Tag Archives: Allergies
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 […]
Airocide Review, Air Purifier, Allergy, Asthma Relief
The Airocide air purifier, which uses NASA technology to clean the air with no filters, is phenomenal. A few months ago, an Airocide air purifier was sent to me by the company. My family has been “air purifier-less” for several years, thinking that there was nothing that could do the big job of purifying the air […]
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 […]
National Margarita Day!
Let’s face it, it’s Friday and add to that National Margarita Day and we almost have a party. Apparently everyone knows that I love Margaritas because as soon as California woke up this morning, my mailbox and text messages were buzzing with a fervor not seen since, well, you get the idea. Sloane Miller was […]
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 […]
Epinephrine, Anaphylaxis, Kissing
I was lucky to have been a part of a blogger summit hosted by Mylan, makers of the Epi-Pen® autoinjector of epinephrine (a natural hormone) this week and to have met and listened to the informative research from Dr. Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH www.ruchigupta.com and Ms. Sloane Miller, www.allergicgirl.com speak about a survey done on, of all topics, anaphylaxis on Valentines Day. […]
Pizza, Allergy-Free with Chebe Gluten-Free Mix
I’m running a giveaway on my Facebook page. I asked what comfort food people have transformed to be allergen-free – the resounding answer was pizza! So, I thought I would tell my recent pizza story and share with you my recipe. I had some Chebe pizza crust mix sitting in my pantry, given to me […]
Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking by Cybele Pascal
“Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking” by blogger and food allergy mom, Cybele Pascal, with excellent color photography by Chugrad McAndrews, will quickly become the essential guide for any parent dealing with multiple food allergies who wants to create family-friendly food within 30-minutes. Thanks to recent strides in food manufacturing, our community now has Daiya Cheese, which […]
Allergen-Friendly Food Donations Accepted at Shop Rite in New Dorp, Staten Island
As board chair for the Kids With Food Allergies Foundation, I began making calls to make sure that food banks were accepting donations from individuals of shelf-stable allergen-friendly foods, as well as palettes from manufacturers. I spoke with Elana at the Long Island Cares food bank and she told me there are seven food banks […]
Pumpkin Spiced Coconut Milk Latte Mix for a Crowd
Please bear with me while I explain how I discovered this incredibly delicious gluten-free, dairy-free, pumpkin spiced coconut latte. My husband recently lost 40 pounds by dieting and exercise. He was not a big man, but he had, through the years, put on some weight. Part of how he started his diet was by eating […]
