Even though I grew up with a severe tree nut allergy, that didn’t mean that I couldn’t enjoy peanuts. And I did enjoy peanuts! Perhaps not as much as my husband, but I routinely enjoyed lots of peanut products. Back in the days when hubby and I ate peanuts without a second thought, my mom Read More …
Zax and I participated in a food allergy research study last week! As studies go, it was quite simple. We gave some preliminary medical history over the phone so the doctor could decide if he wanted our blood. Once he decided that he did, we came in. From there, it was a simple questionnaire about Read More …
This is a very old cake recipe. It goes back to the depression era when eggs, butter, and milk were both expensive and rationed, so some genius (who is lost in the annals of history) developed this cake. I’ve seen it referred to online as the “Wacky Cake,” “Crazy Cake,” “Depression Era Cake,” and the Read More …
Back during Christmas break, I decided to do a bird feeder craft with the kids. We all know that the traditional pinecone birdfeeder has peanut butter, but considering that birdseed often contains sunflower seeds, I figured birds (and squirrels, darn them) would be perfectly fine with Sunbutter. So that’s what we did! It was superhero Read More …
The food allergy community was rocked Monday when researchers at the AAAAI Annual Meeting revealed the results of a study stating that early introduction of peanut dramatically reduced the incidence of peanut allergy in children. You can read (one of many) accounts of the study and announcement here. The team identified 640 babies considered to Read More …
There are two of us behind most of our Allergy Superheroes accounts, although my husband is the one who is generally behind Pinterest. The other day, he was telling me about all the eggless baked donut recipes he was finding, and that we needed to get a donut pan so we could try them. My Read More …
A study out of Australia was all over the internet a few weeks ago. Headlines were often exaggerated in the extreme, and many in the food allergy community felt the backlash from well-meaning friends and family. “Check it out! Probiotics will cure your allergy! Go get some yogurt now!!!!!” I think this study was great, Read More …
Allergy Superheroes has exciting news: We are going to be Sponsors for FABlogCon 2015!!! That’s right! Our big launch will be in the spring, and we decided what better way to cap off our inaugural year than by connecting with and helping other allergy bloggers and parents? It also works out great that FABlogCon will Read More …
I’ve been baking without egg for more than five years now, but it’s still often an experiment. A while ago, I decided to try to figure out the best egg substitute to use. Of course, the best egg substitute always depends on the type of baked good. So for this experiment my medium was cupcakes. Read More …
The kids in Zax’s kindergarten class agreed on foods they wanted at their Valentine’s party, and the only potentially problematic food on the list was cupcakes. I decided to take matters into my own hands and sign up to bring those cupcakes, because I knew I could make some that everyone in the class could Read More …