My IgG/IgA results for food sensitivities came back 6 weeks ago…

It wasn’t pretty.

I had extremely high antibodies for all dairy, chicken eggs, duck eggs, goat milk, almonds, chicken, and turkey.

(Basically, all my favorite foods.) 🙁

My naturopath wanted me to cut all those foods out of my life right away, so we could see if removing them helped some mysterious inflammation issues that haven’t resolved with other measures.

I can have only a small handful of recipes from my new eCookbook, Sweet Without Sugar. (If you CAN have all those foods, you should definitely check out this collection of nourishing, allergy-friendly, low-carb desserts!)

So, you can imagine that no dairy, no eggs, and no almonds has severely thrown off my dessert-making game. Like, big time.

But gosh darn it, I wanted some brownies. And where there’s a will, there’s a way, right?

Ooey Gooey Allergy-Friendly Brownies {grain-free, gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free, bean-free}

It took some experimenting, but I’m pretty pleased with what I came up with.

These ooey gooey allergy-friendly brownies are pretty much everything-free. I use gut-friendly cassava flour with a tiny bit of coconut flour.

Can’t have coconut flour? Yeah, I thought of that too. 🙂

Unlike most grain-free, nut-free brownie recipes, this one is NOT made with beans. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good black bean brownie, but I also recognize that gut-healing diets don’t allow black beans. And no one should have to live without brownies. Not on my watch!

Cassava flour is a prebiotic flour that helps to feed the probiotics in your gut. Chia seeds and applesauce are fiber-rich ingredients that take the place of eggs and make these brownies easily digestible.

I love raw cacao powder for all the antioxidants and minerals it offers, and I only use fermented raw cacao from Wildly Organic (formerly Wilderness Family Naturals).  Fermented cacao is much lower in phytic acid than non-fermented and much easier to digest.

All in all, I’m so pleased with these nourishing brownies. To have none of the traditional brownie ingredients (except raw cacao powder) and still taste moist and fudgy? That’s quite an accomplishment!

(And yes, this is technically a vegan recipe — but y’all know I’m not going vegan, right?) 😉

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Ooey Gooey Allergy-Friendly Brownies

These ooey gooey allergy-friendly brownies are pretty much everything-free. Unlike most grain-free, nut-free brownie recipes, this one is NOT made with beans. Don't get me wrong, I love a good black bean brownie, but I also recognize that gut-healing diets don't allow black beans. And no one should have to live without brownies.

CourseDessert, Snack

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Servings 9 servings

Author Lindsey dietz

Ingredients

• 2tablespoonsground chia seeds
• 6tablespoonswarm filtered water
• 1/2cupcoconut oilmelted (use avocado oil if sensitive to coconut)
• 3/4cupmaple syrup or Dietz Sweet if you need sugar-free
• 1/2cupfermented raw cacao powder
• 1/2cupcassava flour no substitutions
• 1tablespooncoconut flouruse 2 tablespoons more cassava flour if sensitive to coconut
• 2teaspoonsvanilla extract
• 1/4teaspoonsalt
• 1/4teaspoongrain-free baking powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Grease an 8" x 8" glass baking dish.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together ground chia seeds and water.
4. Whisk in the remaining ingredients, in the order listed, until smooth.
5. Pour into the greased baking dish.
6. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
7. Cool completely before slicing and eating.
8. I think these brownies are best after sitting overnight!

What do you think of this recipe? Will you try it or make it for someone with food allergies/sensitivities?