Tagged With "Gluten"
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New Food Find: Allergy-Friendly Vegan Qrunch Burgers
New Food Find: Qrunch Burgers are Allergy-Friendly, Gluten-Free and Vegan These quinoa veggie burgers are soy-free, wheat-free, gluten-free, nut-free, egg-free, dairy-free, corn-free, fish-free, shellfish-free, meat-free and are made from organic...
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Baking With Food Allergies – Your Questions Answered
Baking Without Milk, Eggs, Soy, Wheat, Gluten and Nuts by Colette Martin Thank you to everyone who joined the Kids with Food Allergies webinar (click to view the video recording) on Wednesday, November 28th. It’s great to see so...
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Recall Alert: Gluten-Free Mary's Gone Crackers Exceeds FDA Gluten Limit
Reason for recall: the gluten-free product may have gluten levels above the >20 ppm limit in FDA regulations for gluten-free products.
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New Food Find - Gluten-Free Banza Chickpea Pasta
Looking for a pasta that does not contain grain? This #NewFoodFind – Banza Chickpea Pasta – is for you. What are the ingredients? Banza Chickpea Pasta has just four ingredients: Chickpeas (also known...
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New Food Find: One Ingredient, Gluten-Free Pasta
Tolerant Foods have created single-ingredient, gluten-free, organic, Non-GMO, legume-based pastas. The pastas are loaded with protein and fiber and come in these shapes: Fettucine Rotini Penne The single ingredient in each pasta is either...
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New Food Find: Top-8 Free, Gluten-Free Baking Mixes and Corn-Free Powdered Sugar
Better Batter was created by a mom who wanted a gluten-free flour that would work cup for cup in her mother’s old recipes. The Better Batter All Purpose Flour Mix has been available for a few years. Today's #NewFoodFind profiles five baking mixes and corn-free powdered sugar. Better Batter Baking Mixes Better Batter mixes are free of all major allergens. They are Kosher (OU Pareve), Halal-certified and GMO-free. There are five mixes - you can find the ingredient list for each variety...
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New Food Find: Vegetable-Packed Frozen Pizza with Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Options
This # NewFoodFind combines the pizza that kids love with the fruits and vegetables that parents want kids to eat. Doc’s Nutrilicious Oh YES! frozen pizzas are available with or without gluten and with or without dairy cheese....
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New Food Find: Be Free Bakers (Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Vegan)
Be Free Bakers: Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free Baking Mixes and Baked Goods I recently interviewed Jennifer Ward, owner of Be Free Bakers, and was touched by her enthusiasm for offering allergy-friendly goods. Her family-run business...
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5 Tips for Baking Amazing Gluten-Free Sandwich Bread
by Kathy Przywara Tasty bread that will hold up in a sandwich is the holy grail of wheat and gluten-free baking! That challenge is even harder when you also need to bake without milk and eggs. With these tips and my Gluten-Free Sandwich...
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Allergies to a Legume Called Lupin: What You Need to Know
What is Lupin? Lupin (sometimes called “lupine") is a legume belonging to the same plant family as peanuts. “For many people, eating lupin or a lupin-derived ingredient, such as a flour, is safe,” says Stefano Luccioli, M.D., a...
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Allergy-Friendly Streusel Layered Coffeecake
by Kate Pietrak When Kids With Food Allergies (KFA) asked me to take part in their food blogging series, I was excited, but not quite sure which recipe would be the best to share with you. When KFA suggested a coffeecake, it immediately brought...
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Gingerbread Cookies: Egg-Free, Milk-Free, Gluten-Free Recipes
Egg-Free, Milk-Free Gingerbread Cookies and Gluten-Free Option by Kathy Przywara These are a perennial favorite in our house and a tradition every year! It's the only cookie that my kids actually request....erhm, insist on! I have a...
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Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Bread Made with Sweet Potato Substituting for Egg By Megan Stone Ingredients 1 box of King Arthur Gluten-Free Bread Mix (contains 1 yeast packet) 1 ¾ cup of lukewarm (about 95 degrees) milk alternative...
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Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Recipe Free of Top 8 Allergens
Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Recipe, Top 8 Free, Allergy Friendly by Heidi Bayer I look forward to making gluten-free, allergen-free peach cobbler every summer. I prefer fresh peaches from the farmer’s market, but frozen peaches work just...
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Glutino's New Pretzel Chips and Toaster Pastries
At the Natural Products Expo West, Glutino debuted their newest product: Gluten-Free Pretzel Chips. They are free of gluten and milk. They contain SOY. Glutino has also recently unveiled their new gluten-free toaster pastries (Apple...
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Gluten-Free Vegan Pizza for the Super Bowl
Are you ready for some football? Sunday is Super Bowl 50! What goes better with football than pizza? This gluten-free, vegan pizza crust recipe from Brooklyn Allergy Mom, Heidi Bayer, will be a winner no matter which team you are rooting for! Gluten-free Vegan Pizza Crust (recipe inspired by the Minimalist Baker) Recipe by Heidi Bayer, Brooklyn Allergy Mom After trying everyone else’s recipe for pizza crust, including mixes, recipes, etc. (and being disappointed), I decided to set out...
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Egg-Free, Milk-Free, Gluten-Free Thumbprint Cookies
Egg-Free, Milk-Free Thumbprint Cookies , optionally Gluten/Wheat-Free* by Kathy Przywara These were one of my grandmother's favorite Christmas cookies! I remember being in her tiny kitchen and helping her roll the balls and make the...
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Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Crockpot Lasagna Recipe
Many KFA members love the convenience of a slow cooker (crockpot), especially on days when the family’s activities will keep everyone busy in the hour before dinner time. With a slow cooker you can do all of the prep work earlier in the day (or...
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
Steph - that's a good point - about prioritising health issues (food allergies over cancer risk). I still am uneasy of introducing another health risk into my son's life, however. My son has 8 food allergies that we know of so far including wheat and potatoes, EoE plus environmental and I have several food involving severe anaphylactic responses to soy and shellfish and all seafood and many environmental allergies as well we both have autoimmune issues. I will look at the Safe Eats...
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
Hugs Helen~. I can certainly understand the cancer concern as my husband is a lung cancer survivor. We also balance 4 kids (1 of whom is autistic with many developmental delays), food allergies, etc. I don't worry overly much re things like junk food, lunch meat etc. My kids all eat fruit and veggies, whole wheat stuff, things like salmon, etc. For my peace of mind, I have to pick and choose my battles. Anyway, do check out our resources, forums, etc.
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
Hugs Helen - our life experiences and personal medical history can also effect our priorities. We all do what we feel is right and just hope we've done due diligence and made the best choice. Please check out our forums (here is our GI disorders forum ) and recipes collection . If you see a recipe that looks promising, we can usually help to find substitutes and "healthier" versions of things. We are here to support you where ever you are along your journey.
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Yup. For instance, I am all about environmental safety and recycling and such, but for two years when I had small children, was a single mom and had no dishwasher, I bought an obscene amount of paper plates and cups, rather than having to face a huge mound of festering dishes that I simply could not face. Do I think it was the healthiest and most ecologically-sound option? Nope. Would I recommend it to another mom going through the same thing? Absolutely. Regarding processed meats, I...
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
Some simple ideas but I am confused as why you are suggesting parents give their kids processed lunch meats, pepperoni, etc. These processed meats often contain wheat as filler and are filled with carcinogenic nitrates. Even if you find a wheat free pepperoni or lunch meat, they are still full of unhealthy levels of sodium and fat. I can't believe a health professional is actually pushing lunch meat as a healthy lunch!
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
As always, read labels to ensure the food is safe for your allergy set. Yes, some of these do include processed lunch meat. While not the healthiest, it is a good protein source and everything in moderation. These lunches are paired with veggies and fruit, so a good balance overall imo.
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
I disagree with idea that a twice weekly consumption of pepperoni or salami for a child is "moderate". Find me a pediatric oncologist who would recommend such a diet. And look at the American and Canadian Cancer societies for nutritional advice - both advise to avoid these foods.
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
We all have to do what is best for our own families. For instance, my son is allergic to various foods that other kids take for routinely might take for lunch (eggs, dairy) as well as peanuts, tree nuts - and the sesame and mustard allergy rules out most forms of sausage, salami, and other kinds of lunch meat, unless it is a special brand (read: pricey). For a child with few protein options who can't have it, they often want it. It doesn't mean I would let him eat it every day even if he...
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Re: Back-to-School: A Week of Wheat-Free Alternatives for Lunch
We're sorry that you are finding the lunch alternatives unhealthy. We try to appeal to a wide range of parents and realize that everyone needs to make decisions based on their family's needs including prep time and cost. With that in mind, healthy often translates to "safe" foods. There are healthier versions - low fat, low sodium, uncured meats.
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Helen, what allergies are you managing? I will state up front that the immediate tasks of avoiding our many allergens and filling my 4 kids' bellies 3+ x/day while educating them and running a household, plus manging a tight budget and maintaining my sanity, are always going to get priority over strict adherence to best practices for cancer avoidance. The perfect can be the enemy of the good, sometimes. Parenting kids with food allergies is a daily dip in the puddle of stress. I think we can...
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Re: Baking With Food Allergies – Your Questions Answered
I am new to this food allergy thing. My son also has EoE and has now been put on the six food elimination diet. i love to bake. to have purchased buckwheat flour, quinoa flour and tapioca flour. I want to make a flour blend that is also nutritious. I'd like to make his bread as well as muffins pancakes, and anything else a 2 year old might like. I'm not sure of the nutritionsl content of the king Arthur flour blend that you've recommended. I will definitely use that when making cakes etc,...
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Re: Baking With Food Allergies – Your Questions Answered
What about a gf corn free soy sauce?
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Re: Baking With Food Allergies – Your Questions Answered
If coconut is safe, there is coconut aminos. Otherwise, I've had good success using umeboshi vinegar. It doesn't have the same depth of flavor (or color - it's purple which can be an odd color in some things), but give that salty "bite" to things. Another options is balsamic vinegar plus salt. That's a little sweeter though. If you can do fish, nuc mam (Vietnamese fish sauce) is another option.
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Re: Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
I need to check and see if my kids can even have yeast but I was wondering if anyone has tried this with a different flour mix, my kids cannot have rice, which is in the King Arthur mix. Sounds so good and we would love to have a non soy bread or cracker!,,
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Re: Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
Note that this calls for a box of BREAD mix, not just the flour mix. There are other ingredients in there as part of the mix besides just the flour/starch. Here is a PDF of the bread mix label.
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Re: Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
Looks delicious. Has anyone tried adding blueberries?
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Re: Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
This is the bread my son depends on...I've been making it for over 2 years now. We use applesauce to replace the egg, so I guess we could call ours applesauce bread!? Going to try it with sweet potatoes. Sounds yummy!
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Re: Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
I tried this bread and my family loved it. My older son who doesn't have any food allergies ate 2 slices with butter and wanted more. My husband didn't think it tasted like gluten free bread at all! Thanks for this recipe. I was using egg replacer before and it didn't have much flavor. I like the extra vitamins that we are getting by using sweet potato too. ��
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Re: Gluten-Free, Milk-Free, Egg-Free Sweet Potato Bread
Has anyone tried making substituitions to the pizza crust recipe on the box? Would sweet potatoes work as a substitute for the eggs?
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Re: Allergies to a Legume Called Lupin: What You Need to Know
Lupin flour enters North American market ETA: fixed link
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Re: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Crockpot Lasagna Recipe
Did you mean to post the flu shot question in the recipe thread or the research thread?
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Re: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Crockpot Lasagna Recipe
Yes - sorry about that. I will delete it from here.
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Re: Baking With Food Allergies – Your Questions Answered
Missed the original, so glad to be able to read all the Q & A's here. Very helpful refresher for me. Will have to give hemp milk another try!
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Re: New Food Find: Allergy-Friendly Vegan Qrunch Burgers
Wish they were available in Michigan.
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Re: New Food Find - Gluten-Free Banza Chickpea Pasta
Picked up a box at Wegmans, but haven't been able to try it yet.
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Re: New Food Find - Gluten-Free Banza Chickpea Pasta
If you are corn-free then you should NOT eat xanthan Gum. Out of all the patients I know with reactions or allergies to corn they all react to xanthan. A better choice for the corn-allergy population is guar gum. Also, for the very sensitive all of the ingredients needed to have been sourced carefully to avoid corn cross contamination during harvest and processing. When I saw this product on the shelf I was very disappointed to see xanthan. I know a few companies who claim their xanthan is...
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Re: New Food Find - Gluten-Free Banza Chickpea Pasta
Thanks for sharing that. I've found it to be very individualized on corn issue. Neither of my kids ever had issues w/ xanthan. It's important to know how to I know sometimes xanthan cause issues not related to corn for people. Not all xanthan is cultured on corn. I know Bob's Red Mill brand is on wheat. Some have issues w/ guar gum as well since it's a legume and can cause GI issues in some.
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Re: New Food Find - Gluten-Free Banza Chickpea Pasta
There are definitely different sensitivity levels to corn products. I know we cannot use Bob's of any type because when we contacted them they even said there is a risk of cross contamination to corn because of their procedures. Guar gum definitely is an issue for some with legume but isnt derived from corn. There does seem to be a part of the population that both reacts to wheat and corn, but I know on the various corn allergy support groups it is strong recommended to avoid all xanthan gum...