Quiche

    So, thanks to Xolair injections over the last 2 and a half years, Vinnie's allergies are becoming *WAY* more manageable.  One major change is that he is no longer reactive to shared fries or ovens!  

In August, he passed the BAKED EGG food challenge at National Jewish Health in Denver.  We were so excited to add a food into his diet!  

Being allergic to raw egg but safe to baked egg is very tricky.  When eggs are baked--to a certain protocol-- the proteins change and become something that you can tolerate.  For Vinnie, it is a VERY sensitive measure.  We experimented with some store bought products and unfortunately had an ANA episode.  

The "baked egg" rules, that we follow are:

1. One egg per cup of regular flour, it cannot be gluten free

2. The dish must be baked at 350 degrees for a minimum of 30 minutes.

3. Store bought products, should follow both of the first rules *AND* have egg not appear in the top 3 ingredients.  Since most foods don't include their recipe or bake times/temps, we have to make reasonable guesses about the preparation.  

So far, we've found ONE safe food that he can eat as much as he wants, that we can buy, and its pecan swirls, by TastyKake.  

So, all of that said, to explain that we can now cook RAW EGG in the oven and Vinnie doesn't have anaphylaxis!  The last time I tried to make a quiche, we lived in Virginia and moving wasn't even on our radar!  

So, I used this recipe, from The Gingered Whisk, to make homemade mini-quiches for dinner!  I made Vinnie's up first. I used Jus-Roll prepackaged puff pastry, Just Egg egg substitute, Ripple milk substitute and Daiya cheese substitute.  I added bacon into his, but no spinach, and he LOVED THEM! He ate 3 of them, so it was a real like too!  He ate, while the allergic real egg ones for the rest of the family, were cooking and he did not have any reactions! Isn't that amazing?!  We are so excited. 

 I didn't risk cooking his while ours were in the oven, because it was super snowy out and I didn't want to risk having to leave the house.  We have cooked allergic and safe pizzas in the oven at the same time with no anaphylaxis!  Xolair has been so good for him!

Vinnie safe mini-quiche above and my quiche, steak, and sausage below. 

 

Christmas Recap!

 As usual, for our game schooling family, we had a game heavy Christmas haul!  In the next few posts I'll be reviewing the games we've had the chance to try out!

We haven't been able to get the walls finished from the foundation work we had, right after we bought the house, so the unframed walls are featured in the pictures.  It is what it is.  

Our traditional, pose in front of the tree in matching jammies pictures...

As a family full of LEGO lovers, there were a lot of awesome LEGO gifts. 

Lucas checking out a card game.

The TikTok famous Minecraft magnetic cubes.  I found a couple brands on Amazon that had the .89" blocks at reasonable prices.  I'll do a mini-review of those in another post.

This game is a 100% winner, its called OK Play!

This was a random clearance aisle find, that actually is really cute and great for getting some ya-yas out indoors!

This boy absolutely LOVES playing with dominoes.  

More magnetic Minecraft style blocks.

This is the *BEST* version of Candy Land I've ever seen.   I have always liked the 80s art and felt that all the versions that have been out since I had kids were way too overstimulating, but this Bluey version is so calming. 

Jurassic Park "Ravenous Raptors"-- a themed version of Hungry Hippos. 

Sulley's haul-- I snagged the Sleeping Queens 2 right before Christmas in like-new condition, for $3 from the local BST page!

A game for mom!

Not the best "trouble" game I've ever played. 

Lucas' game haul.

Games for Vinnie:

So, that's most of the games we got for Christmas as a family. I'll be posting reviews of them as quickly as I can!  

I hope all our friends had a great Christmas too!