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Welcome to the June 10, 2010 edition of living with food allergies carnival! For readers who don’t know what a blog carnival is, think of it like a magazine of articles that gets published on a schedule. Every two weeks, bloggers submit an article related to food allergy to be published by the host blogger. We hope that we can all learn from each other and introduce our readers to other food allergy sites out there.

Here are the articles submitted for this edition:

COOKING & BAKING & EATING

• Colette Martin presents Baking Without Eggs – How to Make Flax Seed Goop posted at Learning to Eat Allergy Free - Multiple Food Allergies.

• Alison at Sure Foods Living presents Fluffy Gluten-Free Egg-Free Pancakes posted at Sure Foods Living.

• My Circus McGurkus presents The Circus McGurkus: How to Start Eating Gluten Free-Where to Start posted at The Circus McGurkus.

• yeastfreediet presents Diet, Yeast Allergy, and Yeast posted at Yeast Free Diet.

ISSUES, AWARENESS, EMOTIONS & ADVICE

• Jenny presents The High Cost of Food Allergies posted at Soy Milk Babies.

• Thanita Glancey presents IEP or 504 or Both? posted at Vicky’s Ickies.

• Ann presents Family « Food Allergies ToGo.com Blog posted at Food Allergies ToGo.com Blog, saying, “‘Love Is A Food Allergy Friendly Dad’ feels appropriate in honor of father’s day!”

• chupieandjsmama presents Allergic Living Magazine VS. The NY Times posted at Our Story.

• Jane Anne presents Peanut Allergy Fallout posted at Gravity of Motion, saying, “We can all learn from allergy kids. My son is constantly teaching me through his allergy journey and I often learn principles that apply to all of life.”

• Food Allergy Assistant presents More Allergy Meds Recalled posted at Food Allergy Assistant, saying, “Food Allergy Assistant is feeling frustrated over the numerous medication recalls.”

• Jennifer Kales presents Being a Peanut Allergy Mom Is Like Being a Goalie for the Blackhawks posted at The Nut-Free Mom, saying, “No matter the outcome of the Stanley Cup finals, I think we’ve all felt a little bit like I describe in this post!”

• Alison at Sure Foods Living presents Gluten-free grains may be contaminated with wheat posted at Sure Foods Living.

That concludes this edition! Thank you to everyone who submitted their articles! Submit your blog article to the next edition of living with food allergies carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

For some reason this month, I’ve been busy showing up on other people’s blogs! Here are the other places you can see/read me…

What Caused This Woman’s Asthma and Iron-Deficiency Anemia?
Video interview on Joanne Unleashed

In this video interview, I discuss my symptoms leading to my diagnosis of celiac disease, how I was finally diagnosed, my opinions about gluten sensitivity and more.  Joanne Unleashed is a blog of book reviews and interviews with authors, health educators, and self-educated health seekers. The topics are about health, nutrition, agriculture, and living a vibrant life. This is my first video interview! I think Joanne is a great interviewer and I love her collection of interviews she has on her site - there are some fascinating stories. Even if you don’t want to listen to mine, you’ve got to hear the guy who eats an all-raw-meat-diet! Read What Caused This Woman’s Asthma and Iron-Deficiency Anemia?

Going Gluten-Free, A Perspective
Guest article on Attune Foods Blog

In this guest article I wrote, I tell about what it was like to be diagnosed with a disease I had never heard of, and how difficult it was at first. Now that I have been living gluten-free for many years, I sometimes forget how I felt in the beginning… writing this article brought me back to that overwhelming time. It’s important that we remember the grieving process that people may need to go through when they are first told they must give up gluten for the rest of their lives. Read Going Gluten-Free, A Perspective

30 Days to a Food Revolution - Day 7
Guest article on the W.H.O.L.E. Gang blog

In this guest article, I share my recipe for 3-Ingredient Salad Dressing, my tip for getting your kids to eat more veggies, and I give some opinions too! Diane at the W.H.O.L.E. Gang blog is hosting 30 different bloggers for 30 days, sharing 30 different ways to eat real food. Read 30 Days to a Food Revolution - Day 7

You can make comments there or here!

Today I am the guest blogger for 30 Days to a Food Revolution, inspired by Jamie Oliver. I share my ideas for making your own salad dressing (ditch the bottle!) and for getting your kids to eat vegetables before dinner.

The Food Revolution is still stuck in my head, and I hope it starts to stick in everyone’s else’s! If you didn’t get to see the T.V. series, you can at least watch Jamie Oliver’s talk on his Food Revolution mission and his wish: “I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.” Yes, yes, yes! Go Jamie and believers in real food everywhere!

I hope that many of you got a chance to watch Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. I found the T.V. series so inspiring, and like Jamie (otherwise known as the Naked Chef for his use of honest, real food) said: “Yes, this is a T.V. show, but it’s real life.”

He succeeded in making change in the school lunch program in a town chosen for its high rate of obesity. His mission — OUR mission — is so important: feed our kids well so that they can live healthy lives. Of course, there needs to be change not only in our lunch programs, but throughout our society. This change won’t come about easily, as we need education, dedication, motivation and of course, money. But it CAN be done and we need to try.

Many bloggers (including me!) are hoping to make a small difference by sharing tips and recipes for cooking real food in 30 Days to a Food Revolution, an online event dreamed up and organized by Diane of The W.H.O.L.E. Gang.

For 30 days, there will be 30 different food bloggers sharing 30 different ways to eat real food.

Less processed food, more real food is the goal! Most of us are living gluten-free or with other special diets, so hopefully you will find a wealth of good stuff to use in your own kitchens, and discover new blogs too.

I will be contributing my tip and recipe on May 4. In the meantime, you can follow these  participating blogs:

• gluten free easily – Day 1
• The Spunky Coconut – Day 2
• I Am Gluten Free – Day 3
  
• The Gluten Free Homemaker – Day 4
• Delectably Free – Day 5
  
• Jenn Cuisine – Day 6
  
• Sure Foods Living – Day 7
  
• dinners & dreams — Day 8
• The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen — Day 9
• The Messy Chef – Day 10
• One Frugal Foodie — Day 11
• Celiac Teen - Day 12
  
• Gluten Free For Good - Day 13
  
• Gluten Free Vegan Family - Day 14
  
• Straight Into Bed Cakefree and Dried - Day 15
  
• Simply Gluten-Free - Day 16
  
• Lexie’s Kitchen - Day 17
  
• Food Blogga - Day 18
  
• What’s Cooking Blog - Day 19
  
• Cook 4 Seasons - Day 20
  
• Gluten Free Gidget - Day 21
  
• A Year of Slow Cooking
• Tasty Eats at Home
• Gluten Free Doctor Recipes
• Ginger Lemon Girl
• Simply Sugar and Gluten Free
• The Daily Dietribe
• Celiac Family
• Andrea’s Recipes
• London Foodie in NY

There are also prizes to win! Go to the 30 Days to a Food Revolution page to see the details about how to enter.

Want a simple, yet elegant spread for your gluten-free crackers or toasts? Try a Simple Salmon Spread! This would be a great appetizer for an Oscar soiree, and is part of the menu for the Gluten-Free Progressive OSCAR dinner party.

Alison’s Simple Salmon Spread on Gluten-Free Toasts

INGREDIENTS

• About 8 oz. of cooked salmon, skin removed. Bake the salmon in a 375-400 degree oven until just cooked through (about 15-20 minutes). Anyway you want to spice the salmon when you cook it is fine — the flavors will come through in the dip. For my dip, I used leftover barbecued salmon from our dinner the night before, which my husband had spiced with his top secret marinade of olive oil, brown sugar, cayenne and thyme (now I have to kill you).
• About 3 oz. of cream cheese.
• Some lemon.
• Some salt.
• Some dill would be nice (I didn’t have any).
• Sliced bread (gluten-free), toasted and cut into squares. I used Udi’s Gluten-Free Whole Grain bread.

DIRECTIONS

1. Put salmon in food processor fitted with the steel blade and process until smooth.
2. Add cream cheese and process. Add more or less depending on your preference.
3. Squeeze some lemon and add dill and a little salt, gradually until you like the taste.
4. Serve in a bowl and let guests spread on the gluten-free toasts.

This recipe is one of the stops of the Gluten Free Progressive Oscar Dinner Party!
Each day this week you’ll find new gluten free dishes being “served” by other bloggers. This month’s offerings will help make your Oscar party award-winning! Follow the schedule as you would a map through a neighborhood. Stop by, leave a comment, pass on the information to your friends and have a wonderful time!

Here is the schedule:

Monday February 22nd:
Veronica’s Pumpkin Soup from Shirley at gluten free easily

Tuesday February 23rd:
Avatar-Inspired Millet Eggplant Croquettes and Chips from Sea at Book of Yum

Wednesday February 24th:
Kale Chips from Karen at Cook4Seasons
Gluten and Dairy-free Whipped Cream from Diane at The W.H.O.L.E. Gang
Southern Fried Oysters by Shirley at gluten free easily

Thursday February 25th:
Simple Salmon Spread by me

Friday February 26th:
Ellen at I am Gluten Free

Past Progressive Dinner Parties:
Light Winter Warmers
Dessert