn how to cook without ingredients!  

This website is the result of three years of research and experimentation with foods free of the top eight food allergens for children:  dairy, soy, nuts, peanuts, eggs, wheat, fish and shellfish.   Most are also free of sesame and yeast and are low in naturally-occuring histamine.  There are also many recipes here for people on a gluten-free or gluten-free/casien free diets.  Many are vegan.   All are surprisingly tasty and far from boring.

These recipes may not be appropriate for your family.  For example, my daughter is not allergic to wheat so some of the recipes use kamut or spelt flour, which are relatives of wheat and should not be eaten by people with IgE-mediated allergies to wheat or with celiac disease.   Please check with your allergist before trying any new foods.

I’ve started a new category of recipes that conform to the Weight Watchers core plan.  I guess it is proof that it is possible to eat well on an allergen-free diet that I need to watch my weight!   These recipes are free of the top eight allergens and are also low-fat and high in whole grains and protein. 

In addition to the recipes, this site features links to organizations and businesses  dedicated to food allergies and some general musings about life with allergies.   I hope that this site makes living with allergies a little easier and more fun for you!