Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival #46

It's my turn to host the Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival again! That's right, I said the "living with food allergies" carnival, not the "health and wellness" carnival or the "dietary supplement" carnival, and certainly not the "timeshare" carnival. Back off, Spammers.

Today's entries are divided into three main groups: living with food allergies, allergen-free foods, and giveaway.

Living With Food Allergies

Stella R. presents Rising from the dead posted at Stellargy.

Allergicmom presents Kindergarten Field Trip to the Dairy Farm...Seriously posted at my kids' allergies.

Christine presents Cowgirl up posted at Corn Allergic: What I Reacted To Today.

Karen Blue presents Stages of Acceptance posted at Avoiding Milk Blog.

Allergen-Free Food

Tanya presents Tips for Baking Without- Milk Substitutes posted at Allergy friendly, family friendly FOOD.

Alison presents Allergen-Free Summer Treats Guide 2009 posted at Sure Foods Living - for celiac disease, gluten intolerance, food allergies, peanut allergy, nut allergy, gluten-free diet, gfcf diet, dairy-free, egg-free, soy free or other allergen-free living.

Kishari presents FAQ Chewy chocolate chip cookies (gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free)! Yay! posted at The Food Allergy Queen.

Kim, The Food Allergy Coach presents Allergy friendly products on a budget - Is it possible???? posted at The Food Allergy Coach.

Alisa presents Vegan Pizza Cheese Face-off: Teese, Sheese, Follow Your Heart, and Cheezly posted at Go Dairy Free.

Alisa presents Easy Mexican Meals: Part 1 ? Taco Seasoning posted at One Frugal Foodie.

Nowheymama presents Spring Summer Soup posted at No Whey, Mama.

Giveaway

Giveaway? There's no giveaway here. *sigh* Oh all right. FINE.

Alisa presents Giveaway: Snacks and Cookies for Everyone! posted at One Frugal Foodie.

But it's mine I tell ya! All miiinnne....


The next Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival will be hosted by Alisa at One Frugal Foodie. Join us, won't you?

Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival

Hey! It's time for the August 21, 2008, edition of the Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival. Come on in!

Timely Topics
It's back-to-school time. Are you looking for a creative alternative to the traditional medical alert bracelet? Jennifer O. presents Comments From the Peanut Free Gallery: tattoos posted at Comments From the Peanut Free Gallery.

Eating well on a budget can be a challenge, especially with a food allergy. Aryn presents Eat Well for Less: Managing Food Allergies and Intolerances posted at Sound Money Matters.

Living With Food Allergies
Christine presents The Things that Fall Away posted at Corn Allergic - What I Reacted To Today. She writes, "Adapting to life with a severe food allergy, there are a range of day-to-day trade offs to be made to stay safe and healthy in a world that is full of allergens. These are the things that fall away."

Fiona Veitch Smith presents Food Intolerances posted at Fiona Veitch Smith where she writes about the differences between an allergy and an intolerance.

In the mood for some fun points of view? Check out these posts:
Jennifer O. presents When a Peanut Allergic to Peanuts is a Filbert posted at Comments From the Peanut Free Gallery.

Christine presents Allergies and Vampires posted at Corn Allergic - What I Reacted To Today. She writes, "What do the very popular vampires of the Twilight series have in common with the food allergic? Read and find out."

Recipes and Food
Maggie presents Apricot-Ginger Cupcakes with Coconut Butter Frosting posted at Dog Hill Kitchen.

Nowheymama presents a simple dairy-free, egg-free summer pasta salad recipe in Is That a Cucumber in Your Pasta? posted at No Whey, Mama.

And Shannon B. presents Vegan Wines Are Also Egg and Dairy Allergy Friendly posted at Zeer Blog. She writes, "A short entry on how vegan wines are also egg and dairy allergy friendly since wines are often fined with Egg & Dairy byproducts. Short, helpful, with a lot of great links!"

Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Living With Food Allergies Carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. Thanks, everyone!

We Heart Eat n' Park

Here's my eleventh-hour entry for the awesome Food Allergy Blog Carnival that Rational Jenn keeps up and running. I am happy to be included as a carnival...er? ...ist? whenever I remember to send in a link.

This week's theme is "Restaurants." I'd like to take this opportunity to recognize Eat n' Park, a Pittsburgh-based chain that is very allergy-aware. I thought I'd written about them somewhere before, but I can't find a link at the moment. Maybe it was on someone else's blog. Anyway. Focus, Nowheymama!

Eat n' Park is just excellent. They have had Silk soy milk on their menu for at least two years, and the staff is very knowledgeable about what ingredients the menu items contain. We usually order the salad or breakfast bar for Katherine because she can eat many of the items on either one. If we worry about cross-contamination, the server will bring a serving of a bar item straight from the kitchen to Katherine. Also, if a usual bar item is missing (like apple butter, for instance) they will bring her a serving of it at no extra charge.

I wrote to them awhile ago to ask about which of their menu items would be safe, and they sent me an email saying that they didn't want to publish any information on their website until they were absolutely sure it was correct, but they told me the items that they were certain were dairy free. I noticed that their website now has a gluten-free menu listing.

My only complaint is that the Smiley cookies (that they give to every child 10 and under) are neither dairy nor wheat free, and they don't have an alternative treat.