Easter Supper!

Well I managed to find enjoy life chocolate bars and surf sweets for the boys Easter baskets! YAY! I still have to go get plastic eggs filled with the tiny toys and a dozen eggs and dye. ( we are making Gabe wear latex free gloves and I'm putting the eggs in whisks so that he isn't going to be actually touching them). Walmart always has them cheap. I also got bubbles. But other than that we are ready for the Easter Bunny!!!! We are having family over for an early dinner and have managed to make every thing but 1 dessert and 1 type of rolls wheat, egg, corn, soy and nut free!!!!!! WOOT! Soo excited that we were able to do this AND that my MIL (mother in law) who is cooking half maybe more, was willing to go out of her way to make sure everything is Gabe ok!

We will be having
Turkey
glazed carrots
mashed potatoes (can't have ranch flavored though :(
sweet potatoes
peas
squash
green beans
cranberry sauce (I need to double check this)
biscuits
crescent rolls (these aren't Gabe ok)
banana cupcakes
chocolate pie (this is not Gabe ok)

I think that is pretty damn impressive that we put together all of this and it's Gabe ok. Honestly we could have made it totally Gabe ok except SIL (sister in law) really wanted to make her chocolate pie contribution and I wanted to make sure we had crescent rolls around in case my biscuits don't turn out great. (first time making them with perfect flour blend so I want to be sure I have a back up.)

So anyways I'm just very excite. I love cooking big meals.

I need that.

So for anyone who's kids have food allergies, they know that you HAVE to cook a LOT more. Especially with soy or corn allergies. I mean yea it's great no more evil processed foods and all, BUT lets face it, it's a LOT of work! There is a reason that frozen food companies do so well! People don't have a lot of time anymore!

All I can say is THANK GOD (and amazing wonderful hubby who supports me) that I can stay at home. If you are reading this blog and you have a kid with severe food allergies and you work, I bow down to you! Seriously, I don't know how to fit all the stuff into my very boring day. I don't know how people who work do this.

Any-who to the point of my tirade. I need to spend sooo much time in the kitchen now, but I am learning that having those random gadgets that most people buy and never use is actually nice. :) I recently got a crock pot again. (25 bucks for a HUGE one at walmart!) (someone stole ours when we moved, Karma will get them.) Then I got a new hand held mixer (10 bucks at target!), then an ice cream maker. (walmart clearance 15 bucks! WOOT!) Now my Grammy in law is loaning me her bread maker until the one my other grandma is giving me gets here! So now I will have a bread maker! (other than myself!) Wooo Hooo! Everyone it seems that I know, has bought these GREAT gadgets but then never uses them, because well who wants to spend all day in the kitchen? So I am slowly buying them off everyone I know, or buying them when they clearance! My next thing? Dehydrator! I figure I can make banana chips, apple chips, etc, and have a bunch of easy little fruit snack bags that I can just grab and go. That would be nice. So yea I need that! LOL! Seriously though, they are really a nice thing to have! They save some time and get my bread to rise just right!

Tonight I plan on making muffins (didn't I JUST make a batch?) and trying a new namaste mix for dumplings, then I'm going to try to make a chicken and dumpling meal of some sort. I don't have it entirely planned, but it's gonna have peas, carrots, chicken, and a really good buttery milk sauce. (sorry for you dairy allergic people) I'll post the recipe if it turns out any good!