Cheryl Marks Young
Understand the Label Before You Take a Bite
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.
Cheryl Marks Young
7 Quick, Easy, and Healthy Back-to-School Breakfasts
School may look a lot different this year for most of our families. Regardless of whether your student is attending classes in-person, online, or some hybrid of the two, one thing has remained the same: the morning rush. Your child may be logging into class from the kitchen table, but that doesn’t mean you have gained time for a nice, leisurely breakfast. Quick, healthy options to get started on the right foot are still the order of the day.
Cheryl Marks Young
Pumpkin Spice Season With an Allergy-Friendly Twist
There’s more to September than back to school. It’s also the kick-off of Pumpkin Spice Season. As with any food-based trend, however, finding an allergy-friendly alternative can be difficult, unless you’re ready to roll your sleeves up and make your own. Here’s the good news: You’ve got plenty of simple and delectable pumpkin spice recipes to pick from. A few of them can be found here.
Cheryl Marks Young
Back to School with Allergies: COVID-19 Edition
The coronavirus has added some new twists to the August routine you may have grown accustomed to. Now we’re trying to figure out what Back-to-School during a pandemic looks like. Your local school district may be releasing plans, then modifying and releasing updated plans. There are a lot more questions to navigate this year and the August routine that we’ve become comfortable with no longer applies. The following items are certainly not an exhaustive list, but they should help you get focused on some ideas that you may not have considered previously.