Saving Money and the "what's for dinner" blues

Being new to the whole coupon scene I find saving any amount of money a good day. We don't really stock pile much food and the items that are on coupons we really can't have due to the Dairy allergy or just to much sodium. Prepacked foods that fall under the coupons most if not all have some form of dairy in it, or are just so unhealthy for toddlers that I can't justify purchasing it for when I am to lazy to cook.

I have been trying to cook simple, quick and of course dairy free meals. How has been possible for us since we live on pretty much a single income and I have been taking care of both our food allergy son but also his non food allergy big (15 months older) sister? Some days are a simple pasta dinners or more interesting crock pot meals, for days where i am either to busy or to tired to try to take care of dinner.

Here are some ways that I am able to save money and maybe some of them might help your or your friends family to be able to provide food.

1) Wic- Now I know that there is a stigma to this government program, but let me say that they have been a very important part to our success as providing food for both of our kids. My son was allergic to not only animal dairy but all animal dairy including my breast milk. We went through 6 different formulas till we were able to find one that he was able to keep down at least some of when he was eating. He was born with a few medical issues making feeding him and giving him nutrients he needed to survive. The most expensive of these trail formulas was $75 a bottle and the bottles were smaller then the size of a small Gerber formula container. Wic was always able to give us the formulas we needed and now that he  is over a year old they are now giving us his toddler formula as well. His current formula is $19 a can sure that sounds doable but he was going through 5 cans a month and still is that formula alone cost roughly $95. That is JUST his formula they also give my daughter her milk, beans, bread, eggs, juice, and we get a monthly allowance of $16 for fresh fruits and veggies. If you qualify for Wic and are having issues with being able to provide healthy vitamin filled foods I suggest really looking into this program. Because of them my kids and my family are able to eat fresher better foods in a processed unhealthy world.

2) Rewards cards- I use Winn-Dixie for a majority of my shopping. Though it is more expensive then Aldi which I also shop at and Walmart that I refuse to shop at due to quality, Winn- Dixie has a great baby perks system and the amazing FUEL PERKS. The perks system is really simple sign up for the free Winn Dixie card. I signed up for both fuel perks and baby perks. For every $50 or if you purchase items that have fuel perks attached you get money towards gas off at Shell locations. Baby perks gives you coupons every month for items that you purchase a lot plus coupons for Diapers, Wipes, baby food, and baby item/bath product every packet. As well as every $25 you get money towards baby perks. With this alone I save tons of money, not to mention reward members also get certain foods on sale like fresh fruits and veggies even meats.

3) Coupons and Coupons site- I also use coupons from coupons.com as well as coupons that come in the smart source we get in the Thursday paper. I also have started to use Saving star which has a fresh fruit or veggie as a featured product for coupons. Today the healthy item is 20% off broccoli. This site is connected to my Winn Dixie card so when I purchase the item it gets taken off at the register.

4) Pinterest- I bet some of you are thinking, "How can a site that makes you want to put pom poms on pine cones for a Thanksgiving centerpiece help you save money on food?" It is really simple and one of my biggest money saving secrets. When I go shopping I stop at the Meats section and see what is either on sale or cheap. Then I log onto pinterest through the stores wifi and type in the piece of meat and recipes. If I find something that sounds good, that I have either all the ingredients for or most of them, and if it is a dairy free or easily turned into a dairy free meal, I buy it. Not only does it keep cost down but keeps the kitchen interesting. Just yesterday I made a meal of Pork Neck bones in a Jamaican style int eh crock pot with onions, vinegar and spices. I only had to buy the ginger, onion and pork neck bones at the store everything else i had. The neck bones came 2 to a package it was $3.58 for one and the other was $3.18. It feed 6 people and the whole meal was under $9 for everything. And the most amazing part is that it was really really good and fresh.

Hope that this list of things you find helpful. I really love using pinterest. It works with all diets and that is pretty cool if you think about it.

In the end everything I do is so I can see these two amazing people smile and I know that we may not have much but I know that they are eating well and not all this unhealthy cheap easy foods. I don't like being on government assistance but I will do what ever it takes to keep my kids healthy. That is what is most important.

Food Allergy Savings, How FARE can help you save money and your family

I don't know how many people know about FARE. FARE stands for Food Allergy Research and Education. It is a great program and their website has a lot of great information on many food allergies. But one thing that many people don't know is that FARE will help you pay for certain things you or your child need. If you need to get a medical alert bracelet or in our case dog tag they will cover some of the cost. If you need to get extra epi pens for school FARE will help by giving the school epi pens! Along with some really good printed materials. Also at least in my state of Florida, the child can legally carry their epi's with them at school. 

I highly recommend going to the FARE website and taking a good look around. You can find their site here. 

You can become a member and even participate in the annual FARE WALK. We did this for the first time back in June. Was a lot of fun for the whole family and learned about a lot of important things I had not even thought about before going there. 

Dairy Free in the kitchen ~ Crock Pot Breakfast Tacos

Back when my husband and I lived in Texas we fell in love with breakfast tacos. Since being stationed to Florida we can't find one anywhere that is as amazing as those from San Antonio. So I decided to figure out how to make some dairy free of course for my little man.

CROCK POT BREAKFAST TACOS

Ingredients

1 dozen eggs
1/2 lb of shaved beef and pork (you can use all beef or all pork if you want to)
1/2 yellow onion
salt & pepper
1 lb frozen roasted tri-cut potatoes (I use Alexia 98% FF Smart classic)
1 cup original almond milk (or which ever milk you need to use just make sure it is unflavored)
Flour Tortilla Shells

Directions
1. Brown meat and onions together, Set aside.
2. Add potatoes to the crock pot
3. In a glass bowl add the eggs, salt and pepper, whisk together then slowly add the milk.
4. Put the meat onion mixture on top of the potatoes, stir. Then add the egg mixture evenly.
5. cover and cook on low for 7 hours.
6. place tortilla shell on a plate spoon the egg mixture into the middle of the shell, roll up and enjoy.

Served 6 with extras.

Sorry no pictures, sadly phone battery decided to die, The whole reason for this meal today was because we were taking a trip to Tampa for my little guy's allergy appointment, so it was a crock pot dinner for us. We left at 1130 am and didn't get home till after 630pm

Little guy might have a new allergy

So this last week has been a bit tough on my little guy and myself. I had to rush him to the night time doctors and it was determined he had an allergic reaction, but not from dairy because he doesn't eat dairy, so the doctors have told me to go back to the allergist and get more test done.

It all started after dinner we removed his diaper and gave him a bath with his big sister(2.5 years and 17 months) he was fine dried him off and got him into a night time diaper and pjs. A few minutes later he started to cry and he had pooped himself, so my mom who was with me the whole time goes to change his diaper she then calls for me slightly panicked and told me something was not alright. my little guys rump was bright red, had lumps and white marks all over him. We quickly got him cleaned up a new diaper, I grabbed the diaper bag, his epi pens and ran to the doctors.

The first thing they did was check his oxygen levels to make sure he wasn't in any a serious medical state. When it was determined he was alright we were able to be slower and more medical with him.

Long story short, though it is already slightly long, he has a new allergy appointment next week and will be tested for bananas, red, yellow, and wheat.

Dairy Free in the Kitchen ~ Easy baked salmon

Now this recipe is most likely the easiest way too cook salmon in the oven. I also cook it in the steamer, but since I was not able to cook this meal myself ( I had a meeting to go to) and my mom is not the worlds best cook I thought it was the best way to go. Everyone loved this well every adult, the kids enjoyed the side of veggie Rotini pasta. This recipe will yield really delicious salmon and incredibly crispy skin. Think of it as a salmon skin chip.

SIMPLE SALMON WITH CRISPY SKIN

Ingredients

Salmon fillet (doesn't matter how many or how much)

Olive Oil

garlic powder

dill

pinch of salt

Directions

1. Place tin foil on a cookie sheet

2. Place salmon onto the tin foil

3. Add salt garlic and dill to the salmon (use your eyes and your taste to add what you want)

4. Drizzle with olive oil

5. Place in the cold oven 

6. Turn oven on 400 degrees and keep the salmon in the oven for 25 min.

That is it. Simple and yummy. The key is the salmon going into the oven while it is cold. 

New sandwich at Wendy's Possible Cross Contamination Issues

August 2014: Wendy's Introduces New Sandwich Containing Egg and Milk

These notices are distributed when food manufacturers provide information to FARE about upcoming changes in their products.

Wendy’s recently introduced a new limited time offer sandwich, the Smoked Gouda Chicken on Brioche. This product is served on a brioche bun that contains egg and milk and should be avoided by egg and milk allergic consumers. The bun is also topped with an egg glaze and is placed in the same toaster as our premium sandwich buns, which are used for our larger sandwiches. The brioche bun may be used for future products as well.

Each of our sandwiches are made to order, so please request your premium hamburger, chicken, or pretzel sandwich buns WITHOUT TOASTING if you have concerns about eggs and milk.

Contact Wendy’s Customer Service at (800)-443-7266 or consumer.relations@wendys.com with any additional questions.

Dairy Free in the Kitchen ~ Roasted Green Beans & Slow Cooked Herb Pork Loin

This is a great side dish for any meal that isn't pasta based I would say. I made this with a slow cooked herb pork loin. The little guy now 16 months was not a huge fan but then again he is limited on his teeth so it may have been not the easiest for him but the 2.5 year old and the picky eater husband loved them. I also had my parents over for dinner they loved them as well. 

ROASTED GREEN BEANS

Ingredients

1 lb green beans or more if you want you'll eat them trust me

1 tbs. olive oil

garlic powder

onion powder

Ziploc gallon bag or large bowl

1. preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. wash and prep green beans by removing the tips and put either into a bag or bowl
3. put olive oil, garlic powder and onion powder on top of green beans and mix
4. pour onto a cookie sheet lined with tin foil or parchment paper
5. bake 20 min, flip and bake another 15 min. 
6. put into a serving dish and enjoy

SLOW COOKED HERB PORK LOIN

Ingredients

Plain unflavored pork loin I used 2lbs but I was making food for 6 and had a good amount of left overs

garlic powder

onion powder

basil

salt

black pepper

2 tbs. minced garlic

Chicken broth ( for 2 lbs. 8oz, for 1lb 4oz)

1. Put chicken broth into slow cooker and place pork loin on top
2. season the pork loin not the broth, then put the minced garlic everywhere
3. cook on low 6-7 hours

Sorry no pictures for his one. Sadly when it comes out of the slow cooker it shreds and shredded pork did not photograph well, but it tastes AMAZING!

Dinner impossible?

It has been 11 days since I have last posted, from the kids being sick to me going back to work it has been really crazy here. Today I am just going to talk about what happened yesterday and if the kids allow me to later today I will post past recipes that were a success and some that were more misses with the kids but me and the husband enjoyed.

Yesterday was Sunday. I had plans to actually go out with some other moms for lunch, the kids were staying with my husband since it was leaving during nap/quiet time I thought everything would be alright. My mom said she was going to make dinner since after my "play date" I was taking the kids to lil 500 which is a local go kart track that has a set up for little kids to ride with their parents and they wont crowd the track when they are young.

My mom has made this dish since I was a little kid and everyone in my family including my husband loves it. It is called Turkey Loaf found at Walmart in the freezer isle. Well my daughter hates turkey but my mom was like why not try it, plus I didn't have to cook so i was happy. When my mom brought it over I did a quick glance at the ingredients, something that seems like 2nd nature now that I have been doing it for almost 4 months. Right there in BOLD letters were the 2 words I dread seeing Contains Milk. So now everyone is sitting down to dinner and I have no food for my boy. Luckily, my mom also made DF mashed potatoes and had cranberry sauce which my kids love. So, while my little guy was eating cranberry sauce I quickly heated up some DF waffles that were previously made and frozen in my freezer. Crisis diverted, I was just so happy I looked at the ingredients.

ALWAYS CHECK WHAT IS IN YOUR FOOD EVERY TIME!

Dairy Free In the Kitchen ~ Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Last night for dinner we have had so far our most successful dairy free meal. Dinner was Rotini veggie pasta with skinless all beef kielbasi and roasted Brussels sprouts. Everyone ate up all the pasta, my son was not interested in the meat but he did try the sprouts, I just think they were to thick for him to chew, but he kept trying. I gave him and his sister some watermelon for trying something new.

Today I am going to share with you the Brussels sprout recipe that i tried last night that was a major success with my picky eater husband and my I won't try anything green daughter that they both loved. And Completely dairy free. Brussels sprouts are a semi time consuming side to make and it takes 20-25 min to bake so plan accordingly so that other things will finish around the same time.


Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Ingredients
about 1lbs fresh Brussels Sprouts
garlic powder
olive oil
Tin foil

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. line cookie sheet with tin foil
3. wash, trim the bottoms of, remove any wilted leaves, and cut in half the Brussels sprouts
4. place sprouts and any leaves that separated but are still good in a bowl and sprinkle with garlic powder, and olive oil, mix with a spoon or hands
5. place sprouts flat side down on cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 min. depending on how browned you like it.
6. Enjoy!

I only wish I made more since it was used as a bargaining chip with my 2 year old daughter to get her to eat her pasta. CRAZY!

Dairy free in the kitchen

My husband has been back to work now for a week. With the company he works for he can be home anywhere from 5 to 8pm and sometimes though not many even later. I remember one time before he deployed he came home after 10pm. Anyway, due to his work eating out is not as easy as it was before he went back to work. It has made me cook a lot more at home then ever before. It is more then that though, I now spend a minimum of an hour at the grocery store most of the time I am reading labels, of some of our old staples then standing their in the store trying to figure out how to make my husband's favorite foods into something our son can eat. This is not easy. I wish that there was an app that you could just scan the barcode of and it would flash green for its dairy free, yellow if it is used on shared lines or in a place that has dairy and red for it has dairy in it. To bad i am not in anyway techie enough to do this.

This past week I have made a number of dairy free meals some keepers some tweaks and some never again. So far my greatest success has been the chocolate pudding.

Using nothing but 1/4c sugar, 1/2c dark chocolate Hersey's cocoa powder and 1 box of silken tofu. All you have to do is put it in a blender and then let it sit in the fridge. Everyone loved this, my daughter a picky 2 year old, my son the dairy allergy child, myself, my mom and my dad. The only one who did not like it was my even pickier husband. After a quick consult with my vegetarian best friend, I figured out that the "sour" taste he was having was due to his not liking of dark chocolate. He is willing to try it again but with a "milk" chocolate substituted for the dark. I like dark chocolate, so if you do to then you should really try this delicious dairy free dessert.

I know think I am going to post some of my more fun meals once a week. Maybe tasty Tuesdays or something like that.

My Son's Medical Id

Like many other parents out there at some point the discussion of medical alert jewelery will come into effect with a severe food allergy not just dairy. It is an important piece of your child's wardrobe even if your child is with you all the time it is good to get them used to wearing it, that way when you child starts daycare, play dates, birthday parties, school, sleepovers they know to have it on them at all times.

For my son we decided to go the route of the medical dog tag, that way he would feel like his daddy cause he wears dog tags. We were worried about the normal toddler things (eating it, chocking on the necklace part) but we have been really surprised by how well he took to it. From the first time we put it on him he has been 100% fine with it. Sure he nibbles on it from time to time, but hey he isn't even 2 yet.

Now, I know their are tons of sites and catalogues to purchase tags from. You can even go to CVS and get these cute little rubbery food allergy bracelets .They have different foods and I have been told that at the store you might even be lucky enough to get the dairy one which has a kind of tired looking milk carton on it. My son has incredibly sensitive skin so we knew that these would not work well for him.

We got his medical dog tag here. The name of the site is American Medical ID. From what we found it was pretty comparable in price and had quicker and cheaper shipping and letter pricing.

On our sons tag we went  the $39.99 Stainless Steel,http://www.americanmedical-id.com/product/stainless-steel-dog-tag-red-51

We went with the red since it is the most common color for medical alerts. On the front we put his first and last name. On the back we put
Severe Food Allergy
NO DAIRY
Carries Epi Pen
Call 911 after use
ICE (my name)-Mother
and my phone number

There is even more room left on the back so I can always add more if he ends up getting more food allergies in the future which is another reason why i liked this companies.

Well I hope that helped. If you have any questions or comments please list them below. Your child is never to young to start wearing a medical alert. There are always family members, friends, baby sitters, strangers who just won't know or understand food allergies. Better safe then sorry.

buffets for older kids?

When  we go out to eat I am always worried about my son, and what he can and can not eat at any location. My biggest fears is that something will get lost in translation and he will get sick or worse. No place to eat is as nerve wracking as a buffet. We as a family love to eat at buffets. My daughter eats her weight in rice, Mandarin oranges, watermelon, cucumbers, black beans, and some meat, and my son enjoys eating hard boiled eggs, soy beans from the salad area and jello for dessert. The kids are free till the age of 3 so it doesn't bother us to go out and eat, but as my son gets older I wonder if eating at these types of places will even work for us. The language barrier is one thing but the foods being cross contaminated is another concern. I wonder if other people eat at buffets and if so what they let their kids eat from them.

Restaurant Food List ~ Red Robin.....Yumm!

For my husband's main meal upon returning from deployment was a request to go to Red Robin. It was just built a few months before he returned and as everyone knows Red Robin is known for their Delicious gooey hamburgers and cheeseburgers. So I was hesitant to take my little guy there. The fears were quickly shot down as soon as I was looking at their website. they have an amazing allergy site online that lets you select which items you need to avoid then gives you a list in breakdowns of what you can eat. Since my son is only allergic to dairy that was the only item I selected. So below is the list of items that are said to be safe for dairy allergies.

• Freckled Fruit Salad
• Mandarin Oranges
• Coleslaw
• Sweet Potato Fries (plain)
• Steak Fries (Plain)
• Apples
• House Salad (No cheese or croutons)
• Steamed Broccoli
• Baby Carrots
• Kids RAD Burger w/ Beef Patty (No Cheese or Red Robin Seasoning)
• Kids RAD Burger w/ grilled chicken breast (No Cheese)
• Kids RAD Burger w/ Boca Patty (No red robin seasoning)
• Kids Red Robin Spaghetti (No cheese)
• Kids Chick-on-a-Stick (No sauces)
• A-1 Peppercorn Burger 
• Bleu Ribbon Burger
• Red's Tavern Double
• RR Bacon Cheeseburger
• Bonzai Burger
• Tavern Burger, Cantina Jack Style
• Tavern Burger, Fiery Ghost style
• Keep It Simple Burger
• Red's Big Tavern Burger
• Tavern Burger, Pig out Style
• Royal Burger
• Smoke & Pepper Burger
• California Chicken Burger
• Simply Grilled Chicken Burger
• Teriyaki Burger
• Grilled Turkey Burger
• Boca Burger
• Bruschetta Chicken Sandwich
• Honest Hummus Plate
• Sweet Potato Fries
• Chicken Tortilla Soup ( No Tortilla Strip, sour cream or cheese)
• Red White & Bleu Salad
• Avo-Cobb Salad
• Simply Grilled Chicken Salad
• House Salad
• Honey-Mustard Poppy seed Dressing
• Italian Dressing
• Thousand Island Dressing
• Dijon Vinaigrette Dressing
• Balsamic Dressing

** All Burgers need to be WITHOUT cheese, Red Robin Seasoning, Onion Straws, Green Chile Sauce, or Jalapeno Coins.**

**All Poultry Sandwich's need to be WITHOUT Cheese, Red Robin Seasoning, Guacamole, Pesto Sauce, or Balsamic cream sauce. **

**All Salads need to be WITHOUT Garlic Bread, Cheese, or Croutons. **

As always the main meals are in orange, everything else is sides appetizers and dressings. Also make sure to tell your server of any food allergies you may have. 

A final note the Freckled Lemonade is Dairy free as well, with free refills, but the acid level is high so if you have throat issues from your allergies as my son does this may not be the best drink to have. 

4th of July Extravaganza

Hope everyone had a good 4th of July. If you are like me it can be a time of stress and uncertainty for your food allergy little one(s). Every year we go to the city's fireworks show at the local park. This was my son's first year going and we were really on guard with everything, mostly cause you have to be. He couldn't go into the bounce house with his sister because other little kids had ice cream all over their faces or were eating pizza or popcorn and we couldn't chance the cross contamination. We did let him sit at the door and get bounced, he love it. We made sure he didn't get touched by random people as well, and he had his medical alert dog tag on at all times outside his clothes while we were anywhere near people. We also had plenty of wipes and sanitizer with us.

I packed the kids safe food as well. I made them veggie pasta and we also had grapes, sliced apples with peanut butter, and marshmallow peeps ( DAIRY FREE). As for me and my husband and my parents we did what we always did, bought subs from a local shop and bought fresh squeezed lemonade at the park. Good Times.

The best part of the night of course the fireworks. My little guy did great for his first time, we did have a few issues with the really bright fireworks but that is due to his light sensitivity. And he past out in the stroller on the way back to the shuttle bus. His big sister stayed awake till we got her into the car seat to drive home. It was a good night.

Medieval Times Orlando

First let me say hope that all the dads and single moms and deployed family units had a good father's day last night. For father's day My dad, mom, husband, 2 kids, brother, sister in law, and my niece all went to Medieval Times Orlando. If you don't know about medieval times it is a dinner show that involves a knights tournament, and medieval fare with medieval utensils (hands). They have a set menu that they give to everyone, but do have some special changes for those who are vegetarians, vegan, GF, and allergies. The normal meal is a bowl of tomato bisque, garlic bread, a spare rib w/ BBQ sauce, a quarter of chicken, a garlic buttered potato half, and an apple turnover. As you read it is not all dairy free. So after a two hour phone call dealing with the manager and having him read the ingredients of everything they make we ended up with a completely special menu of Hummus and raw veggies, Spare rib w/ BBQ sauce, quarter chicken, and fresh oranges. We were also able to bring his booster seat with the tray so there would be even lesser chance of cross contamination. It was a fun time and I am so happy it was able to work out. It isn't easy doing anything with a toddler let alone 3 toddlers and when 1 is dairy allergic it is anything but. For us Medieval Times was alright. It involves a lot of conversations and special seating and nice mangers.

Restaurant Food List ~ Olive Garden

The time has come for the one and only Olive Garden. On their restaurant food list it states that everything is made to order but things on their grills or fryer can not be guaranteed free from cross contamination. My son and my daughter were able to share a meal here which is something that doesn't get to happen very often but when it does it is an amazing feeling that is hard for people to understand unless they go through this as well. They had the kids build your own pasta, and had boiled small shells with no sauce and an add on of a single meatball which was on its own plate and came completely separated from the pasta.

Here is the list of items that has been written as dairy free on the food list the manager handed me from his kitchen.

• Kids create your own (CYO) Fettuccine
• Kids CYO Whole Wheat Linguine
• Kids CYO Cavatappi
• Kids CYO Small Shells
• Kids CYO Tomato
• Kids CYO Meat Sauce
• Kids CYO Add Italian Sausage
• Kids CYO Add Shrimp
• Kids Add Pepperoni
• Herb-Grilled Salmon (order from GF menu)(Grilled so possible CC)
• Breadsticks (Plain)
• Tomato Sauce
• Pasta Fagioli
• Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
• Spaghetti & Italian Sausage
• Bucanti
• Cavatappi
• Large Paccheri
• Tri-Colored Vegetable Penne
• Whole Wheat Linguine
• Gluten-Free Rotini
• Sausage Meatballs
• Sauteed Shrimp
• Crab Meat
• Raspberry Sauce

Items in orange are actual meals everything thing else is add ons, side items, and sauces. As always you want to make sure you tell your server about your allergy so they will know not to add butter and to be more careful in the kitchen with the cross contamination.

If you have a restaurant or other eatery that you would like to have information for let me know in the comments or on facebook. 

Mall Kiosk Food List ~ Doc Popcorn

Doc Popcorn is a new kiosk in the Altamonte Mall in Altamonte Springs, Florida. I am unsure if it is a chain or just a single entity. Anyway, it is a flavored popcorn food stop. They do have a few dairy free items, but only ONE popcorn popping machine. They did say they clean it out at the end of every flavor but they make as needed. So if you have serious Cross Contamination issues like my son. I would most likely say to stay away.

I am actually posting an image of the list and then explaining it a bit more in depth. The reason for this is that the list is not as easily understood as it could be.

The flavors you CAN eat if you decide to eat there are as followed:

• Salt- and- pepper
• Klassic Kettle
• Carmel Kettle
• Sinfully Cinnamon

As I stated already they only have one popping machine. You can ask them yourself and if you are comfortable with how they clean the machine enough then enjoy. For my son it isn't worth the risk, since he has such an issue with the slightest bit of cross contamination.

If you have a restaurant or other eating establishment you would like me to find information on please leave a comment below, or on the Facebook page as well. 

Orlando FARE Walk ~ 2014

The FARE Walk at the Blue Jacket Park in Central Florida was today. It was very exciting some Teams had team shirts. Next Year we will have one for our team Wes' Wheyless Wonders. We ended up in 6th place, but raised money for a good cause. Here are some pictures from today.

It was a good time and I am glad that we were able to join in. After the Walk we went to Mellow Mushroom, and my son had his first ever piece of pizza. Vegan crust with Vegan Diaya Cheese. I have to admitt it was very good. He also had a kids meal that he SHARED with his non food allergy sister for the first time. They had the kids pretzel with sliced apples. What about cross contamination you ask.

At Mellow Mushroom they have written in their menu that they have a trained staff that will change their aprons, gloves, wash hand, and use a different oven and table to prepare, cook and serve from. So their is no fear of cross contamination.

Needless to say it was a perfect way to end our adventure out with the Central Florida FARE Walk.

FARE WALK TODAY

Today is the FARE walk for Orlando This is our first time going, so we are hoping it will be fun and the kids will have a blast. I will be posting pictures and share our adventure when we return home. We ended up in 4th place for our team Wes' Wheyless Wonders. Not bad for our first time.

Sorry for the delay

Sorry for not writing lately. We have been in the process of moving. My son's allergies were getting to bad in our old place that we were renting so we are now in a place with no carpet. Now that his room and the rooms that him and his sister sleep and play in are done. I can continue to write and help give information to you and anyone else that might eat it.

We are currently in 3rd place for our team Wes' Wheyless Wonders, for this years FARE walk on the 7th of June. YAY! We have surpassed our goal and are just trying to get as much as we can at this point. If you would like to donate click here.  Thank you.