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How to Make an Egg-Free, Gluten-Free Breakfast
Brunch can be difficult when catering to a variety of food allergies including eggs, gluten, nuts and dairy.
I’m having a brunch party this weekend and my friends’ daughter has an egg allergy. It’s hard to find breakfast or brunch recipes without eggs, but I don’t want her to be excluded. Do you have any advice? —Cindy, College Park MD Cindy, You’re absolutely right. Many breakfast foods do contain eggs in the recipe, but as with most food allergy challenges, if you plan ahead, think creatively and substitute ingredients, you’ll have an amazingly diverse brunch that your guests will appreciate. I know about this specific scenario first-hand, as I recently planned a large brunch in my home. I got a few emails from guests mentioning specific allergies. The first was an egg allergy. The second was a nut allergy. The third was a dairy allergy. You…
Naba Sharif, M.D.
1:59 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The article was limited in terms of word-count, but my thoughts on being gluten-free aside from solely Celiac disease and wheat allergy: I know there are many following this diet for a variety of reasons that may not inform others and simply look for the obviously gluten-free foods. For my recent brunch, once I informed the group that there would also be gluten-free foods, I received a number of … more ›