FPIES and Playdough

Beth is now at the age where playdough is very popular. Unfortunately, the play dough that I am accustomed to is unsafe for her as it's made from wheat. All the recipes I see online for home made play dough use wheat or cornstarch, both of which are big problems for us. I tried finding a grain free recipe but it wasn't looking good. The best I found was gluten free, which used rice flour (which is of course a BIG problem for us) so I decided to try it with arrowroot and tapioca flour instead. The result was weird but awesome! I have a big blue mass of squishy stuff that you can stretch and smush all you want. It doesn't mold as well as play dough but it's still fun. We used some of the mr. potato-head pieces to make faces and we made snowmen. I just wrapped it up tight in plastic wrap after we were finished and it's just fine to sit on the counter. The recipe is below. It was very odd to make but I think I'll start making some other colours now.

Grain Free PlayDough

1/2 cup arrowroot starch
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup salt (that is not a typo, it really asks for this much)
2 tbls baking soda
1 tsp oil
1 cup water

put all ingredients in a pot and whisk together. turn on medium heat and stir constantly with a rubber spatula. You can add in some food colouring at this point if you want. Clumps start the form and stick to the bottom so keep scraping the bottom and stirring. Eventually it all becomes this big, gummy mass of sludge. Once it's a ball, turn it onto some parchment paper and let it cool. Then you can knead it a bit which helps it get a smoother consistency. It's kinda like play dough meets gak (remember gak?)

**Stayed tuned for how to make a grain free/nut free/soy free sesame street birthday cake