STOCKING STUFFER & YEAR-ROUND TREAT: Sun Cups

If you love peanut butter, you may have the same reaction we do when we hear of someone with a peanut allergy: “I’m so sorry.” Those who know the joys of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or peanut butter cups empathize with those who can’t have them. But everyone can have sunflower butter! Sunflower…
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TRENDS: Eat Hemp & Support Hemp Farming

The second Annual Hemp History Week ended yesterday. The national grassroots education campaign aims to renew support for hemp farming in the U.S. Although illegal today, hemp was traditionally grown in the U.S. by many farmers—including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper! In addition to edible hemp…
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PRODUCT: Egg-Free Cookies & Brownies

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that some 12 million Americans have one or more food allergies. Ninety percent of food allergies are caused by the “big eight”: eggs, fish, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, soya and wheat (gluten). There are some great allergen-free mixes for those who want to bake for allergic loved ones.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Low Calorie Party

This barbecue pork loin saves many calories with a sugar-free blackberry sauce. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy The J.M. Smucker Company. Want to throw a get-together but fear for your strict diet? Have a pot luck diet lunch or dinner. Everyone brings his or her best low-calorie dish, along with copies of the recipe to…
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CONTEST: Seeking Allergy-Free Cookie Recipes

Do you bake delicious allergy-free cookies—no nuts, milk or eggs? The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) and Divvies invite you to enter your recipe(s) in the annual FAANtastic Divvies Cookie Contest, which “celebrates those who work to make the lives of those with food allergies more delicious.” You can enter as many cookie recipes…
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