(Most of) Our Family Loves SunButter

Mar 31

My husband and I are big fans of SunButter. We think it’s delicious, and I like the fact that it’s got plenty of Vitamin E, iron, protein, and fibre.  Our nut-allergic son was so excited about eating it when we first bought it that he wanted to eat it in the car. I told him that he had to wait until we got home, and he chanted “I love it, I love it, I love it!” from...

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Sunbutter Cookies

Mar 31

If you have not had the chance to try Sunbutter I strongly urge you to try it. It tastes so close to peanutbutter it’s unreal. There is a slight ‘green’ taste (like you might expect when eating sunflower seeds) that gives it a bit of a unique taste but the roasting of the sunflower seeds gives it an uncanny resemblance to peanut butter. The below...

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Family Opens Daycare For Children With Allergies

Mar 29

This sounds like a good idea, but to me, having our son in a daycare that is not centered around children with food allergies made him understand that his situation is special and not the norm. The children in the below story are well taken care of, I’m sure, but do you think that this could change the way they see other children?   (NEWS CENTER) — Food...

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Avoiding Milk Protein Blog: Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Act

Mar 27

This came to my attention from Karen’s blog at Avoiding Milk Protein Blog. If you are in the US please read this! This act, even though it is in the US could add leverage to get similar acts passed in other countries. Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Act This E-mail reminder came from A Anderson Authour of Flourishing with Food Allergies If you care about a child...

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Risk-Reducing Policies Would Provide the Extra Bit of Protection Food Allergic Air Travellers Need

Mar 24

I try not to get discouraged about the “food allergy backlash.” I find such opinions — suggesting that people with food allergies, in their self-important desire to assert that they have a “special status,” are exaggerating the dangers posed by their allergies at the expense of the rights of others — sad and disturbing. In the past four years since our son was...

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