Because of my wonderful friend Louisa’s supportive request, the blog entry I am writing for you today is about my newly famous wheat free apple crisp.

Now, I’ve never been one to experiment with alternative flour ingredients and wouldn’t have changed except for one thing that changed in reference to me. A few weeks ago my mom found out that she is allergic to what, at the time, seemed to be almost everything…eggs, wheat, dairy, pineapple, red grapes, asparagus, just to name a few. Cutting out these major ingredients from her diet has been difficult for her. She has chosen to stick with it despite the challenge of finding things that fit in the non-allergic category. I know that if I were allergic to all these things, I would be saddest not to be able to enjoy the yummy sweets that are everywhere this time of year.

On Sunday afternoon she asked if I could make her a pumpkin pie using coconut milk. It would’ve been perfect except for one thing: I haven’t learned to substitute eggs yet. She was sad until we came up with something that might just work. I was hesitant to try it…

I grabbed the ingredients that had the most potential to work. I didn’t know how it would taste, I didn’t know if we could even choke it down,  it was a labor of love that I hoped would work. Wishing, hoping, praying and waiting I mixed together everything I had and popped the desert into the oven. I still wasn’t sure how things would turn out,but I loved mom and gave it all I had for her sake.

The apple crisp came out of the oven and soon made its way into the bowls. I had left to go visit a friend and came back to my oldest sister and mom ooing and awwing over something yummy. To my honest surprise it was my crisp they were savoring. Could it be possible? Had this totally spontaneous effort actually yielded edible results?

I have learned that the taste of love can bring together all sorts of flavors in our lives. Whether or not the recipe turns out how we expect it to, if we make it with love, we can count on it meaning something more than what we might find in the average cookbook. 

What loving creations of life will you cook up today?

Tags: Encouragement, Family, friends, help, Love, Support, trying new things

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