Tag Archives: Egg Allergy
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 […]
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 […]
Roasted Chicken, Recipe, Cybele Pascal’s “Allergy Free and Easy Cooking”
This past month on Brooklyn Allergy Mom’s Facebook Page, I’ve been conducting a give-away of Cybele Pascal’s book Allergy Free and Easy Cooking (available Amazon or at any fine bookstore) published on Ten Speed Press, which, if you read my review of it, is a must-have book for any family looking to get food on the table […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bela Sardines Locally Caught
Four cans of Bela Sardines were recently sent to me by the company for review. I was very appreciative, since I am a fish lover, and have great memories of summers fishing for Blue Fish in the lakes of Wisconsin. I can still remember to this day how tender and fresh they were. Bela Sardines […]
