Peanut and Treenut free Cookie Mix!

Who-hoo! At last a nut, dairy and egg-free chocolate-chip cookie mix! From Cherrybrook kitchen, and the PBS Kid's series Arthur! The product will include a story about Binky's food allergies.  I love baking, and since having a child with food allergies have developed and found some wonderful recipes, but YAY! I don't HAVE to make oookies from scratch anymore!

Now to the local supermarket!  Will let you know what I (and my kids) think of them :)

Spread the word.. and petition your govenor to proclaim Food Allergy Awareness Week in Your State!

May 10th - 16th is FAAN's 12th annual Food Allergy Awareness Week! Spread the word!

FAAN also needs our help to get all 50 states on board to proclaim Food Allergy Awareness Week. There are only 3 states who have already done this: Connecticut, Illinois, and Nebraska. If you would like your state to proclaim FAAW, you can request a proclamation by sending a letter to your governor, by e-mail, or by regular mail.

Personally, I can't believe California isn't already on this list! I'm going to spread the word any way I can, and try to get my state, California, to proclaim this important week by emailing my govenor, Govenor Schwarzenegger. Will you contact yours?

What else can we do to raise awareness for Food Allergies during this week? Talk to our schools, daycare, our elected representatives, or even raise funds for food allergies and donate to your favorite food allergy charity. FAAN also has a lot of downloadable posters, coloring books etc that can help you do this.

Lets spread the word together!

Nut free chocolate at Trader Joes?

I usually pick up candy at TJs, read the label, then put the food down because of PN or Nut warnings. This time I hit a payload!

They have Dark chocolate that does not have a tree nut warning!! Whoo hoo! It is made by Chocovic SA, and actually tastes smooth, fruity.

The allergen-related part of the label says 'Does not contain flavorings, preservatives or colouring. May contain traces of milk. Nut free.'

My local TJs have the yellow label Guaranda and the orange label Ocumare. Yum!

Status Quo

Our trip to the allergist went smoothly.

Our results are pretty much the same as last year. Which is good, right? His IgE for PN was not rocketing higher, and his Nut IgEs were low. Our doc continues to recommend avoiding all nuts, including products with 'may contains' and 'made in a facility' warnings; he hopes L will someday outgrow nuts (fingers crossed!). I had hoped we might be a little less strict following this, but no.

I keep hoping they develop and standardise Oral Immunotherapy, or even Xolair!