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You’re busy. Between kids and work and all those other things you’re juggling, figuring out meal prep is one more thing on your already too-full plate. When you’re juggling food allergies, takeout at the end of a super busy day isn’t necessarily an option.  Finding something safe and nutritious for your family can make common fallbacks difficult. Juggling wheat and dairy allergies? That pizza delivery isn’t an option. Being careful about cross-contamination with shellfish and nuts? You may need to skip the Chinese takeout.  For allergy families, home-cooked meals aren’t a luxury or preference, they are a necessity. What do...

How long ago did your food allergy journey start? If your answer goes farther back than the last 12 months, it’s time to chat with your allergist about revisiting your allergy management plan. There’s been a flurry of research in the last several years that has updated and changed the way we approach mitigating the risk of reactions – as well as reducing the risk of developing allergies! If you’ve been in this game for a while and your day-to-day allergy plans look the same as they did on day 1, it’s time for a refresh.  Of course, what follows...

Comfort food is a nebulous term. Merriam Webster defines it as, “Food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal,” but what that looks like on a plate, however, varies from person to person. It’s personal. The recipe that sparks warm memories of simpler times and happiness is influenced by our history and our experiences. For you, it may be a dish of gooey mac and cheese. For someone else, it might be a familiar bowl of Bubbe’s chicken noodle soup, Nonna’s meatballs and ziti, or Abuelita’s birria.  There are some common traits of comfort dishes....

Sometimes words are interchangeable. We can offer the compliment as, “You look beautiful!” or “You look pretty,” without having to split hairs about the difference between the two. You know that a food review using the phrase, “This dish is scrumptious!” is a lot like your teen yelling, “That was bussin’!” Sometimes, however, there are nuances to the words we choose and they are not interchangeable. Saying something is minuscule isn’t quite the same as saying something is small. They’re similar to a point. Both reference sizes, particularly size on one end of the scale. Small tends to be a...