Elijah-Alavi Affiq Thomas SilveraJanuary 16, 2014 – November 3, 2017To members of the food allergy community, food allergy deaths are never easy to swallow. It’s doubly...
Four-year-old: Does that have egg or peanut?Another four-year-old: NoFour-year-old: Okay. (Accepts cracker)This actual conversation transpired nearly 5 years ago, between my son and his best preschool...
I’m an experimental person by nature. I love to try things side-by-side to see what works best, try things over and over again, fully understand how...
Everybody loves sugary birthday treats, but the fact is that in a school setting, those same treats can exclude–or even be downright dangerous to–kids who have...
Dating with food allergies is hard. I was in a long term relationship when I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. My diagnosis thankfully brought out the...
Being a Food Allergy Parent is hard. There is no doubt what-so-ever about that. Between putting a lot more work into “simple” meal planning to worrying...
When someone you love is diagnosed with a food allergy, that diagnosis sets you off along a huge learning curve. (I typo’d that with “learning curse”...
In case you haven't heard, many people with dairy allergies, are not allergic to camel milk. Camel milk is loaded with protein, calcium, and is creamy...
Food Allergy Awareness Week kicks off today with the theme React with Respect. As I began thinking about this theme, it reminded me that respect ultimately requires understanding. I...
When you have Celiac Disease or a food allergy, navigating life can be stressful. We're always second guessing, asking questions, and the day to day can...
21 lousy milligrams.That's all the egg protein it took to induce an allergic reaction in my eldest son. It wasn't anaphylactic at that level and was...
A lot of people come to my site looking for recipes that are gluten-free or healthy, meal plans on Mondays or some delicious looking dessert. However,...
I was made aware by Christy Cushing that May 10-16, 2015 is Allergy Awareness Week, and how else would I want to celebrate it, but with some sarcasm of course. As you...
Originally, this discussion topic stemmed from Gluten-Free Living magazine and their efforts to raise awareness about living gluten-free. I thought it was equally appropriate to share...
In most households, the cooking duties generally defaults to one person. In our household, that task falls squarely on my shoulders. It has been this way...
More than 80% of the Dallas Food Allergy Center patients who have been treated with Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) can now safely consume foods that once threatened...
I downloaded Feeding Eden:The Trials and Triumphs of a Food Allergy Family (Sterling, 2012) by Susan Weissman after meeting her at a food allergy bloggers conference. While my...
Grateful? For this annoying, often terrifying condition that disrupts our family and threatens our kid's life every day?
Well, yeah.
Food allergies are decidedly not all...
Traveling in itself is often challenging enough, but for families with food-allergic children, taking the correct steps and making the right plans can make traveling with...
Caaaaaakes. Photo by J. Andrews
Welcome back to our Whatever Wednesday: Living with Food Allergies series. I bet you thought we forgot about it, but the...
When venturing into the unfamiliar world of gluten-free & corn-free for Ivan's specific menu needs, we stumbled into Amaranth along the way. The most popular...
Try to put together the pieces is hard when you're not sure what goes with what.
How were your food allergies diagnosed?
Denise and I have both posted our...
Denise at The Butterfly Place in Westford, Massachusetts
More Life With Food Allergies! You've been holding your breath in anticipation, haven't you?
This week, we're planning...