Holy mole...

[primsong]

Seeking to please my DH who now can't have sugar and has missed the wonderful pollo en mole that our favorite restaurant makes, I tried making some sugar-free in the crock-pot today. Only problem - it made a LOT - good grief. I have a large crock pot up to it's lid - the plastic lid is actually floating - with sauce and chicken (mostly sauce). And then we stuffed ourselves on it and thanks to the large amounts of unsweetened chocolate in the sauce, we're all completely caffeine buzzed now. Thank goodness for freezers - I think we'd all be buzzing along on mole sauce for a week otherwise.

All this steer-around-the-ingredient stuff is coming easier to me with time - I've now learned to steer around wheat, sugar and salt. It is annoying how much prefab stuff is loaded with all of the above, I am terribly fond of lazy convenience when I can get it.

How's the food allergy situation in your house? Or are you one of the lucky ones who can eat anything they like?

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My DH has asthma attacks sometimes - I know adrenaline shots are amazing at opening everything up, so I can see where a good dose of caffeine would really help that happen. I'll have to mention it to him, to see if he's heard of doing that.

Fresh mangoes? It's so nice when if you have to have an allergy at least it's an allergy to something obscure and easy to avoid. My daughter itches if she has kiwi, for instance, but they're so easy to "not eat" that it's never been an issue.