Just do it!!!!

So today is the first day of the beginning of my blog life.  My name ( for those of you who want to make this a more personal journey) is Rima and I would love to get to know all of you better too. So let me start by telling you why I am blogging. About 2 years ago my son started having some pretty weird stomach issues.  If you know my son he is so not a complainer. I watched and basically assumed he was nervous or tired or had the stomach flu and ate something wrong.... BINGO>>> Ate is the key word here to my life changing situation. After about one and half years of  stomach justification I took him to the gastrologist.  Long story short.. My 14 year old son (after biopsies and endoscopy and blood work... has developed an allergic reaction to... get this know...CORN<EGGS<WHEAT<OATS and PEANUTS!!!   That is everything under the sun for a teenage boys consumption. In working with an amazing nutritionist by the name of Haylie Pomeroy, we started a regimen that will hopefully reverse this situation.  In the meantime though, my life has changed and I have gone from buy what tasted good to reading every label, checking out every fast-food and restaurant and reloading my entire kitchen.  I spend about 3 hours a day in the kitchen trying to simulate regular food for my son so that he doesn't have to eat strange and weird imitations of brownies, cookies, sandwiches etc..  My hope is that my 3 hours a day will save you 3 hours and that I can share my recipes, lessons, restaurant picks, good eats, munchies and best buys so that if you have a situation like this in one form or another, you can feel comforted that there is someone here who can make your life a little easier..  I hope that even if you are not allergic to everything or anything under the sun that maybe you will learn to eat better, healthier or at last share my blog with someone who needs it.  Grab a cup of coffee, tea or whatever and lets do this!!!!!!

********MUNCHIE OF THE DAY**************
For a quick otter pop without all the cornsyrup and refined sugar,
Take watermelon (which in know in season) puree it, and add pure organic or regular cane sugar and water. Mix well and pour about 1/2 cup in a small ziploc snack baggie.  It will freeze flat like an otter pop and they can cut off the top and eat it like one. 
Enjoy and eat well!

MUNCH ON THIS::::: Did you know that brown sugar contains corn... Who knew! You can buy organic brown sugar in it's place.