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Wanna pack an AF (Allergy Friendly) protein punch before you set out for Black Friday shopping?! Allergy Foodie has just the right solution for you – sharing one of my son’s favorite breakfast items…
So, here is to Allergy Friendly (AF) Mung Bean Crepes 🙂
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Living with food allergies is no cake-walk but these days whenever I walk down the aisle of any health food-store, I feel like a kid in a candy store 🙂 The Allergy Friendly market is bursting with new products every other day that it just gets me so excited. My latest find – ‘Flaxmilk’!
With holidays right around the corner, a good butter substitute is the urgent need of the hour! AF (Allergy Friendly) does not mean that our sugar cookies, cakes and breads should taste gross 🙂
So, here is a little secret from my kitchen to yours…psst – ‘Earth Balance’ range of products!
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If you are a parent of a teen with food allergies don’t miss FAAN’s highly regarded ‘Annual Teen Summit’. The summit is an annual three-day, two-night conference for teens with food allergies, and their siblings, ages 11 to 22. Spots are limited so register right now:
Date: Friday, November 18, 2011 – Sunday, November 20, 2011
Address: Key Bridge Marriott
1401 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22209
Registration Fee: $75/ person
Highlights:
Website: For further information and to register for the event go to http://www.foodallergywalk.org/site/PageNavigator/TeenSummit2011_home.html
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to network with parents and teens facing food allergy challenges across the country.
October was a month of unprecedented viewership for Allergy Foodie – thanks to so many of my readers and to ‘Circle of Moms’ for nominating Allergy Foodie for a spot in the top 25 food allergy blog list. The nomination has helped a lot more readers benefit from this blog. That in turn has motivated me to get an early start on Thanksgiving and hopefully more caregivers like me can look forward to a safe and delicious meal. So, as my little one says – ‘Turkey, gobble, gobble – here I come!’ But that’s not all…it is going be a month of gourmet, AF (Allergy Friendly) recipes with a slight twist on traditional dishes.
What better way to start off than a delectable dessert…
Continue reading “Thanksgiving countdown: AF (Allergy Friendly) Rice Pudding!”
This snack brings back memories of a time when my little one could not have wheat. So, I would shape the dough used for this snack in the form of little pretzels and deep fry them. A labor of love – just so that he had a snack that looked like the snack other kids in the class were having 🙂
This is a slight twist on yet another festival favorite from my mom’s kitchen. So here is to spreading the light of good will and the aroma of Allergy Friendly festivities from our kitchen to yours…
Continue reading “Diwali Special: AF Crunchy Rice Sticks – a pictoblog!”
Homes are beautifully decorated with lamps and traditional artwork. Children and adults alike dress up in their best and brightest and the atmosphere lights up to a million fireworks. Moms slog it out for days in the kitchen to whip up an amazing variety of sweet and savory items alongside a sumptuous festive lunch.
However, little surprise – almost none of the dishes are allergy friendly. But, my little one loves this fun-filled festival so much that over the years, I have slowly tweaked mom’s recipes to make Diwali a joyous and AF (Allergy Friendly) one. Over the next 2 days, leading up to the big day on Oct 26th – I will spread the light of joy and the aroma of yummy dishes from my home to yours…
Continue reading “Diwali Special: AF(Allergy Friendly) Coconut Cake!”
One of the most interesting things I have learnt in my food allergy journey is that a‘food allergist is a doctor and not a nutritionist/food scientist/chef’! If we have questions related to specific foods (apart from common foods) and their potential to cause an allergic reaction our best bet is to:
However, there are quite a few items on which one hits a road block. My son’s allergist is aware that I blog about food allergies and we often exchange notes on lesser known foods. Recently he asked me an interesting question to which neither of us had an immediate answer – ‘Is chestnut a nut?’; a question raised by one of his other patients. An sensible question from someone who is allergic to nuts and therein began my quest.
Boo…howl… 🙂
I love Fall…the vibrant reds, yellows, browns and oranges. The light nip in the air, brilliant orange pumpkins, ghouls, witches, skeletons, smoking skulls, bloodied hands, vampires, shreiks and more in all its glory. Most of all – I love the one day of the year when kids throng the streets of every neighborhood. The world comes alive amidst the joyful screams and chattering of children.
Continue reading “Trick-or-Treat…’the Allergy Friendly way’!”
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