This week has been a bit of a haze. We’ve been recovering from my allergy boy’s anaphylaxis last Sunday. Throw in an appointment with the allergist, plus a trip to the ER with my 6 year old daughter with a…
Allergy Boy 1, Walnuts 0
Everything is okay. Now that you know that, I’ll tell you that my 8 year old allergy boy had an anaphylactic reaction on Sunday. It was the worst and scariest allergic reaction we’ve ever seen. I Tweeted/Facebooked about it a…
Food Bans: Still a Bad Idea (Part 2)
Okay, we all know I hate food bans, right? So what are some good strategies for keeping allergic kids safe, you ask? Read on. First, a disclaimer: it’s not that food bans are never a good idea; it’s that they…
Food Bans: Still a Bad Idea (Part 1)
There has been a fair amount of chatter in the media recently about a Hamilton, Ontario family who has filed a human right’s complaint against their daughter’s school. You can read about it here and here. The six year…
A Whole New World
As many of you know, my 7 year old has food allergies. We discovered his dairy and egg allergies when he was about 10 months old, when he was 18 months old he reacted to bananas, and we discovered his…
Baked Milk Challenge
I took my allergy boy to the allergist recently. He’s six and a half and he’s allergic to dairy, eggs, bananas and tree nuts. The appointment was for an oral allergy challenge to baked milk. My allergy boy was about…
Vegan Lemon Loaf
I’ve spent the last two hours (almost, I put the kids to bed during that time too) trying to write a post about today’s experience with my allergy boy’s baked milk challenge. But it’s late, and the blog post is…
Quinoa, Carrot and Chickpea Salad
1 medium onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp vegetable oil About 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup quinoa, rinsed 2 cups water or broth 3 tsp Moroccan spice mix (recipe below) salt and pepper 1 can chickpeas, rinsed…
Lessons Learned from an Allergy Boy
My allergy boy is 5. He started grade one this year. Starting grade one meant sorting through some details that weren’t an issue in kindergarten. Like eating lunch in the lunch room, navigating pizza days and making sure he’s safe…
Dairy-Free Ice Cream Cake
1/3 cup diary free margarine, melted (I used Earth Balance buttery flavour spread.) 1 1/4 cups dairy free baking crumbs (I used Oreo baking crumbs, but any dairy-free cookie crushed up would work. To crush cookies, put them in a…