Roasted Tomato Salsa As the summer approaches, one of my favorite items at the local farmer's market is the cherry tomato. They are fantastic to eat straight but they also make the sweetest and most delicious salsa. You can use it for salsa fresca (aka pica de galio) or if when they get ALMOST overly … Continue reading Roasted Tomato Salsa
Pollen Allergy Survival Kit "Spring is in the air...", what does that mean to you? Do you think about flowers or girls in flowing white dresses running through a field of daffodils? For me, I think about swollen eyes, runny noses and scratchy throats. I guess that's not a very romantic view of the season … Continue reading Pollen Allergy Survival Kit
Paleo Berry Jam Everyone in my family LOVES jam but lets face it, to make a good tasting jam require SUGAR and lots of it! This is not going to work in our household since I have been working to not only cut the kids sugar intake but also the grown ups. For the last … Continue reading Paleo Berry Jam
Roasted Pepper Spread Roasted Pepper Spread This is another recipe that is inspired by when you buy vegetable in bulk and completely forgot about them. Yesterday, I walked into the kitchen to finally clean things up and I realized that there was still a bag of peppers that we hadn't used up. Since, we had … Continue reading Roasted Pepper Spread
Vegan Chocolate Truffles One of my favorite things to buy are chocolate truffles but with recent reactions to particular nuts and dairy I don't get them anymore. Then I remembered something an old friend of mine use to say about truffles...that chocolate truffles are essentially just cream and good chocolate melted together. Building on that … Continue reading Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Vegan Banana Loaf When I first created this recipe, the goal was to create a banana bread recipe that was gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free and refined sugar free. As I was coming to the completion of the recipe, there became many families who asked me to come up with a recipe … Continue reading Vegan Banana Loaf
National Geographic Kids We aren't just food allergy (or gluten free) moms, we are moms. Moms who want our kids to be happy, to explore and to read. I was very lucky that through the Moms Meet Network, I was given the opportunity to review a free sampling of books from National Geographic Kids. This … Continue reading National Geographic Kids
Vegan Pumpkin Loaf The smell of pumpkin spice is once again in the air and there are plenty options of fresh and canned pumpkins at the stores. Many of my loyal readers are always asking how I can make a recipe vegan or top 8 food allergen free. This time around as I was writing … Continue reading Vegan Pumpkin Loaf
Dr. Ohhira Probiotics Review Over the last decade, people have talked about the benefits of probiotics. Our community is about restricted eating (whether it is due to food allergies, celiacs, or lifestyle changes) and sometimes it is necessary to supplement our diet. You have to think about probiotics as supplements to healthier diet. If you have two … Continue reading Dr. Ohhira Probiotics Review
Gluten Free Allergen Friendly Expo 2018 Everyone gets excited this time of the year because of Halloween, Thanksgiving and pumpkin spice lattes! Me??? It's the Gluten Free Allergy Friendly Expo, we go as a whole family. The expo is a full weekend long, I usually go on the first day to explore and checkout all … Continue reading Gluten Free Allergy Friendly Expo
