Category Archives: Gluten Free
Got Food Allergies? There’s plenty of food; My Month of Food in Pictures
I realized that I haven’t posted about the food my family with food allergies has been eating. Between work, working with the KFA disaster committee to get food to food allergy people in Moore, OK, and a recent food blog tour of test kitchens (for that story, click here), I have been busy! But I’ve […]
Food Allergy Awareness Week 2013, Food Allergies touch every part of lifestyle
It’s the end of Food Allergy Awareness Week 2013. Food allergies seem to be all around us and actively in a lot of communications, not just in our house, but with others. But for those of us managing the lives of our anaphylactic children, food allergies touch every part of our lifestyle. Food allergies permeate […]
Food Allergy Awareness Month, Brooklyn Event, May 9th
Please join us on May 9th at 7:30pm at Hi-Ho Batik, 184 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. We will have a reading by Susan Weissman from her memoir “Feeding Eden”, a raffle for a basket full of allergen-friendly goodies, gluten-free cupcakes, and wine (for the mommies). Feel free to bring your kiddos, your girlfriends, mothers-in-law […]
3 Green Products, Cleaning Supplies, Spring Cleaning, Earth Day 2013
Happy Earth Day 2013! In honor of Earth Day, here are three different companies, and my review of their earth-friendly products. The first is ECOS and their fabulous line of green cleaning products, the second is VEGIEFRESH, a new mineral based product that will keep your fruits and veggies fresh without using bags in your […]
Food Bloggers Against Hunger, Take Your Place
How do you stretch a grocery budget when specialty bread costs $5.99 a loaf? I’ve thought that many many times. However, I’ve not been in the position of choosing between going hungry or feeding my child. During Hurricane Sandy, I wrote about going to the shelters to see if there was anyone in need. Now, […]
Oat Re-introduction, Food Challenge, Food Allergy
Last week, during Passover and before Easter, our teenager and I made the trip via subway to her Allergist for an food challenge to see if we could re-introduce Oats after twelve years of strict avoidance. This decision was made by her Board Certified Allergist after a blood test, which checks for IgE antibodies in […]
Life Before; Food Allergen Labelling and Protection Act of 2004
This week I found myself explaining to my 15-year-old what life was like before the Food Allergen Labelling and Protection Act of 2004 law took effect in 2006. The explanation was precipitated by teenager finding, then eating my husband’s Kashi Indigo Morning Cereal. I know, you inhaled, right? Exhale. She ate it after I called the […]
Tapioca Pear Cake Allergy Friendly, Gluten-Free, Five Ingredients
This recipe grew out of my recent meeting of Jenny Sprague, whose blog is Multiple Food Allergy Help . Her food allergic child, who also has cancer, is on a low-foods diet as they try to figure out what foods he can eat. She explained this to me over dinner (dinner at The Strand courtesy […]
Asthma and Food Allergies: AAFA, KFA Merge
I have served as board chair of Kids With Food Allergies Foundation for the past year and a half, and it is with great pleasure that I’m finally able to blog about the news of the merger (press release here) of Kids With Food Allergies (KFA), and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). For those of us […]
