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.