Life with a child with allergies
I love oat everything! Oatmeal cookies, anything with an oat crumble or crisp baked into it, oat milk latte drinks, granola, oat power balls, muesli and good old fashioned hot oatmeal for breakfast! We’ve been eating this daily because it’s delicious, super fast and easy and healthy! Many people purchase […]
With an invitation to attend a Food Allergy Documentary Movie Premiere came an introduction to Southern California’s Food Allergy Institute and the TIP (Tolerance Induction Program)…. Here’s how we do travel with food allergies! California Bound The only way to have a great trip anywhere is to get there safely! […]
Making your own taco seasoning is easy and saves you having to buy a kit…it also allows you to control the ingredients, spice level, and avoid preservatives!
When Kate was allergic to eggs I used one of these four choices most regularly in place of eggs in recipes. For sweet recipes and baking, I most often used the apple and banana substitutes. For savoury or other recipes where I didn’t want fruity or sweet flavours, I used […]
This is somewhere in between a cookie, a soft granola bar, a muffin and a breakfast food! Chocked full of protein and absolutely yummy, these cookies will power you up for a hike, your school day or whenever you need some energy! *A note on the ingredients: I often make […]
Shake shake shake… shake shake shake… shake your smoothie… shake your smoothie 🕺!
Hello there, I have reached out to offer support to families in many different ways over the years. This post was originally published in July of 2013. I continue to share it on the blog in the hopes that it will offer inspiration for other allergy advocates to do the […]
Hiya! Thought I would share some of the letters I wrote in the early days of this Allergy Mom journey… My efforts to be a squeaky wheel and bring awareness to the need for policies to support our allergic children at school. I was recently contacted by a woman […]
Dear Friends, Today I’m very emotional. I am baking two cakes. One with an egg in it. One with a cup of milk in it. It is so bizarre that this meaningless act to most people is so heavily fraught with emotion for me! Imagine being asked to bake a […]
Hello! Wow! What an honour! I was touched today to receive this award from The Food Allergy Chronicles, a blog sharing “One Family’s Journey on the Road to Surviving and Thriving with Food Allergies.” I love this for two reasons: 1. Who doesn’t like to win an award?!! Woot! Woot! […]