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[Deleted User]

Hi mamas! I'm on the road so I'll keep it brief. How are you and LO doing? What are your plans for Chtistmas? Any burning questions?

[Deleted User]

We're ok, still sick and I think DS is teething, and he has a rashy bum and I'm not sure why. Heading to the ILs which should be fun, I brought some treats for myself so I shouldn't be too cranky.

brideinsummer04

DS still has a cold. It has been almost two months with only a week of back to normal in between. We have taken him to dr twice to make sure it isn't something else, but she says it isn't. I have a UTI =( and DH has a pinched nerve in his neck. We are all a mess. Oh well, it always could be worse!

For Christmas we are going to my mom's. She is making safe stuffing for us and roast turkey.

I wanted to make gingerbread cut out cookies and decorate them with DS, but all the recipes I found have egg. Has anyone tried any egg substitutes that work for cut out cookies? I tried flax meal and applesauce for pumpkin pies and neither worked, and I'm thinking for cookies they have to stick together even better. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

BlessUrHeart29

Hello! I hope everyone has a great holiday! We are doing pretty well... Traveled 14 hrs to get to our home town for DS's first Christmas. He was a total champ.

We very rarely see a little bit of blood in his diapers, and still no fussiness associated with it. The doctor said that if we go the next few weeks like this then we can cancel our pediatric GI appt. So that is good news!

We've been staying with MIL for the past few days, and she's been really good about the whole dairy free thing... But she just popped two huge bowls of butter popcorn and the smell is torture haha

Sorry @brideinsummer04, I don't have any suggestions.

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@brideinsummer04 I did make one recipe of choc chip cookies that basically used molasses as the sticking together ingredient. The flavor was a little much for those cookies but it might be ok for gingerbread cookies. GL!

mominwaiting29

Hi all I'm newer to MSPI. LO is 11 weeks and I think he has colic but the dr thinks acid reflux and milk sensitivity so no dairy, including hidden ones for me. I have to say he is doing better but I'm so hungry !!! I don't know what to eat so I make eggs, coconut milk and life cereal, and all protine. It's hard to find food to take to work but all in all we are making it.

Christmas: 3 down, 3 to go and I can't wait till it's over! Eating is even harder at Xmas so just trying to eat at home and get through.

SV917

@brideinsummer04

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup molasses
1/3 cup non-dairy milk
2-1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or 1 ¼ cups unbleached white flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour)

Mix the sugar, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add the molasses and soymilk and mix well. Add 1 cup of flour and mix well. Mix in enough of the remaining flour to make a very stiff dough (if mixing by hand, knead the dough to thoroughly mix the flour).

Preheat oven to 275F. Lightly mist baking sheets with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour. On a floured surface, roll a portion of the dough with a flour-dusted rolling pin to 1/16-inch thickness. Cut the dough into shapes with a flour-dusted cookie cutters or a flour-dusted knife. Using a metal spatula, carefully transfer the cookies to the baking sheets. Bake until the edges are dry and the centers give just slightly when pressed, about 20 minutes. Allow to cool on a baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer with a spatula to a wire rack to cool. Once cooled, store in an airtight container.

Recipe from Turn Off the Fat Genes by Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
Per cookie: 48 calories, 0.1g fat, 0g sat fat, 1g fiber, 1.1g protein.

I make these almost every year, but I do my cookies much thicker because I like soft cookies. I don't think I bake as long either but I tried a new recipe this year so I can't remember how long i keep them in the oven. I usually end up doubling the recipe because my cookies are so thick. Then I put a ton of frosting on top so it's anything but fat free. The recipe I'm using this year called for Ener-g egg replacer.

brideinsummer04

Thanks SV917 and Rocknrollfriend !