RESOURCES: Cooking with Food Allergies
When I see teens online talking about their allegies so openly and connecting with others it warms my heart. I WISH I could have had the opportunity to do that, maybe I would have had confidence with my allergies much earlier in my life. This resource is one of the reasons I added the children & teen corner of the blog. I hope you are inspired by their stories, and recipes!
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Some members have given some advice for teens with food allergies!
Lauren is 16 years old and has had food allergies their whole life. There have been a lot of difficult experiences for Lauren but all of that has shaped them into the person they are today! Hobbies include: writing, working out, and spending time with their sisters.
Shae is 14 years old and they are allergic to dairy. Shae has been a FARE TAG member for 2 years and is involved in various food allergy organizations. They love to spread awareness and positivity about food allergies. Hobbies include: cooking and baking allergy friendly recipes.
Kristin is 17 and lives in New Jersey. They are gluten free and egg free. They are allergen-free dessert blogger and cookbook author. Hobbies include: figure skate and make seed bead jewelry.
@single.sweets www.singlesweets.com - Krisitin collaborated on a blog for The Allergy Table - 5 things to do if you're alone on Valentines day (not just single)
Camden is from Sand Diego, California is going to be a freshman in college. Their food allergies are to peanuts, tree-nuts, and eggs. Hobbies include: fishing, skateboarding, and running.
Catherine is 17 years old and a senior in high school. They are allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, quinoa, and latex. In 2018, they published an allergy-friendly cookbook titled: Cook It Up! Delicious Recipes for Healthy Cooking which featured healthy allergy friendly recipes. Leading a TAG Project called Food Allergy Life, and which their goal is to create informational videos showcasing what it is like to be a teen living with food allergies. Hobbies include: tennis, taking photos, and cooking!
@cook_it_up_catherine and TAG project @_foodallergylife.
Aanya is 14 years old and from the suburbs of Chicago. They have nut allergies along with celiac disease. They are an allergy friendly recipe creator and food blogger. Hobbies include: basketball, golf, and writing. @living_the_gf_vibes
Beatrix is 14 years old and lives in Redlands, California. They are allergic to dairy, peanuts, and tree-nuts since they were a baby. Beatrix likes singing, dancing, and drawing. A fun fact: They have been to the Galapagos Islands and to the equator.
Rachel is a senior in high school and lives in Chicago, Illinois. They are allergic to tree nuts and peanuts. Hobbies include: playing tennis, field hockey, and soccer.
Abby is 18 years old, and from Buffalo, New York. They are allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs, beef, pork, shellfish, legumes, seeds, garlic, bananas, and some pitted fruits. They will be attending Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in the autumn- studying either political science or psychology. In addition to food allergy awareness, Abby is also extremely passionate about mental health advocacy, especially when it is related to eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder. Hobbies include: performing - dancing since they were two years old, and participating in lots of theater productions throughout high school, reading (Harry Potter) and spending time with their family, particularly Abby’s yellow lab puppy Ellie!
Please connect with the resources on this page and reach out for support, guidance, connection and friendship - we are all in this together!