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Stay Cool With These No-Cook Summer Meals

Stay Cool With These No-Cook Summer Meals

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...

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Getting Summer-Ready With Food Allergies

Getting Summer-Ready With Food Allergies

The final few days of the school year are in reach – or they’ve recently passed. The calendar may finally be less busy, or, perhaps, it’s now full with a different kind of activity from camps to trips to playdates. Either way, the shift in routine doesn’t change the need for allergy awareness and preparation. It might just change some aspects of your usual management plan a bit.  Whether this is the first time you’ve approached a summer with food allergies, or just the most recent time, creating a checklist can be helpful. You can start with the items below....

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Berry Welcome Allergy-Friendly Summer Plates

Berry Welcome Allergy-Friendly Summer Plates

The span of time between sunrise and sunset is getting longer. The temperatures are hovering in the “more warm than not” territory. The school year is heading into its final set of weeks. You’re feeling more than ready to embrace the summer season of fresh produce and lighter fare.  Sure, you can just snack on deep-hued ripe blueberries or bright, bold strawberries. You could pick at a bowl of raspberries and blackberries. And, unless you’re allergic to them specifically, you should. Don’t stop there, though. This stretch of the season is the perfect time to grab a handful of luscious...

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Raising Awareness Starts With the Right Resources

Raising Awareness Starts With the Right Resources

May means talking about food allergies. Okay, sure. When you live with food allergies, you’re talking about them more or less all the time. But May, and the second full week of the month in particular, is a time to raise awareness and educate others about what it’s like to live with life threatening food allergies.  Food Allergy Awareness Week is a great time to share your story and help others better understand how to be a good support for someone living with allergies. (You’ll find a few great suggestions on how to get started with that here: 5 Easy...

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