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Food allergy families are already well-versed in adapting recipes for their allergy-friendly table and creating non-food traditions. Thanksgiving during a pandemic, however, adds an entirely new twist to how we’ll celebrate. The good news is this: you’re a pro at adapting holiday norms to accommodate health needs. It’s time to put those “adapt to survive” food allergy family skills to use again and create a Thanksgiving to be grateful for!

Whether you’ve made an afternoon out of visiting the orchard with your family or you’ve just stocked up at the grocery store, you’ve got a lot of scrumptious options for what to do with apples and many of them can be adapted to work with your allergy-related restrictions. As we observe National Apple Day this week, let’s dig into some of those recipes. 

Halloween is going to look a bit different for most of us this year. For allergy families, some of those changes may make things a little easier. For example, making a game plan to safely navigate the usual array of treat-laden parties in classrooms and at extracurricular activities will likely be off your plate this year. Trick-or-treat and trunk-or-treat events may look different too, if your community is even going to allow such things. That doesn’t mean, however, that you don’t need an allergy-friendly game plan. Even if Halloween 2020 takes on a pandemic-preparedness twist, you’ll still need to navigate...

When the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) was passed in 2004, things got a little easier for food allergic families. That’s not to say that we still don’t have some deciphering and detective work to do.