Happy Thanksgiving Allergen Free Recipe's Below!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! I am so busy today as you can see baking all my yummy allergen free deserts for my family. This has been a great year and we are so blessed for the good times we have had all year long. We wish we could be with all our loved ones but can't so I wanted to share some cool pictures of our food for you to enjoy. Also if you would like I will be leaving all of the recipes for the items I have on this post. 

Apple Crumble Pie and Pumpkin Pie

Above we have Pumpkin Bread always a nice treat for the season.

The items we used an egg replacement called xantham gum. We also used Coconut Milk in our recipes. We also used fresh pumpkins we got from Anderson Farms in Colorado.

Below I have the recipes listed for you..

Nena's Allergen Free Pumpkin Pie Recipe

1 cup + 3 tbsp flour

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground ginger

2/3 cup brown sugar

1tsp baking powder

Then add

1/2 tsp lemon juice

3 tbsp canola oil

1 cup + 2 tbsp milk (coconut milk) simple truth 

Kroger Pie Crust

Bake @ 350 for 45-50 mins then let cool and enjoy

Nena's Pumpkin Bread Recipe

1tsp salt

1tsp baking soda

1tsp baking powder

1tbsp cinnamon

2 1/4 cup brown sugar 

2tsp hodgson mills xantham gum

Bake @ 350 for 30-40 minutes then let cool and enjoy

Nena's Apple Crumble Pie

Prep day before

5lbs apples (red)

3 cups brown sugar

2tsps cinnamon

slice and dice apples add to a pot 

boil for 30 minutes, then lower to a simmer for another 30 minutes

let cool in refrigerator overnight

Day of Baking

Fill Kroger Pie Crust

Crumble Topping

1 cup smart balance butter

2 cups oatmeal (uncooked)

1 cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup brown sugar

mix with fork

place crumble on top of pie

sprinkle sugar on top white 1tbsp

after crumble is added

bake @350 for 35 minutes

let cool and enjoy

Dogs May Help Protect Children Against Asthma and Eczema, Studies Shows

We all love Dogs, well alot of us do lol. But sometimes when our children that have allergies to pets, we have a hard time letting them play with pets. From some one with children with allergies I understand. Sometimes when we visit a friends house and when we come home our kids allergies are shot and asthma symptoms are beginning to kick in and they can't breathe.

Well according to Po-Yang Tsou, MD,MPH pets can assist with affects of allergens with pets. 
The team believes that elements carried by dogs (not dog allergens) could be the influential factor that ultimately provides protection against asthma.

“However, dog allergen exposure remains a major concern for kids who are allergic to dogs,” Tsou said.

The ACAAI advises people who are allergic to dogs to decrease exposure and work with their allergist to avoid an increase of symptoms.

ACAAI provides a few tips for dog owners with family members who have a dog allergy:

• Restrict the dog to only a few rooms and avoid having it in bedrooms. Remember, allergens will spread throughout the household, not only in rooms the dog can access.
• After petting a dog, wash hands with soap and water.
• Allergen levels in a room might be reduced over time with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) cleaners running 24/7. Allergen levels can also be reduced by frequent vacuum cleaning with a high-efficiency appliance or a central vacuum.
• Airborne allergens can also be reduced by giving frequent baths to the dog, at least once a week.

With this information we can reduce the amount of reactions to pet allergies with this information. 

Nena

Happy Halloween

Have a Happy Halloween and enjoy some nice trick or treating. If your looking for something to do you can check in the Greeley Unexpected for some great news click here for more info on that. And if you wanna stay home and want some cool TV

check out food network Halloween wars its great... Have fun.
here are some other Halloween favorites for you also

• ABC Weekend Special:
  • Soup and Me (1978)
  • Bunnicula the Vampire Rabbit (1982)
  • Monster in My Pocket (1992)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: Witch's Brew (1999)
• The Addams Family: Puttergeist (1992)
• Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave (2014)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason (1994)
• Angry Birds Toons:
  • Night of the Living Pork (2013)
  • Sweets of Doom (2014)
  • Porcula (2015)
• Animaniacs:
  • Draculee, Draculaa / Phranken-Runt (1993)
  • Scare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBeth (1994)
• Angela Anaconda: Boo Who / The Haunting of Angela Anaconda
• Archie's Weird Mysteries:
  • Attack of the Killer Spuds (1999)
  • Halloween of Horror (2000)
• Arthur:
  • The Fright Stuff (1999)
  • Hic or Treat (2007)
  • Arthur and the Haunted Treehouse (2017)
• Atomic Betty: Trick or Creep (2007)
• Barney and Friends:
  • Barney's Halloween Party (1998)
  • Guess Who? / Sweet Treats (2007)
• The Batman: Grundy's Night (2005)
• Beetlejuice:
  • Laugh of the Party (1989)
  • Bewitched, Bothered & Beetlejuiced (1990)
• The Berenstain Bears: Trick-or-Treat / Think of Those in Need (2003)
• The Biskitts: Moving Day / A Biskett Halloween (1983)
• Biz Kid$: A Biz Kid$ Cartoon Halloween (2008)
• Bobby's World: Night of the Living Pumpkin (1990)
• Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1978)
• The Busy World of Richard Scarry: The First Halloween Ever (1997)
• Caillou: Fall Is in the Air
• Casper's Halloween Special (1979)
• Casper's Scare School: Scare Scouts / Boo! (2009)
• The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That:

Enjoy Life's Scarry Cherry Bars

Just wanted to share this video on the site if you were looking for this. This is a cute ad from Enjoy life. A company where I get all my chocolate chips from and no starting to get treats and candies from at the King Sooper's where I live. I just love this company and now with Halloween just around the corner this video is making the season so lively. Check out the video.

Kind Bars and Labeling

Although Kind Bars has reported "nuts" on their labels, this company is going forward with a recall on there snack bars. 

Kind Snacks has announced a nationwide recall on a "limited number" of boxes of their Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt bars after it was discovered the packaging did not declare the bars actually contained walnuts, a tree nut that can trigger serious, life-threatening allergic reactions- aly walansky



The recall on this snack bar has been noticed and that is good that they are doing the right thing and recalling the bars that are contaminated. Here is a List below for the Kind Bars that are Mislabeled.





Concerned consumers should look out for the following packages affected by the recall:

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• Dark Chocolate Nuts and Sea Salt (12-Count Box) Lot Code: BK16264A1 Best Before Date: 12/20/2017
• Dark Chocolate Nuts and Sea Salt (12-Count Box) Lot Code: BK16308A1 Best Before Date: 2/4/18

The Teal Pumpkin Project Must Read.

Every Year goes by and people are diagnosed with food allergies. Now a days 1 in 13 kids has food allergies. This Program, The Teal Pumpkin Project has changed Halloween for Children with food allergies big time.

This programs allows supporters  to participate in the program.

Some of the ways to support this is by providing non-food treats to trick-or-treaters. 

Painting a Pumpkin Teal and putting it out on your stoop to show support.
A List of non food items to support the The Teal Pumpkin Project can be found below.
Ton's of Info Click Me

Below is a Video on the Teal Pumpkin Project its a fun video to watch very good info.

This is really great information and FARE Food Allergy Research and Education are one's we can thank for this info. 

I recently painted my own teal pumpkins and we decorated them as vampires and ghosts for Halloween decorations. The one below kinda looks like the one we made at home. lol have a nice day

SunButter And Jelly An Alternative to PB&J

Lot's of people love eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but for some these can be deadly. This famous sandwich has children usually going crazy when they are offered up, on the other hand others can get bummed out quite quickly and it gets old after a while you know.

So I did my research for you who don't have time to do so.

 What I found was this product called SunButter. This Yummy sandwich spread has been a blessing and is now a favorite among children with peanut allergies. You would be surprised on how delicious this is and how remarkably similar the taste is to regular peanut butter.


This is a picture of if if you see it in stores.

Not only can you use if for the classic SunButter and jelly sandwich it is used in a lot of baking recipes as well. Below I will leave a link for you If you like. 

This has really been huge as an alternative product for someone with food allergies. 

SunButter Recipes Click Here...................

50 Awesome Thing's To Do On A Rainy Day When Your Stuck Inside.

Rainy days can sometimes be really boring right? I have dug up some info for you for those rainy days, and here is a list of fifty things to do on those rainy days.
I added 10 extra for you right here but the list of fifty is more towards the bottom of the page.
1.Get out the old books you never read.
2. Get some Soup Going on the Stove mmmmm.
3. Bake some Cookies.
4. Play some video games.
5. Do a craft with your family.
6.Get out the old Board Games.
7. Finish the project in the Basement or Garage.
8.On Demand a Scary movie. 
9. Take a nice nap on the couch.
10. Look through old Pics.



Below is a link to fifty things to do indoor on rainy days.
Click Me

Peanut allergy risk SLASHED if parents do THIS simple trick during infancy wish I would have done this...

So The Nut Allergy is Global and in the UK they have found a simple trick regarding Peanut allergies.





They are having women eat peanuts before they breast feed. The peanuts are breaking down in the body and is being introduced at infancy. This apparently is slashing the risk of the peanut allergy.

These tests are being conducted by Canadian researchers.
“We found that the introduction of peanuts before 12 months of age was associated with a reduced risk of peanut sensitisation by school age, particularly among children whose mothers consumed peanuts while breastfeeding,” said Dr Tracey Pitt, lead study author from the Humber River Hospital in Ontario.

If you would like more info about this matter here's a link for you. 

How Restaurants and Technology are adapting to food Allergy Conscientious Diners

I can agree that dining out with food allergies is tough, you learn to program yourself and you loved one's on what choices you have out there. Chef Ming Tsai a famous Chef is an avid advocate for food allergies. He has come up with his own process to test to the public and is working with a group called End Allergies Together. Below is a Clip of him in Action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZrinGpwctk

He is a Great Guy, he has a son with food allergies and understands his challenges.

Kids Could Out Grow Their Food Allergies..... Really?

Hello all I was just online today just wanted to share some info I found online. Its shows that kids could out grow there food allergies when they get older. Allergists now have found a new technique to test children's food allergies.


They now are using the oral test where you bring in a food that your child is triggered to and in front of the Allergist they consume it. This is scary sometimes but the Allergist is there with you ready to use the epipen if needed. From a personal point of view I kind of like this since it is the alternative to the skin prick test.

It's kind of a nightmare when they use the skin prick test, they start sticking your kid with tons of needles and all you can do is hold them down and comfort them until its over. Then they get hives all over there back and can't scratch them, it's really unbelievable.

But things are changing now since 1 in 13 kids have food allergies now a days has food allergies.