Allergen Friendly Superbowl Food

If you have food allergies you are no stranger to the worry and maybe, guilt that comes with eating with those outside your home. It can be hard to ask others to omit ingredients or buy expensive items to accommodate your food needs.  This worry can grow exponentially if there are kids involved and you have to worry about people touching things your child will touch, or just plain touching your child. So this year here are some simple ways you can make the Super Bowl or other gatherings a little easier.
First, host. This leaves you in charge of food and allows you to pass on simple allergen friendly tasks to your friends, like fresh veggie or fruit trays, paperware or drinks.
Second, here are some easy main snacks/ entrees and desserts you can make that will taste so great no one is even going to notice or think about them being allergen free.  Sorry that there aren't many exact measurements here, but I am an eyeball-er.

BBQ Sliders
If you are hosting a large get together you should use 3 to 4lbs of your choice of meat.
Famous Daves Rib Rub, it is allergen free and just makes things easier.
Allergen friendly BBQ sauce, we like Trader Joes, but make sure you read ingredients or you could make your own, I haven't found the right mix on my own yet, but it is a work in progress!
Udi's french Rolls, or other allergen free rolls you like.

Morning of rub your meat with Famous Dave's and place in crock pot with small amount of water.
Cook on low 8 hours. In the last hour open crock pot, shred meat and pour BBQ sauce over.
Cut your rolls in half and toast.
Spoon BBQ meat onto one half of the roll and top with the other half.



Bacon Cheddar Potato Skins 
In order to save on prep time, bake the appropriate number of potatoes the day before.
Cut the potatoes in half and scoop out the insides, gently!
Cook bacon until crispy, or just use some bacon bits
In a large bowl mash potatoes with a little vegan butter, add in  1/2 c to 1 c depending on amount of potatoes of Diaya cheddar.
Mix in your cut up bacon. (you could also add in veggies like broccoli and tomato, to make vegan if you wanted)
Spoon mixture back into potato skins
Broil on high for 5 min. If you are doing a large batch keep an eye on these and add time as needed.

Coco Crunch 
1 box rice Chex
1 package enjoy life chocolate chips
Earth Balance soy free spread

Using 1/2 cup of chocolate chips to 2tbs spread melt in the microwave in 30 second increments until mixed smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.  Just repeat this process whenever you run out until you have covered as much cereal as needed.

Put your chex on a lined baking sheet. Drizzle with the chocolate mixture and place in the fridge until set. Then transfer to a bowl. If you want a salty sweet mix you can sprinkle the chex with sea salt before drizzling the chocolate.


Hope you have fun! Enjoy!