any tips for home cooking??

[jennifer]

Ok I can get my head around home baking / cooking and such . But most ingreadients are just as scary as anything else on the shelf. Any tryed and true products anyone would recomend that they would and do use? I'm new at all of this, lost, overwhelmed, alone,and trying so hard to get it right .I'm dizzy from all the manufactures phone calls i 've been making.We are only Peanut / tree nut free ( thankgod for at least that) PLEASE & THANKYOU!!!
Flour
vannilla
coco powder
chocolate
candies
sauses ( any kind)
condiments
snack foods
make it from srcatch- omitt the nuts- adaptations??

[Brandy Brown]

I understand completely. I make many things from scratch. Just use unbleached flour - make sure there is no Lupine(I read there is relation b/t lupine and peanuts). I have not seen Lupine anywhere though. We use hershey's choc chips, and we have to avoid egg but that is easy for us. I have come to a point where I have to at least trust the label, since I was very crazed for months, they have to abide by their standards and rules as well. I have noticed that to be safe many places put may contain peanuts/nuts and then we just do not buy it. We eat Oreos, Golden Oreos, rolos, whoppers, Nabisco bug bits, lots of things. once I became knowledgeable it became easier for me.

[Steve Leffer]

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