My son’s holiday party is today, and the kids were asked to bring in a special treat that symbolizes their family heritage. Since my family tended to center around the kitchen, that wasn’t a problem for me. The real challenge was in making an updated gluten-free, dairy-free version that my son could enjoy too.  Since […]

I was excited to see the Today Show sharing some healthy, allergy-free friendly foods on the Today Show. Chloe, of Chloe’s Kitchen is a Vegan chef who shares some Vegan, Dairy-free and Gluten-free options. From creamy Penne ala Vodka, creamed with a homemade cashew cream, to Roasted Veggies and a Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream made […]

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KPU (also known as “Pyroluria,” “Pyrroluria,” “Pyrolleuria,” “Pyrrole Disorder,” “Elevated Kryptopyrrole) is a condition that turned out to be causing much of my more miserable symptoms. Mood swings? Check. Fatigue? Yep. Weight gain, irritability, impulsiveness, anger, memory loss? Check again. When I started displaying signs of all of these in middle school, my incredibly devoted and loving mom took […]

Like many of us are now, I’m craving comfort foods. Perhaps its the colder weather, perhaps its the Shady Hook tragedy, but this is a time when I’m craving comfort. And for my family, comfort = a warm bowl of fresh, homemade soup. One of my fave soups is a carrot, ginger, cashew blend that’s […]

Recently, while browsing the vendors at the weekend farmers market in downtown Austin, I stumbled on a booth run by a super cute lady spewing the health benefits of hemp. She was excitedly telling someone who had stopped to try her samples how hemp changed her life; she went form a high-powered, high stress career […]

I used to look forward to the holidays almost as much as an adult as I did a child; the biggest difference was that my excitement shifted from wrapped gifts to edible goodies. Now that I’m adjusting to a life with food allergies, I find the holidays don’t have as much nostalgia for me as they once […]

Last night we had some friends over for dinner, and with 3 kids and a few special diets to accomodate, I wanted a meal that was quick and easy, and could keep a vegan and some gluten and dairy free peeps happy. I needed something that wouldn’t keep me in the kitchen the whole time […]

Eggs – I used to love them scrambled, hard boiled, over easy, and just about any other way you could make ’em. Today, I have to avoid them, along with grains, dairy, gluten and several other more obscure foods, so I find myself testing various egg replacers while baking and cooking. There are tons of reasons that […]

Tree Nut Allergy Alert – December 5, 2012 Price Chopper Supermarkets is issuing a voluntary recall on certain Cinnamon Nut Coffee Cakes purchased only at the Mountain Road store in Worcester, MA, because they were incorrectly labeled as Pumpkin Coffee Cakes and therefore did not list tree nuts as an ingredient. The cakes were purchased at […]

Yesterday I posted a Gluten-free Key Lime Pie recipe, and no sooner did I get the post live, did my loving friends harass me for posting one that I can’t eat myself. Sometimes I feel like my restrictions are hard to follow, and I hesitate sharing recipes which only I can eat because they’re more involved than if you’re just following […]

Our guest blogger, Manilyn with Bettercater has whipped up a tasty gluten-free KeyLime Pie recipe that she likes to use to satisfy her sweet tooth cravings. I can’t say that key lime is a favorite of mine, nor have I ever made it, so I’m taking her word for it on this one! Now, I’ve always been warned that I could […]

I used to go through life without thinking much about things. I wasn’t much of a planner at all; in fact, I was both irked by, and in awe of, people who were. How could they so confidently know what they were going to want in a few days, a week or even months? I had the […]