Cream of Mushroom soup in a can was a staple in my pantry for years. It got me through many all-nighter study sessions and marathon essay writing nights that all procrastinators have endured. As a...
In the spirit of complete transparency, I’ve never actually considered daycare as a potential child care solution for my child with multiple food allergies. When my son had his first anaphylactic...
Unfortunately, I’ve experienced anaphylaxis before. But, today was my biggest reaction to date. I wasn’t as careful as I should have been buying new food from the lunchroom, and even...
Allergy essentials to help make leaving the house more manageable.
When we first learned of my sons multiple food allergies I felt completely overwhelmed, especially in the kitchen. Almost all packaged goods we previously consumed contained his allergens and I only...
Last week my husband went to the grocery store with the kids, and when they got home my 3 year old son couldn’t stop raving about the carrot cake they saw with mini carrots made of icing. Much...
I jokingly called this “Chip Dip” and it has stuck. Otherwise named by me as vegan queso bean dip… also known as my new obsession for my lunches. It has just three ingredients: Daiya cheddar...
Before I had kids, before the words anaphylaxis and epinephrine existed in my vocabulary, my husband and I were “gastro-tourists” that planned vacations around new foods to try. We...
“Is it like a gluten intolerance?” This is the most common question we get, having a child with a severe, IgE-meditated wheat allergy. If you are a parent of a kid with food allergies, you...
May is Allergy Awareness Month, and in an effort to help spread food allergy and anaphylaxis awareness, I’ve decided to come face to face with my fears. Living with food allergies is not easy, but...