Jackson Life: Allergies and Cookies

Raise your hand if you know of someone who has food allergies. Anyone? I do, it is my sweet Owen. We found out when he was 18 months old after continually being sick and having a terrible rash that wouldn't go away. After having him tested, we found out the culprits were mushrooms, nuts, and... eggs! At first it was devastating thinking about all of the things he couldn't have. Mushrooms on pizza, Reese cups or any of those peanut buttery goodness sweets. And eggs, well do you know how many foods have eggs in them?!?! Almost everything that a kid eats. Not to mention at the time, we were shoving scrambled eggs down his throat every morning so he would be getting plenty of protein. Plus think about pancakes, any type of debbie cakes, some breads, all baked goods and the list goes on. But after doing some homework and receiving a wonderful egg free cookbook from a sweet mom at my preschool, we have learned to adjust. It is now no big deal and I almost don't think about it anymore.

Covering his ears b/c he was afraid it was going to be loud.

With all that being said, a great friend found a great egg-free chocolate chip cookie recipe and sent it to me just the other day. Owen loves cookies but it is so hard to find egg free recipes that are good. So tonight we decided to make them using my new Kitchen Aid mixer, thanks Wayne. =) We had so much fun making the cookies and they were Owen and Wayne approved. Emily tasted the batter but fell asleep before they came out of the oven. I'm sure she will devour one tomorrow. Wayne was sweet enough to document the cooking making process for me. These cookies were the perfect ending to our weekend. Hope everyone else had a weekend just as great as ours.