Milk/egg/nut free recipes? HELP ME!!!

[kscwgirl]

My son's kindy class has nut, milk and egg allergies. I have no idea what kind of treats we can do for their class parties and birthday celebrations. Does anyone have any TESTED recipes that will work?

[NatalieKW]

These (http://smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com/2011/08/no-bake-energy-bitesecipe.html) are amazing.

[digideb]

I don't have ingredients lists in front of me, so I'm not 100% sure, but what about rice krispy treats?
ETA: I looked up the ingredients & there is no milk, eggs or nuts in them! :) I don't think I've ever met a kid who doesn't love them! :)

[NatalieKW]

That's a great idea! I love Rice Krispie treats. We add extra marshmallows! :)

[digideb]

Oh, wait! They do call for butter. Is that an issue?

[digideb]

& yes, definitely extra marshmallows!! :)

[Traci Reed]

Use margarine instead of butter...those balls won't work, call for nut butter..but they are good!

[Julie Billingsley]

I've made Cockeyed Cak (http://www.food.com/recipe/Cockeyed-Cake-62430)e before and it was good. Instead of icing, I've used coolwhip. Just keep the finished cake/cupcakes in the fridge!

ah... just looked coolwhip up and they've changed the ingredients (http://w3.kraftbrands.com/sites/CoolWhip/Pages/Allergy_Alert.aspx). It does have cream in it now. huh. maybe put powdered sugar on top of the cake instead?

[BrattyMeg]

Use margarine instead of butter...those balls won't work, call for nut butter..but they are good!

I made them with Sunbutter (and soynut not peanut) they were only ok..tastes much better with peanut or almond butter but that is an option if you make those

[NatalieKW]

Use margarine instead of butter...those balls won't work, call for nut butter..but they are good!

Oh yeah, you're right. Haha...I just had actually nuts pictured in my mind!

[Julie Billingsley]

also, my suggestion is only if you can bring a homemade item into the school. We have all sorts of rules that homemade anything is a NO here. only store bought due to health sanitary concerns.

[kscwgirl]

No, we can bring homemade stuff. Thanks so much for the links guys. :)

[BrattyMeg]

what about popcorn? You can get milk free margarine in place of butter

[Julie Billingsley]

ah... just looked coolwhip up and they've changed the ingredients (http://w3.kraftbrands.com/sites/CoolWhip/Pages/Allergy_Alert.aspx). It does have cream in it now. huh. maybe put powdered sugar on top of the cake instead?

lol... quoted myself.
okay, actually read the whole warning. If the kid is just lactose intolerant, it's still okay to use coolwhip. :)

[emmasmommy]

darik calls those balls powerballs LOL makes me laugh every time.

[[michele]]

Our school is really pushing healthy treats so for dd6's bday celebration at school, I took in a grocery store platter of fresh cut fruits. The kids? went nuts. Seriously. Half the class came back for seconds.

So now once a month I'm going to bring in a fresh fruit and read them a story that has something to do with that fruit. Bartlett pears and "Mr Putter and Tabby Pick Pears" was this month and again, most of the kids very happily munched like they were eating sugary stuff.

:) Michele

[dana]

here is a website (http://www.foodallergymama.com/) that has a lot of good recipes - i haven't had them all, but i have had the dairy/egg/nut free chocolate chip cookies (http://www.foodallergymama.com/2008/11/05/the-best-chocolate-chip-cookie-youll-ever-have/) and they were AMAZING ... i'm not sure how difficult it is to find the special ingredients, though... the lady who has the blog (and recipe book) is from my old neighborhood near chicago ...

i also second the fruit suggestion - my daughters' school only allows fruit as treats, so i am bringing in a fruit bouquet for my daughter's birthday celebration :)

[sprauncey1]

I made them with Sunbutter (and soynut not peanut) they were only ok..tastes much better with peanut or almond butter but that is an option if you make those

Did you use soybutter or Sunbutter? Sunbutter is sunflower seed butter (seed not nut, but I'd still ask parent). Soy butter doesn't taste good to me, but the sunbutter does. We've been using it for 2 years now.

The fruit tray is a great idea and you can use cookie cutters to make fun shapes if you want to go crazy!

Oh and for the record, my nut allergy kid, doesn't like marshmallow treats at all. I still wonder to this day if he is slightly allergic to rice, he's never liked it. So yes there are kiddos who don't like them. Maybe just a bag of fun marshmallows next to the fruit?

[BrattyMeg]

Did you use soybutter or Sunbutter? Sunbutter is sunflower seed butter (seed not nut, but I'd still ask parent). Soy butter doesn't taste good to me, but the sunbutter does. We've been using it for 2 years now.

I've done both..I didn't care for the Soynut Butter either. I only made them with alternatives b/c of a peanut allergy at the event I was taking them to. Nobody in my fam has a peanut allergy so I usually just use natural PB

[MamaBee]

also, my suggestion is only if you can bring a homemade item into the school. We have all sorts of rules that homemade anything is a NO here. only store bought due to health sanitary concerns.

seriously? My first thought when I read this was that parents were busy and wanted to feel less guilty about going to the store for a quick last minute snack. ;)

[dana]

seriously? My first thought when I read this was that parents were busy and wanted to feel less guilty about going to the store for a quick last minute snack. ;)

some of our schools here have this rule too - but because of allergy reasons - they want to have a list of ingredients and know exactly what is in each item.

[Darcy Baldwin]

Rebecca - in our area, treats for classrooms can be purchased, only :( Nothing homemade, nothing in bulk.


Sara - check to see if it's a 'nut' allergy fully, or just a peanut allergy. Many kids are fine with tree nuts, just can't have peanuts (which are actually a legume - go figure). If the tree nuts are okay - you can substitute any number of nut butters for peanut butter to create great treats.

[MamaBee]

wow... I haven't heard about this in our area - but then my kiddo isn't in school yet... I just worry about in purchased items and if the labels are for real... I know when I was on a gluten free diet, labels weren't always to be trusted.

[pewtertm]

A lot of schools only allow store-bought food....basically because store kitchens are inspected by food service; no telling when it comes to homemade (like my former co-worker who swore it was more sanitary for her to let her dogs lick her plates clean than to wash them by hand...gross!). It's mainly a sanitary/safety precaution. That and with store bought, all of the ingredients SHOULD be listed on the food.


I love the fruit idea...these are fun looking...
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