Category Archives: South Slope Brooklyn
What are Allergen-Friendly Shelf-Stable Foods?
What do allergen-friendly shelf-stable foods look like? They can be found sporadically in every aisle in the grocery store and health food stores. Labels need to be read against a food allergy list. A lot goes into figuring out what is “allergen-friendly” including reading ingredients, phoning manufacturers, and the list will vary widely depending on […]
Disaster Preparedness and Relief with Food Allergies and Dietary Restrictions
As the parent of a child who has a food allergy and because of my husband’s dietary restrictions, I am always well prepared for a storm. Extra medication, extra food, ‘to go’ shelf-stable food for a week, but am I prepared to be in a shelter? The hurricane this week brought this issue for us […]
Wall Street Journal Article: Finding Food Allergy Allies
Today’s Wall Street Journal online highlights a food allergic family who has found that schools and parents are more accepting of their allergic children due to increased knowledge about food allergies. The article (click here to read) is written by Liz Rappaport whose child also has food allergies. Let’s face it, no one wants to […]
Allergy Free Baking Event with Allergic Girl Sloane Miller
Date: February 4th 2012; 2 – 5pm, Brooklyn, NY – Bake allergy free with Brooklyn Allergy Mom Heidi Bayer and Sloane Miller, Allergic Girl. Click below to purchase tickets and reserve your seat now (seating is limited). http://allergyfreebaking.eventbrite.com/
Allergy Free Christmas Cookies
On the day I moved here from Los Angeles, I remarked that Brooklyn is a small town with a big attitude. On the five blocks between my apartment and the train, I know all the owners of the delis, restaurants, coffee shops and bars. So a few years ago when a new restaurant opened up […]
Allergy Free High School
You read it right, High School. High School is another world, and, thankfully, our daughter is loving it. Her multiple life-threatening food allergies were diagnosed when she was six months old. While it has certainly defined and changed my life during the past thirteen years, she has never known anything else. We have had a […]
Allergy Free Braised Mustard and Mizuna Greens Recipe
This recipe is inspired by the Greenwood Heights CSA (community supported agriculture). If you are unfamiliar with a CSA it is essentially a ‘farm share’ where people from the city (me!) pay into a farm before the growing season and then reap the benefits in the summer. This summer in the Northeast has been very […]
Allergy Free White Navy Bean Recipe Part 1
This is part 1 of a three-part series on the amazing power of White Beans! How to make them, how to puree them and how to integrate them into recipes. Not only are these beans vegan, but incredibly high in fiber and protein. They make a great breakfast spread on toast, an addition to salads […]
Allergy Free Baking Class at Ger-Nis, Brooklyn
***5.4 Update – Our Baking Class has been Rescheduled for 9.15 from 6p – 9p at Ger-Nis**** On this fabulous Spring Day, I was walking through Park Slope or “The Slope” as we call it, hanging up fliers for the allergen-free, gluten-free, vegan baking and allergic lifestyle class that Allergic Girl Sloane Miller and I […]
Allergy Free New Years Angel
If you’ve been following for the past year, you’ll know that last year I took a picture of an Angel statue to usher in the New Year. And again, I’ve done the same here. Once a year I like Angels.
