Monday, October 25, 2010

Finally. Binding my cookies.

About a year ago I found out that I had some problems digesting dairy and eggs.  Honestly, I ignored the eggs, but concentrated on removing dairy from my diet as that resonated with me as having caused me digestive distress.  However, as I was in experimentation mode at the time I went about trying to replace the eggs in my baking.  I tried tofu, mashed bananas and a few others (didn’t try the egg replacer stuff as it didn’t seem like a healthy thing to do).  None of them worked.  I gave up.
About 1 month ago someone said something to me that jolted me in the recognition that perhaps eggs could be causing me more subtle problems.  And shortly afterwards realized I felt horribly during a run.  What had I eaten right beforehand?  eggs.  Uh oh.
So here I am after 14 months of diet experimentation and I am starting anew with something that I should have done a while ago.  I am going to remove all eggs and dairy from my diet for two weeks.  Every ounce.  Not a speck.  Let’s see how that goes.
Wow.  Was that a tangent.  What I meant to say was, “Today I made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and replaced one of the eggs with flax seeds.”  Really exciting for me cause it totally worked.  A friend mentioned chia seeds to me as a great egg replacer and upon looking chia seeds in my handy Whole Foods Encyclopedia I found that flax seeds could work as well.  (Not quite as well, so I am going to get some chia seeds soon.)  I am going to try to replace both the eggs in my cookies next time.  I am pretty excited right now because I am having no distress from eating the cookies.  The chips were non dairy so I am feeling happy having made yummy cookies.  yay!
*  On a side note, hubbend and I are starting a new thing where he asks me about a nutrition concept and I research it and explain it to him.  I’ll get back to you on that.  Yesterday was lecithin.

4 comments:

  1. No eggs, no dairy? That sounds reasonable, but have you also considered avoiding grains? Eggs bother me only a little, dairy is a little worse for me, but grains are a big problem for me.

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  2. my cousin used flax seed meal, really group up flax seeds, and has had pretty good luck trading it for eggs.

    i am really liking your thoughts on your last few "labeling" posts. i'm also excited to hear about how your nutrition concepts come along. maybe you can share with us too. : )

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  3. Yes. I ground up 1tb of flax seeds and mixed it with 3tb of water. It totally turned into a gelatinous goop.

    Apparently chia seeds are preferable as they don't need to be ground to be digested.

    @ITMB - my naturopath tested me on all the common allergens and she told me I don't have a problem with grains. All I've noticed is that I can't eat them later in the day or they greatly affect my weight. Root vegetables don't seem to affect me that much though. I don't eat a lot of grains anyway...

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  4. hmm.. i have a fair amount of chia seeds on hand. i'll have to try them out. thanks

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