One of the things that I’ve found to be the most helpful around our house is labeling our food so babysitters, grandparents and even my little men can easily recognize what’s a “safe” food and what’s “unsafe.”

Here are some AWESOME…

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It’s lunch time and I’m trying to think out of the box with something interesting for the boys to eat. Standing at the fridge looking blankly, I just whip out the usual fruit, yoghurt, small treat, with a sandwich to come later. Jack and Ollie are chomping down like they don’t know what they are missing out on, and I’m sitting back in awe at how I produced boys that haven’t yet developed any food allergies and aren’t picky about what they eat, from spicy Indian, to olives, to raw… Continue

New year seemed a good time to post this here =)

This is pretty long, so.... I bolded the main points. You can skim through and get the general idea by just reading the bold words- if you aren't inclined to read the whole thing ;-)

I'm a semi crunchy stay at home wife and mama of two…

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Originally posted Oct. 13, 2012, at www.pushingonarope.com

Catherine and I put the new oven through its paces today and the result is a house that smells like heaven.

With the church youth group potluck tomorrow, we offered to bring two batches of cookies and that meant hitting the kitchen.

We never buy bakery…

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Food allergies are so prevalent, something must be done to protect our health, our children and our way of life. In America, we have freedom of choice. With food allergies, we lose that freedom to choose (what we can eat). Without pointing a finger, I want to offer a way to bring back our most precious freedom, freedom of choice.



Food allergies are continually misunderstood. What makes a food suddenly deadly, for some people…

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If you suspect you or your child(ren) have one or more food allergies, an allergist may recommend a IgE RAST test to confirm whether the suspect symptoms are true food allergies.

If your allergist determines your suspect symptoms are a sign of a true food allergy, your allergist will decide…

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I have lived with environmental allergies my entire life. From pet allergies to dust allergies, even pollens and grasses allergy symptoms stuck around and I never put too much thought. But when my daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe allergic disease my outlook changed completely! For her allergy symptoms involved swelling, painful rashes and asthma attacks that were anything but controlled.

For a parent I can’t think of anything more emotionally draining than watching our…

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I received some surprising news recently. My doctor ran some blood tests to check for allergies and it turns out, I’m gluten intolerant. I thought the results might reveal a mild intolerance to a spice or some food that would be easy to avoid, but gluten? Never would have guessed. I’m surprised because I wasn’t having severe reactions or feeling sick. Once in a while I’d have mild discomfort and once in a great while I would get a bad stomach ache but nothing major. Severe food…

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What do you mean, Going No-Poo? Wait...is this another potty training article? Not even close....read on, my lovelies.







For the past year  my head has been the bane of my existence. Oily, dandruff (oh, the dandruff) and the itch is unexplainable. It drives me nuts. I think I've used every shampoo on the market from the high end I had to order online to the cheap bottom shelf at Walmart. I've used different conditioners, after conditioners, leave… Continue

Indie Candy: Natural, Allergen-free Candy to make Valentine's Day special!…

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It’s snowing in Kentucky! We received a couple of inches all day Sunday, therefore school is out for Monday. So silly, but too many side roads that school buses can’t visit; or so they claim. Being snowed in on Sunday was a great day to veg out! We laid around and watched movies and ate fun food. We finally watched “Grown Ups”, it was cute. The kids and my husband begged for buffalo chicken dip, so I made it. Super easy with my little crock pot. Put it in and walk-away. Stir to combine it all,… Continue

I have now officially started feeding my goats in the evening. For the past two days, I have been bombarded by guineas and chickens when I feed them in the morning. It’s ridiculous, aren’t they supposed to be

afraid of me? Therefore, I am changing

it up. The milk goats will be fed in the

evening when the birds go to roost, and I will continue to throw their corn out

in the…

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I am so much more comfortable in my kitchen. Those first few months were really tough! It’s great to make the leap and make your

kitchen an allergy free kitchen; catered to your food allergies. The only food with allergies are the few

goodies my son really enjoys. The rest

of the time, the only ingredients I have to choose from are those the entire

family can enjoy. It’s wonderful…

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‘Tis the season for the busy holidays! We always have something going on, whether we are participating in holiday events

around town, school activities, or family visiting for the holidays. As a parent, I have to make sure I keep quick

snacks on hand that are flexible and easy to keep handy. One item I always keep on hand is

granola. I keep it in a huge glass jar

in the kitchen,…

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I have come up with a great recipe of meatballs with pumpkin puree, believe it or not. They are incredibly yummy and very

tender. I came upon this recipe because

I had just enough pumpkin puree leftover to make something really yummy, but

not enough to warrant keeping. This

particular day, my husband and son were gone deer hunting while my daughter and

I spent some quality…

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Beginning our allergy free lifestyle a few months ago made for some of our more traditional dishes being deleted for a while.

Not for good, but for a while!

Our Kentucky-style dessert menu contains a lot of pies and my favorite,

bread pudding. I wanted to conquer a new

dessert for my family yesterday, and…

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Tips for the allergy free kitchen:

1. We cannot use cooking spray due to the soy content – I used this to my advantage by making various flavored oils to keep beside the stove. It’s easy to do. I buy our allergy free oil in bulk and
   
   place in small sauce pans on the stove.
   
   Add favorite herbs and/or…

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Originally posted on A Bloggy Mom

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Okay, I promise I won't use every post to talk about my miserable Gluten Free Diet.... However, I am going to talk about it now.



I'm grateful there is a lot of information readily available about gluten free eating... it is very confusing and a lot of labels aren't printed with this type of information. Though, going gluten free, I… Continue