No Eggs and No "Poo"

So as my last post was June 12th, It has now been 18 days without eggs! Funnily enough I haven't even noticed. I have been replacing them for so long now in an attempt to have Noodle eating the same food as us, that both Daddyman and I don't notice anymore. And for the record my pancake recipe just tastes better with the egg replacer recipe I found.

Now for the next "granola" experiment! I have given up shampoo and conditioner. Don't get me wrong, I am still showering regularly, and am still washing my hair. I am using a Baking Soda paste to wash, and Apple Cider Vinegar to rinse. So far it has been 3 days and my hair is slightly greasy, but you can't really tell when I wear it in a pony tail, mostly it just looks like I haven't washed it for a day. In moving to "poo" free, I have tried many different ways of using the baking soda. So far I have found that a paste works the best for me, much easier to rub into my hair. For the apple cider vinegar rinse I use 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar to 1 cup water, I also added about 5 drops of Ylang ylang so I don't smell too much like vinegar. The apple cider vinegar is quite amazing. I have very curly medium length hair, and it's very thick! The ACV has no trouble detangling my mop and it is much easier to comb. I am sad that I am going through a transition period though, many people I have spoke with on this subject have not had to deal with this. But, I will not give up! Shampoo costs a fortune and I cannot justify dumping that many chemicals down the drain. Sadly, I will not get a fabulous head massage when I get my hair washed at my next hair cut appointment, going off shampoo means not having someone else wash it either. Oh well!

I chose to start the "poo" free experiment this week because of two things. Firstly, I ran out of shampoo, both the kind I use regularly and all the little sample bottles I had kicking around. Secondly, we are going camping for 3 days. What better time to try out a natural shampoo than in the beautiful parks up island. I will be the only one who can wash and rinse their hair without worry of damaging the eco-system too severely. I also had some forward thought that if I did have a transition period, I would be camping and who really cares when your camping!

The transition period I am talking about is what happens naturally as your body adjusts to a different skin/hair regime. Have you ever noticed that when you switch face creams, your body sometimes reacts to the new one, it is just adjust the oil output. This is what is currently happening with my hair. I have never been one for shampooing daily, I know it isn't good for your hair, and if you do wash your hair daily it will most likely take a little longer for your body to regulate it's oil output if you switch to no "poo".

I will keep you posted on how long it takes for my hair to start looking fabulous. If it doesn't take then I will have to begin researching natural shampoos and conditioners.

Next for soap...I could always make my own!

No Eggs Allowed

Day 2 of no eggs! When I took Noodle to the allergist on Thursday, he said as long as I was breastfeeding I should cut eggs out of my diet, unless I wanted to wean. Seeing as I will not be the weaning in this breastfeeding relationship, I am now off eggs.

Every weekend, the Daddyman, Noodle and I go for breakfast at this amazing little place. Daddyman and I have been going every weekend for the past 2 years or more. Each week we order the same thing (kinda sad I know), it's called the basic. It's just 2 eggs, pesto potatoes and toast,  and we get bacon on the side.  This weekend however, I could not get my beloved eggs! I ordered the tofu scramble, in my head I'm thinking, this is going to be disgusting but I will choke it down. My tofu came with cut up tomatoes and back bacon in it, and after adding a little salt..it wasn't bad! I felt the irony of the situation immensely as Daddyman and I giggled over my tofu scramble with bacon in it. Sorry to the vegans out there, but I can't give up meat! Especially not bacon...not after I have had to give up eggs.

Sadly, it is when you cannot have things, that those things become the only thing you can think about! We are also a milk free household, as the Daddyman and I can't have it. Since Noodle came along and had a reaction to milk I have not had one little bit, and ever since I have been craving a chocolate bar! I finally found something that comes close to my beloved bounty bar. It's by a company called Oskri, and it's $3 for what seems like 2 bites! So after devouring the half i cut for me and then the other half I cut for the Daddyman, I went and bought 2 more. And then after inhaling mine like it was the last one on earth, I thought I should find a recipe for "bounty bars", especially since it took more will power than I am willing to admit to not eat the other one.

Now, since I can no longer have eggs, all I can think about is tapioca pudding. I made it about a month ago without eggs, and it came out very soupy. It still tasted good, but the consistency really left something to be desired. I will have to keep trying though...the container of tapioca in the cupboard mocks me. I am never one to step down from a food challenge, and I firmly believe that even with allergies you can eat the same food everyone else does, with just slightly different ingredients.

The other thing I am craving is a quiche. Now it's not like we eat quiches all that often, I don't think I have had one in about 9 or 10 months. Not since the quiche dish magically lept from the counter when we were all out. Now this is a challenge I may have to concede. How on earth do you make a quiche without eggs? No wait, how on earth do you make a quiche taste good, without eggs? And if you can do that, how on earth will you make the Daddyman eat it?

Well, I have made it threw 2 days without one tiny little bit of eggs...how did I do this with milk?