Food allergies – Food Allergy Mama Bear

50 Things People Managing Food Allergies Wish You Knew

May 12-18, 2019 is Food Allergy Awareness Week. While those of us with food allergies consistently make efforts to educate, and advocate all year long, Food Allergy Awareness Week provides us with a unique opportunity to come together for a common cause. For last year’s Food Allergy Awareness Week, I wrote a post entitled 10…

10 Easy Ways to Eat Gluten-free for Less (And How We Lowered our Grocery Budget by $600 a Month!)

Since I started blogging, I have had a lot of people coming to me with the same complaint: “I need to eat gluten free, but it’s too expensive.” I’ve even had people confess that they keep eating foods that make them sick, simply because they are less expensive. This is both heartbreaking, and concerning for…

My Experience with Fun for All Foods—The Chocolate Duo

Picture this: It’s 5 pm on a Wednesday, and you just learned that your food allergic child has been invited to a birthday party in three days time. Both you and your child really want to make this party work, but there is a lot to consider before you send in that RSVP. Now imagine…

Mom’s Best Salsa

Today I am going to share with you one of my all time favorite salsa recipes. This recipe is gluten-free, free from the Top 8 Allergens, and vegan. While I wish I could take credit for this recipe, this stellar recipe was created by my mother (hence the recipe title: “Mom’s Best Salsa”). She often…

5 Things I am Thankful for as a Food Allergy Parent

Thanksgiving was yesterday. In light of that fact, I decided to put together a list of things that I am thankful for. This list is obviously not all inclusive. Instead, my focus is on things that I am thankful for that pertain to our life with food allergies. Here are 5 things that I am…

5 Tips for Managing Food Allergies During the Holidays

When I first started writing this post, I had given it the tentative title of “5 Tips for Surviving the Holiday Season with Food Allergies,” but that just didn’t sit well with me. It nagged at me for a little while before I realized why—I don’t want my readers to just survive during the holiday…

12 Delicious Top 8 Allergen Free Snacks

I have had a lot of people contacting me lately with the same question—“Can you give me some ideas for allergy friendly snacks?” I have been hearing this question so often, in fact, that I have decided to put together a list of my favorite allergy friendly snacks. All of the foods on this list…

Food Allergy Mama Bear Recipe Support Group

I’m writing this post to share with you guys something very exciting that I have been working on. I would like to invite all of you that have been following this page to join the Food Allergy Mama Bear Recipe Support Group on Facebook. If you are interested in checking it out, you can find…

Allergy Friendly Potato Skins (Top 8 Allergen Free and Gluten Free) day

Potato skins are one of my favorite appetizers! Believe it or not, they are also super easy to make without using any of the Top 8 most common allergens. Today, I am going to share with you two potato skin recipes. These recipes use essentially the same ingredients, but vary by cooking method. The first…

Allergy Friendly Salmon Patties (Gluten/Wheat, Dairy, Egg, Nut, and Soy* Free)

If you’ve never had a salmon patty, you are missing out! The recipe that I will be sharing with you today is free of wheat/gluten, eggs, dairy, and nuts. *Some of the ingredients I used may contain soy, but if you are avoiding soy, this recipe can be easily adapted to be entirely soy free…

Gramaw’s Honey Glazed Chicken (Top 8 Allergen Free, and Gluten-free)

Hello, everyone! Today, I will be sharing a recipe for Honey Glazed Chicken with you, and believe me when I say, this one will knock your socks off! While I wish I could take credit for creating this delightful recipe, this recipe is actually the creation of my mother, who graciously agreed to share it…