I'm guest posting on Traveling Moms, offering a few food allergy snack ideas for your next road trip. We, in fact, enjoyed some of these snacks on our recent road trip to Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg, which I'll be writing about over on Traveling Moms, too. Come visit me there! What snacks do you pack for your road trips? … [Read more...]
Banana Chocolate Chip Nut Butter Popsicle Recipe at Prime Parents Club
July 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I'm a little late in linking this up. Please visit Prime Parents Club and give this recipe for Low Sugar Banana Chocolate Nut Butter Popsicles a try. Its incredibly delicious. You might want to make a few extras. Just sayin'. … [Read more...]
Turnip Greens And Rice and A New Prime Parents Club Post
June 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Our CSA started up again two weeks ago so I've been having fun with veggies -- or trying to anyways. I'm determined not to let any veggie go to waste this summer. So far so good, although, I'm not sure how many salads I can eat. Going to have to get creative there. This week's veggies included turnip greens. What in the world do you do with turnip greens? They look like leaves. I probably would have mistaken them for lettuce if there hadn't been a label on the bag. So I googled and found a lot of southern-style recipes, all a little too complex for my purposes. I finally found a recipe on FoodNetwork.com for Turnip Greens & Potatoes that I adapted for the ingredients I had on hand. Here's my version: Turnip Greens And Rice Ingredients: turnip greens 1 tbsp olive oil 2 cups rice Dressing: 1/3 cup olive oil 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (I used a dark chocolate flavor) 1 tsp lime juice 1 tsp minced garlic 1/2 tsp paprika salt and … [Read more...]
Baking Mac Without the Cheese
May 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
I miss cheese. It’s the one thing I haven’t quite found a substitute for. Most of the vegan cheeses at my local market contain caseins and therefore aren’t completely dairy-free for the food allergic. One product that is dairy-free and works well is Daiya; its my go-to when I can’t go without, like on pizza. Or the baked Mac and “Cheese” recipe I tried for lunch today. I was inspired by the novel Julia’s Child by Sarah Pinneo about a mom who makes and sells organic food for toddlers. There are several recipes sprinkled throughout the book, including one for “Mac and Cheese With Plenty of Dairy.” Its like the title challenged me to make it without dairy. Most of the substitutions were easy, with the exception of cottage cheese. I have not found a dairy-free cottage cheese. (If you know of one, please share.) So that’s where I started to improvise. It turned out pretty and tasted fine but I want to work on the recipe before I share it. I kind of threw it together with … [Read more...]
Disney Parks Chat With Melissa Joan Hart Tonight
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Where do you dream of vacationing? A sandy beach? A hip and happening city? A mountain retreat? I've been dreaming of Disney. Seriously. I really want to run the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon. Early registration ends today, though, and I don't see it the budget cards for me this year. I also really want to take my son. Not just because he'd love to meet Mickey and the gang but because I hear Disney is a fabulous destination for kids with food allergies. But this dream vacation will have to wait. In the meantime, I'm going to check out the live Disney Parks web chat with Melissa Joan Hart tonight at 9 p.m. EST. The former star of Sabrina, The Teenaged Witch and current co-star of Melissa & Joey on the ABC Family network will be chatting with Disney Mom Panelists Amanda Ficili and Jill Cooper live on the Disney Parks blog, sharing her experiences vacationing at Disney with little ones, and answering questions from moms, dads and fans. Did I mention … [Read more...]
