You Say Tomato, I Say Faux-mato!

[herlander_refugee]

I am allergic to the bulk of the nightshade family. Yes, I went into official mourning for potatoes and tomatoes.

But for some of my tomato cookery, I have a solution to tomato sauce! I can make passable red spaghetti sauce, or lasagna now without tomatoes. It is also non-dairy and gluten free.

Any other allergic sorts interested?

A few other solutions I will share on request:

(1) a yummy mash of white sweet potatoes and rutabagas so I can get my share of "potatoes" and giblet gravy in the holidays.

(2) Millet bread - a passible grainy almost corn bread for those who cannot endure corn products.

(3) An egg free chocolate cake.

I don't want to burden the group if there is no interest; still feeling my way here!

Comments

[meloukhia]

Yes, please! I am an indiscriminate eater but I often cook for people with allergies and am always looking for new recipes.

[willful_zephyr]

I am curious on how to do a marinara-type sauce without tomatoes.

Please share!

[pauraque]

I can't eat tomatoes either, so count me interested.

[juliet316]

My nephew while not allergic hates tomatoes(I don't get it either), so this would be relevant to my interests in terms of cooking for him.

[dragonscrawl]

Tomato sauce does unfortunate things to my digestive system, so I would like to see your tomato-less red sauce.

[pennyplainknits]

Share share share!

I have a freakish phobia-thing about tomatos (I can't touch them, even. I don't want to call it an allergy as it isn't. I don't get a reaction, but I DO get freaked out)

[alphaviolet]

I'm interested in the millet bread.

[mathsnerd]

*laughs* You have stumbled into a community of food junkies. Even if, on the very rare chance that no one has the allergy or food dislike, or cooks for someone sometimes with said allergy or food dislike, that prompts a "strange" recipe, there will always be a generous handful of people here who will jump at the chance to try something strange and new just for the 'oooh, new' factor. Post away, at your leisure. :D

[killing_rose]

Dude, I'd like to see all of them. (I'm going out on a limb here and assuming that the millet bread and cake are not gluten free?) Even if they aren't, I cook enough for an odd assortment, so it'll be helpful.

(I have seen the faux-tomato sauce recipe post and I am totally making that the next time I get an hour to myself.)