Simmi has had her first experience making muffins, and let me tell you, this child was in heaven! She loved pouring in all the ingredients, stirring it and of course putting her hands in everything. Her fingers would flitter as she stuck her hands in the agave nectar, she loved putting both hands into the flour mixing it and then taking them out and clapping her hands so that the flour would fly everywhere. She wanted to see, smell, touch and taste throughout the process! I was smiling from ear to ear as I watched her make a mess everywhere. LOL It was so precious and a memory I will have forever!
Making muffins or any baked treats for a child with multiple food allergies can be a very EXPENSIVE task, but one that is well worth it. Stocking up on all the ingredients cost us around $200, and I feel that our first experience just making the muffins paid for the whole thing. LOL It was priceless to see her so involved and attentive. From the time Simmi was an infant, she was not able to eat bananas. She got a reaction almost immediately from them so we just avoided giving them to her. Well, the muffins called for 1 1/2 cups of mashed bananas, so I felt that there was no time like to present to offer her a few slices before we put them into the muffins and see if she reacts to them. To our delight, she didn’t have any reaction at all, so I went ahead and put the mashed bananas into the batch. It makes me feel good to know that we can add one more food to her diet. So far we’ve made a few things from the allergen free cook book we have, and I’m impressed with how the recipes came out. I’ll post the book as well as the recipe we used for making the muffins at a later time. Right now I’m really busy working on our house and I can’t stay online too long at all.
Tags: banana muffins, multi-sensory baking, multiple food allergies
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