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A memoir with recipes. Hearing the allergy progress for this family was somewhat reassuring as I learn to manage having a kiddo with food allergies. The recipes will definitely be put to use but I wish there were suggestions for non-soy ingredient options. Not sure if substitutions will work with some of the baking. Will find out! Also disappointed that half the book is sweets & snacks, all with white flour. (Granted, the authors are chocolate shop owners.) There are mainstream options for vegan...
A mom & an aunt developed recipes for a highly allergic boy in their life... One that the first time he had ice cream had to go to ER for his reaction as a 1 year old. Who needed to be tested every year for his allergies.... They developed these recipes so Justin wouldn't always feel left out when he was with friends. He already knew as a 3 or 4 year old that he couldn't eat most foods that were not prepared by his family & that an EPI pen was a neccesary piece of equipment for him. Any family w...
As a mom with a child who has life threatening allergies to dairy and tree nuts, I was excited when I saw the subtitle of this book. A lot of recipes I find that are nut-free aren't dairy-free, and visa versa. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed with the recipes. They sounded delicious except that the authors' solution for nut and dairy-free was to replace everything dairy related with soy products. I can do that myself with any recipe, however I prefer not to use soy in large amounts, and definite...
Even if you don't have food allergies (which I do not - thank goodness), trying to dissect all of the terms on a nutrition label so you can figure out what the heck is in your food is a heavy task. However, if I misread a label and still eat the item, I'm more than likely not going to have an issue. If you had a food allergy to something like nuts, dairy, or eggs and ate something that you shouldn't have on accident, it could be uncomfortable or potentially be life threatening! I would think tha...