recipe ingredients

[Guest guest]

Hello -

 

I am considering switching to a raw eating regimen, but have a major

problem with the recipe ingredients I've seen listed so far. SO many

recipes list walnuts, cashews, almonds and other tree nuts as primary

ingredients.

 

However, I am deathly allergic, as in anaphylactic shock, to ALL tree

nuts in any form!! (And have been since I was 6 or 7 - I'm now 53)

 

Has anyone run into this before? And if so, what kind of

substitutions did you make?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Lianna

[Guest guest]

You could substitute seeds, such as pumpkin, sunflower, flax. I

don't have any experience with anaphylactic shock, but I'm pretty

sure this could be cured eventually if you continue with raw foods

and do some cleansing.

 

Ron Koenig

 

RawSeattle , " wlogds " <lthea@q...> wrote:

>

> Hello -

>

> I am considering switching to a raw eating regimen, but have a

major

> problem with the recipe ingredients I've seen listed so far. SO

many

> recipes list walnuts, cashews, almonds and other tree nuts as

primary

> ingredients.

>

> However, I am deathly allergic, as in anaphylactic shock, to ALL

tree

> nuts in any form!! (And have been since I was 6 or 7 - I'm now 53)

>

> Has anyone run into this before? And if so, what kind of

> substitutions did you make?

>

> Any help would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Lianna

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lianna -

 

Yes, the seeds should substitute well, since they are not the same as the

tree nuts. I would not rely on curing the nut allergy, and would not take a

chance on even trying it. (Sorry, Ron - anaphylactic shock can be deadly,

if someone is that severely allergic to something, they shouldn't try it,

not at all, not ever.)

 

You should find good support in the raw community in Seattle, be sure to

visit the regular potlucks. The dishes are all labeled, so you can tell if

something has the tree nuts in it. (Desserts would be a prime

suspect...pies usually have some kind of nut/date crust, and cakes often are

made from nuts.) Hopefully folks will become aware that there is someone in

their midst who has a problem with the nuts, and try to lean toward recipes

that do not contain nuts. (I'm living near Vancouver, WA, now, so my

attendance at Seattle potlucks has been virtually nil since last summer.

But they're good gatherings, and good opportunities to network with

like-minded people.)

 

Best wishes on your journey toward rawdom -

 

Sue

 

 

You could substitute seeds, such as pumpkin, sunflower, flax. I

don't have any experience with anaphylactic shock, but I'm pretty

sure this could be cured eventually if you continue with raw foods

and do some cleansing.

 

 

 

.. SO

many

> recipes list walnuts, cashews, almonds and other tree nuts as

primary

> ingredients.

>

> However, I am deathly allergic, as in anaphylactic shock, to ALL

tree

> nuts in any form!!