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As August’s temperatures soar and stores flip their ‘seasonal’ aisles to a heavy feature of school supplies, you may be trying to squeeze as much fun as possible into the home stretch of summer. If part of your strategy is to find ways to cut back on kitchen time, making use of your leftovers can go a long way - and save money!  However, there’s more to leftover meals than simply reheating and repeating. The following recipes and tips make use of elements of last night’s dinner in a new way. Reduce food waste and your grocery bill by putting...

Pile into the car and let’s go! Wait. Before you gather the family and grab the keys, let’s run through a checklist to make sure you’ve got what you need for a successful trip. Whether you’re headed out for a beautiful summer afternoon ride or a multi-day trip, traveling with allergies requires a little extra preparation.  Autoinjectors at the Ready This one should be part of your regular daily routine. If your allergist has prescribed them, two autoinjectors of epinephrine should be wherever your allergic family members are at all times, road tripping included. There are a few considerations, of...

If you’re like a lot of other families with school-aged children who have food allergies, the hot, humid days of summer are also prime time for an annual visit to the allergist. Many of us check in with our medical teams to update paperwork for school, renew epinephrine prescriptions, and evaluate our allergy management plans ahead of a new school year. Whether you’ve got a visit to the allergist scheduled in the near future or it’s a bit further off, the following list is worth preparing and reviewing with your doctor. New Epinephrine Options The EpiPen was approved by the...

We’re heading into those long, hot dog days of summer. Turning on the oven to prep dinner makes you cringe at the thought of any added warmth filling the spaces in your kitchen. Standing over a grill is an option – but a hot one. You don’t want to order out, and frankly, that’s not always an easy option when you’re juggling food allergies. So, what do you do? Try these low-fuss, no-cook (or low cook) meals like the recipes below!  Quinoa Salad Whether you cook up a batch of quinoa for this meal or you have some prepared and...