Homemade Chocolate Challenge

plinth — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:03:27 -0800

How do you make your own chocolate? Mrs. Plinth is on a restricted diet that disallows eggs, dairy, nuts, and soy. Unfortunately, one of her passions, chocolate, is on the out list since pretty much every chocolate product contains soy lecithin. Gah.

So I'm looking for a recipe for making semi-sweet chocolate from cocoa powder as the starting point.

I've seen this recipe for chocolate syrup, but I'm looking for something that I can use as a direct replacement for chocolate (ie, something that I can dip things in or use for chocolate chips) - I've seen recipe guide for substitution of cocoa powder for chocolate.

What can I cook without any ingredients?

croutonsupafreak — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:55:31 -0800

What should I bring to a potluck dinner, when many people attending have food allergies and dietary problems and the list of banned foods is huge? (No meat, dairy, onions, garlic, tomatoes, potatoes, and many, many other things, listed inside.) Recipes needed. I've been invited to a potluck dinner where half of the guests in attendance have dietary restrictions.

The following ingredients are banned:

Seasonings: onions, leeks, scallions, green onions, onion powder, garlic, garlic salt, roasted garlic, garlic powder, cumin , dill , chili pepper, Parsley, nutmeg, MSG, black pepper, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, savory that lists "spices" or "natural flavors" without details

Fruits: grape juice, orange juice, and very especially apple juice, Lemon and grapefruit, blueberries, watermelon, apples, plum and pineapple

Protein: peanuts, eggs, almonds, walnuts, meats of any kind (fish, fowl, land animals, etc.)

Vegetables: tomateos, eggplant, bell peppers, spicy peppers like jalepeños (anything in the Nightshade family), potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, lima beans, green peas, lentils, other legumes

Dairy: only trace, no yogurt.

Grains: Wheat, oat, barley, (soy sauce is OK)

Additives: phenylethaline tyramine aspartame FD & C Blue #1

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Right now I'm leaning toward acorn squash stuffed with brown rice, and I'll experiment with different allowed spices to see what works for the rice. I've love other options, too.

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Homemade Chocolate Challenge

What can I cook without any ingredients?