Tuna and Quinoa Salad with Artichokes - Dairy Free. A richly flavoured summer salad filled with mediterranean ingredients, and made with quinoa rather than couscous which would be typical of tabbouleh. Quinoa is gluten free and I absolutely love it. It makes a great base for salads like this one! You might expect to find cheese such as feta in this recipe, but not here on my blog!

Pasta Salad - Gluten Free, Top 8 Allergen Free

If you’re looking for a delicious dairy free, gluten free pasta salad recipe, this is it!

Pasta salad is a summer staple; whether at the BBQ, for a chilled lunch, or as a packable picnic food. Pasta salad is always a crowd pleaser and there are so many ways to prepare it. It’s common to find dairy products like cheese (commonly bocconcini or cubed feta) or creamy dressings in pasta salad, or egg products like chopped boiled egg or egg noodles. The noodles themselves are typically traditional wheat pasta. So how do we make this dish allergy friendly, dairy free, and gluten free?

With a few simple swaps - it’s easy!

Veggie Noodle Bowl with Sunbutter Lime Sauce - Peanut Free, Nut Free, Soy Free, Dairy Free. A creamy vegetarian lunch bowl recipe made with a creamy peanut-free Sunbutter sauce, fresh herbs, crunchy veggies, and an abundance of noodles.

Easy Homemade Crumpets - Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut and Peanut Free, Vegan. Make crumpets at home! This stovetop bread is a quick rise and is an easy homemade bread for any beginner baker or home cook. Homemade crumpets are so delicious, and this recipe is dairy free!

A healthy and nut free lunch salad idea! Chicken and orange salad with Sunbutter dressing is a light and crispy salad complimented by creamy sunflower butter dressing. Healthy and delicious, and nut free of course!

Easiest Spelt Flour Crackers Ready in 30 Minutes- Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut and Peanut Free. Homemade spelt crackers are so easy to make at home with simple ingredients. These crackers are light and crispy, and richly flavored with rosemary and garlic. Feel free to experiment and create all different flavor combinations, whether they be sweet or savory. From start to finish these homemade crackers can be made in 30 minutes.

Vegan Corn Chowder - a light fall soup - plant based - dairy free. This corn chowder recipe is flavorful and colourful, and perfect for fall! Loaded with rich Tuscan kale, farm fresh corn, and simple flavorings. Completely dairy free and plant based. Gluten free and top 8 allergen free.

Make your own burger buns from scratch. Amp up any BBQ with homemade buns made with flavorful and light spelt flour. The buns are dairy free and egg free.

My recipe for plant based, dairy free buttery spread (vegan) is so creamy, luscious, and smooth. Use it any way that you would use regular butter. Great for people who lead a plant based lifestyle or who are allergic to dairy and looking for a tasty alternative that is easy to make. The Best Homemade Dairy Free Butter, Plant Based, Vegan - Easy and Delicious!

Crispy Turmeric Gnocchi - Basic Spelt Flour Gnocchi Recipe - Egg Free, Dairy Free. How to make homemade crispy gnocchi from scratch with only four ingredients. Made with pure spelt flour. Ideal recipe for beginner cooks or beginner pasta makers. Meditative cooking technique.

This dairy free pasta recipe is the type of meal that calls for dim lighting, your comfiest outfit, and two forks so that yourself and your best pal or partner to casually dig in. Pour the wine and scarf it down. Watch an old movie. This relaxed dish is so beautiful and satiating that you won’t need anything else., except maybe a simple tossed salad to finish it off.

This is my preferred type of dinner. Nothing fancy, just a simple pasta dish that’s loaded with flavor and texture. The breadcrumbs add so much texture to this dish, but they also give it that lovely fresh bread scent which I so love.

To present this dish, just toss it all into a big bowl or serving plate and lazily sprinkle the bread crumbs and chili peppers on top. This is not one to impress with your presentation skills or your chef tongs. Leave it untwirled.

If I told you that these fluffy, chewy, pull apart buns didn’t contain egg, you probably wouldn’t believe me. But they are in fact a vegan, yeast-risen bread. The outside is golden brown with a very thin and soft crust. The outside is soft and squishy, aerated, and pale yellow, flecked with poppy seeds throughout.

Roast Chicken, Mushroom, and Black Olive Ravioli in Broth - Dairy Free, Nut Free. Did you think it was impossible to create savory, succulent ravioli or tortellini without using cheese in the stuffing or without a sage butter sauce? Then you will be very pleasantly surprised by this belly-warming, comfort food recipe for dairy free ravioli.

Dairy Free Rosé Pink Sauce is creamy and smooth, and less acidic tasting than regular tomato sauce.

Ravioli is the perfect stay at home dinner idea for you and your loved ones this Valentine’s Day (or Galentine’s Day!). Not only is pasta-making an ideal activity for two, but this ravioli is a lovely bright pink colour too.

My gluten free, dairy free chicken piccata is made with brown rice flour and an array of delicious flavorings.

A light and fresh pasta recipe that’s bursting with zesty flavors of fresh tomato, garlic, olives, and herbs. The only cooking required is the pasta itself! The rest can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the fridge until ready to use.

A luxurious cream sauce made without dairy or nuts!

An incredibly delicious dairy free cream sauce with butternut squash and mint

Soft and pillowy bread on the outside, tasty dairy-free filling on the inside.

A fresh and simple salad idea

Torn day old bread, toasted to perfection. Olive oil, flaky sea salt, honey, orange. Put it all together and you have my favorite way to eat toast. Itès the best toast ever.

A simple and delicious herb and chicken soup made with an easy homemade chicken broth. Dairy free.

A potato free pumpkin gnocchi with a rich and silky dairy free cream sauce. Nut free and soy free too!

My spicy pineapple sauce will instantly jazz up beef, chicken, pork, or fish. A little sweet and a little spicy, it’s an easy weeknight recipe that you can add to any simple protein.

Simple roasted potatoes get spiced up with this easy recipe. The perfect vegetarian side dish, made without nuts or dairy.

A light and fresh radicchio and heirloom tomato salad with a dressing that enhances these beautiful flavors. Free from all top allergens.

Jammy San Marzano Tomato Sauce made in your own kitchen, without the need for industrial sized stock pots or sauce machines.

Creamy and flavorful artichoke dip that’s dairy free! Very simple to prepare, and a great way to use tender little artichokes.

This salad is so simple to create. Make it for yourself for any meal of the day, or serve it to guests because it’s just so beautiful.

Is it discriminatory for restaurants to ban food allergy patrons, and why are they doing it? In this thought piece I’m sharing my feelings about restaurants banning customers with food allergies, food allergy waivers, and whether or not it is acceptable for a restaurant to claim they cannot safely cook for a person with food allergies.

Everything Went Wrong - My 2021 Balcony Garden Update; a Cautionary Tale. I made so many mistakes in setting up my balcony garden that all culminated in me almost losing the whole garden and also my mind. Learn from my mistakes - mold, frost, dead plants, and more.

Managing anaphylactic food allergies in university or college. Can you stay in dorms or eat in the cafeteria with food allergies? Can you go to parties or meet new friends easily when you have food allergies? In this post myself and others with multiple food allergies weigh in on their experiences.

Managing Food Allergies at the Office, Workplace, or Corporate Environment. The office is where many of us spend all day, 5 days a week. It is where we form friendships, eat meals, and earn a living. So why do we never talk about it in regards to food allergy management? It comes with its own set of considerations and challenges, as well as successes. In this video I share how I communicated and handled my food allergies at the office throughout my career, and how I built confidence as I grew more experienced.

Put Yourself Out There, If Only Because It Feels Good. It’s a shame to let your talents sit on the bench. Putting yourself out there means championing yourself, and sharing your talents with others.

I Had a Rhinoplasty in Toronto. I had a rhinoplasty in November, 2020, in Toronto. Follow my journey throughout the whole process, from researching and meeting with surgeons to recovering from the procedure. I video-journaled the whole way through, so you will get to see my emotions, challenges, and successes in real time throughout.

Looking back at my experience with intermittent fasting for GERD and gut health, 2 years later, and wit a critical eye

The best vintage stores in Toronto, in my opinion! A list of the vintage stores I shop at. List only includes stores where I have made purchases, and not stores that I just like to browse. Focussed on Kensington Market and Queen St West vintage stores.

Managing Life Threatening Allergies as a Retail Worker. What do you do when you can't fit your Epi Pen in your uniform pocket? What about when you have a reaction at work and your manager handles it improperly? Sharing my experiences as a teen working as a retail employee and how I managed my allergies.

Working in a Restaurant as a Person with Food Allergy

Is it okay for your partner eat your allergens around you? What if they want to kiss you? How do you manage this long term?

GERD, Brain Fog, and Fatigue - How I Made it Through This Frustrating Journey. After years of battling chronic fatigue, having it impact my work and social life, and feeling exhausted all the time, I finally found the language to talk about it and a doctor who was able to pinpoint the issue and treat it.

For me, the most challenging time in my life for managing eczema was in middle grade. But in speaking to my mom about this, she revealed a completely different perspective.

15 things that only teens living with food allergy will understand, as told in memes and GIFs

Despite my many life-threatening food allergies, dairy included, I worked as a barista and cocktail server at an Italian restaurant for a year. Here’s what happened…

16 GIFs for 16 things that only people with food allergy will understand

Why watching an R rated movie about drug dealers as a tween compelled me to do exhaustive research about whether you can be allergic to drugs, which is especially important now that marijuana is legal in Canada.

Do food allergies ever get easier to manage as we get older? Some might think so, I but I disagree. When managing allergies, there is no break or easy period, but rather a series of changing and ever evolving situations to navigate and adapt to over the course of one’s life.

Living with Atopic Dermatitis, also known as Eczema, can be a challenge. There’s no glazing over that fact. It’s itchy, rough, irritated, can flare up any time, and can be a real pain to treat. 

Some of the most important lessons I’ve learned since leaving my day job in publishing just over a year ago, in pursuit of the entrepreneurial life.

Navigating life with food allergy is much easier, in my experience, when you build a love and appreciation for food from a young age. It’s easy to develop a fear of food, but knowing that food is your friend can also be a huge help.

My new cookbook, Everyone’s Welcome, has been a personal intention of mine since I was a child growing up with multiple food allergies.

Living with food allergies can sometimes feel restrictive when you have to stick to your known “safe foods”, but there are so many different cuisines in the world that you can borrow elements from and allow to inspire your cooking.

Learning to let go of unnecessary stress that comes with being a perfectionist; a common trait in those with food allergy, through improv classes.

Food for thought on the impact of food allergy on the environment, given the amount of single use plastic products we consume.

Food allergies are a big part of our lives, but does not define us. I’m sharing more about myself and what makes me ME!

How many times have you watched To All the Boys I've Loved Before? 3? 10? I just watched it for the fifth time, and I'm still so in love with everything about it. I don't think it'll ever get old. PK is no longer just a character from a novel, he is now a type of boyfriend that just melts your damn heart. As I was reading through tweets from women who are thirsting for Peter Kavinsky, I came to realize that I married one.

Managing your food allergies around elderly grandparents poses a unique set of challenges, but it’s important to find work-around’s so that you can maintain a fulfilling relationship.

It's been quite a long time since I last wrote a personal essay on EAF. Here’s why.

Everything you need to know about hosting an allergy-friendly wedding