So I have been banned from eating anything will milk in it for the next couple of months, at least, because it looks like Emily is having an allergic reaction to milk. I actually had the same problem with Max, but I only had to go a week without milk because it was a false alarm. It was not a fun week. I didn't realize until that week just how much we use milk in our culture. Luckily I have a wonderful friend who's children are allergic to milk and so I gave her a call to ask her for some advice. She was so great, telling me what substitutes to use for butter and how to make a passable sour cream and cream soup substitute. She even printed off a bunch of recipes and lent me her milk-free cookbook. Today being Jeff's birthday I wanted to make him something nice for dinner so I attempted to make fried chicken and mash potatoes without milk, per Jeff's request. Dinner turned out okay, but my gravy and mashed potatoes left a little something to be desired. (This is the first time I remember having homemade mashed potatoes and it not being my favorite part of the meal.) We also attempted to make Deanne's chocolate cake, which also didn't turn out quite right. As you can tell by the pictures below, Max was more than happy with the results. That's not saying much though, since Max doesn't have the most discriminating taste buds. Hopefully we won't have to go through to many more cooking adventures before Emily grows out of her allergy. I'm just hoping that at least I might lose a few pounds as a reward for abstaining from all my favorite foods!
