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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Allergy-Friendly Guest Post at Natural and Free today!

I've always been lucky, I guess, in that I can eat pretty much anything I choose to eat.  I knew about food allergies from an early age, because my aunt can have a potentially deadly reaction to shellfish and strawberries.  But back then, I didn't think much about food choices.  I met my first vegetarian in elementary school, when it was still sort of a "hippie" way of life.  In college, I met people who kept kosher, and found a host of people who were not only vegetarian, but vegan.  And after grad school, I started to encounter friends who had a wide variety of allergies and sensitivities to all kinds of foods: dairy, fish, nuts, soy.  Recently, the number of people I know with sensitivities to wheat and gluten has grown significantly.  Because I love to feed other people, and feeding people means being sensitive to restricted diets, I've become increasingly interested in recipes that accommodate both diet choices and allergies.

I jumped at the chance to guest post about an allergy-friendly treat at Natural and Free today!  Julie's blog is an amazing resource for people who need to accommodate for allergies in their diets; many of the recipes she posts are nut-, soy-, fish-, dairy-, and gluten-free; ALL of them are allergy-friendly in some way, and all of them use unprocessed, natural, real foods.

Please go visit Julie's blog for the story behind my allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes (updated from my previous recipe for people who are also allergic to soy), and for a wealth of healthy, allergy-friendly recipes and advice!

5 comments:

  1. Thank you for your kind words, Justine, and thank you so much for being my guest today! :)

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  2. Ooooh this is awesome - Lucky is allergic to eggs and tree nuts and I am ALWAYS on the lookout for baked goods that don't use either in the recipe. Thanks for the link. Totally bookmarking her site. :)

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  3. Serenity, I hope you find what you're looking for on my blog! :) Feel free to email me any time; I'm happy to help!

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  4. You are so awesome! Knock on wood, I feel lucky that my family and I do not have any food allergies or diagnosed sensitivities (though I am cutting out a lot of acidic things right now to see if that will help with my urinary tract issues), but I love knowing that there are resources and bloggers like you and Julie giving people dealing with food allergies and sensitivities more options. Heading over to check out your post!

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  5. Thank you for your kind words, Kathy! :) She did a great job on her post, didn't she? Looks so yummy!

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