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Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Vanilla Cupcakes
I am happy to say that I spent all day this past Friday working on new recipes, practicing my food photography, and thinking of new posts. While I have a few posts coming down the pike, I wanted to share my vanilla cupcake recipe, as this has been requested by a few different people! While […]
Dairy-Free Fudge (That Honestly Tastes like Real Fudge!)
I cannot tell you how many dairy-free fudge recipes I have tried, that have turned into a soupy, grainy mess. Having spent my entire childhood able to eat my grandma’s delicious fudge (with dairy), it was crushing when I realized that her fudge was something else my allergies and sensitivities were taking away. Since then, […]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread (Egg-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free)
This bread was an experiment the other night -which turned out to be a GREAT experiment! I had a little extra energy before bed, and felt like baking. Now that we are in the middle of November, I have a few cans of pumpkin in the pantry, just in case I get the urge to […]
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5 Tips to Fight Food Allergy Bullies
I so clearly remember standing on the playground with a little boy standing a foot away from me, waving his peanut snack in front of my face. “Caitlin, look! I can kill you with this!” As a small, shy elementary school girl, I would not stand up for myself when I was bullied for my […]
5 Food Allergy Resolutions to Ring in the New Year
Here we are on New Year’s Day again, feeling full, exhausted, and thinking about all of the changes we need to make with the start of the year. I have to say, however, that I am not the biggest fan of New Years’ resolutions. I feel that people tend to make outlandish resolutions, and set […]
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Top 8 Free Stuffed Peppers
My Top 8 Free Stuffed Peppers are free of ALL 8 major food allergens, but in my opinion, you wouldn’t even notice. This recipe has many benefits to it. First, it’s a quick recipe, which I greatly appreciate. While I love to cook, I like to have dinners that are quick and simple. Second, this […]
Allergy-Friendly Lapsha (Russian Noodle Soup)
I am very fortunate to have grown up with a wonderful Russian grandmother that always cooked delicious Russian food for us, and am even more fortunate that my mother has continued this tradition. My family moved to the street where my mother grew up when I was 5 years old, and I got to live […]
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
While I love baking the classic chocolate chip cookie, I enjoy changing things up a bit and adding in different ingredients. This recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cranberry cookies is nut-free, dairy-free, and also has an egg-free option. I have included what I believe to be the most successful egg substitute in the recipe, which […]
Dairy-free Waffle Iron Turkey Melt
For this recipe, I must give credit to my husband, who creates and makes these turkey melts perfectly. This meal is inspired by a recipe I came across in a food magazine that I was not able to replicate exactly. Although the recipe had multiple allergens, I loved the fact that they used a waffle […]
Nut-Free Pesto Pasta with Tomatoes
My Pinterest is made up of thousands of pins, and while about half are recipes, not all are allergy-friendly recipes. I often come to realize that the allergy-friendly recipes I find on Pinterest are very complicated, or use ingredients that I can’t find at the Target across the street, let alone my own pantry and […]
Dairy-free, Nut-free, and Egg-free Chocolate Banana Bread
When people find out that I have severe food allergies, and that I cannot have dairy and nuts, the question that often follows is, “So what do you eat??” They are starting to realize all of the food I cannot have. No butter, no ice cream, no peanut butter, no Reese’s cups. My response back […]
Simple Allergy-Friendly Chili
Living in Los Angeles, we do not get much of a shot at cold weather or a winter season, so I jump at the times the weather dips below 75 degrees to turn on the stove and cook. Now that we’ve had a couple of cooler weeks, I cooked up a big pot of this […]
Simple, Allergy-Friendly Cranberry Sauce
I have to be honest and say that the cranberry sauce has never been my favorite part of the Thanksgiving dinner. My family has always served the canned cranberries, and some members absolutely love it. Knowing that my husband loves his cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, I thought I would try to make my own sauce […]
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How to Host an Allergy-Friendly Thanksgiving
I have always loved working in the kitchen with my mom and my grandma on Thanksgiving morning. Even though both my brother and I have severe food allergies, my mom has always worked on giving us a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. I’ve never felt like I was missing out, and that makes me so grateful. I […]
Cha Cha’s Latin Kitchen
Cha Cha’s Latin Kitchen is my new favorite, allergy-friendly restaurant for date night. My husband and I have tried to make it a point to keep date nights going since we’ve been married (turns out work, groceries, errands, and other married life stuff can kind of get in the way of that). My favorite newlywed […]
4 Tips for Dealing with Food Allergies in the Workplace
The break room, lunch-time, potlucks, office parties. Food is a part of the workplace, which is usually something not many people think of – unless you have food allergies. Whether it is volunteering, a part-time job, or a full-time job, food allergies are an added issue to the workplace, so it is important to take as […]
Avoiding a Scary Halloween
While I am not the biggest Halloween enthusiast, I have a couple of family traditions that are mandatory. Even though I am married and no longer living in my parents house, I still find a way to rope my husband, parents, and younger brothers into carving pumpkins and watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” […]
The Cottage
When you have any dietary restrictions, it can be very difficult to find places to eat when you are out and about. Restaurants can be difficult to work with, ingredients can be added, menus can be changed, and that can lead to quite the headache in trying to find somewhere to sit down and have […]
My Story
I write this first blog post a little hesitant, but moreover hopeful that my knowledge in growing up with severe food allergies can help anyone out there with food allergies of their own, or a loved one with food allergies. I was born with a severe peanut allergy, into a family that had no idea […]