Showing posts with label dairy-free bakery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dairy-free bakery. Show all posts

Monday, May 10, 2010

Food Allergy Awareness Week Illinois Activities plus a Sweet Alexis Discount!

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Welcome to Food Allergy Awareness Week! I'm happy to say that many governors issued state proclamations about FAEW, so thanks to everyone who contacted your state officials.

The Illinois Food Allergy Education Association sent me info about two Food Allergy Awareness Week Events taking place in the Chicago area.

Wednesday, May 12th, 4:30-6:30, at New York Slices, 1843 Second Street, Highland Park, Kelly Rudnicki will sign copies of her book, The Food Allergy Mama's Baking Book (nuts, dairy and egg free recipes).

Kelly is a local food allergy mom who I met last year at the FAAN conference. She's a great food allergy advocate and her baking book is fantastic! If you don't have it yet, you'll want to get a copy. I love the recipes in this book! Plus, every recipe has a full-color photo. A beautiful book for you, friends, family--anyone you know interested in nut-free, dairy-free and egg-free baking, or just baking, period. Visit her web site at Food Allergy Mama.

Saturday, May 15th, 11-2p.m. at Free From Market, 14482 South LaGrange Road, Orland Park, Lisa Williams will have cooked tasty food for allergenistas. Directions at: http://www.freefrommarket.com/location.php Lisa Williams

Lisa Williams is a Chicago-area "allergenista" who hosts allergy-free restaurant events and has a great website: Lisa Cooks Allergen Free.

Plus, for all of you looking for nut-free, egg-free and dairy-free baked goodies for your family or school, Sweet Alexis Bakery is offering a 15% discount to help celebrate Food Allergy Awareness Week. This is your chance to stock up! Don't forget that Sweet Alexis treats are great to store in your freezer for safe treat emergencies (don't forget the grandparents, friends and relatives)! Enter coupon code: allergy10 at http://www.sweetalexis.com.

Now I have a question: what is your best experience teaching a non-allergic person about food allergies? Did they accommodate you in a special way? Did they go out of their way to help your child in some way? We hear so many negatives stories, so let's share some positive ones for Food Allergy Awareness Week. E-mail me your stories at nut-freemom@sbcglobal.net.

 

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Sweet Alexis Nut-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free Bakery!

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Sweet Alexis is a new nut-free, dairy-free and egg-free bakery that is absolutely delicious and available by mail order. According to their web site, they will also be offering gluten-free items soon. The company was started because the owners' daughter suffers from several severe food allergies and as we know all too well, that certainly limits your bakery options.

I was recently contacted by Michele, the founder of Sweet Alexis and my family was lucky enough to try some of the bakery's wonderful treats. Every item they sell is not only nut-free, but egg- and dairy-free, so it's a good option for people with that cluster of allergies.

My family loved this stuff! We tried oatmeal cookies (without raisins--which incidentally my kids and I prefer), chocolate chip cookies, banana bread and zucchini bread.

I'll admit I'm picky when it comes to baked goods--and since we can eat eggs and dairy, I wondered how this would be. Let me tell you--it's wonderful! The breads, especially, were so moist, flavorful and fragrant. My oldest daughter pretty much demolished the banana bread mini loaf in one sitting (as you'll see from the photo above).

My husband went gaga for the zucchini bread and my youngest daughter loved that also. "I think this is my new favorite thing," she said after taking a bite.

Cookie monster that I am, I especially loved the cookies. Both kinds were very fresh, chewy and full of good flavor. Even though they were non-dairy they had that good, "buttery" taste that's so enjoyable in bakery items. The best part? My daughter was so happy that she could partake of bakery items that are safe for her. What a great thing!
Check out the Sweet Alexis web site for a full range of their products and ordering info. I've also added a link to their site on the right side of this blog.


I absolutely LOVE nut-free bakeries and plan to review more, so if you'd like, send me your company info.

Also, check out my new blog video! It's my brother's Christmas present to me (he's in communications and media). Thanks, Don!

 

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