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| The chart below works well for our family, but you will have to read product labels and customize the chart to meet your family's specific allergen needs. Never buy a premade product without first verifying that it is safe for you to eat. And keep checking the labels--products can be modified to include ingredients not previously listed. If you have a severe allergy, it is always wise to also verify the packaging process of any product. This will involve contacting the company via telephone and speaking with them directly to ensure that the product is safe for you to eat. Some companies will state on labels that while a product is otherwise free of peanuts, dairy, gluten, or other allergens, it was made using the same processing lines as products containing those allergens and not all allergens will be listed on the package. To ensure safety, it is best to research and read labels regularly and consistently. | FOR MORE INFORMATION Here are companies that produce some allergen-free foods. Breads from Anna BumbleBars: gluten-free bars Ener-G Foods: gluten-free pretzels, brownies Enjoy Life Foods: gluten-, dairy-, and peanut-free sandwich bread, snack bars EnviroKidz:snack bars (read label to check for cornstarch and dairy); vanilla animal cookies (gluten and dairy-free) Gak's Snacks: cookies, cake mixes The Gluten Free Pantry: gluten-free cake mixes Kinnikinnick Foods: gluten-free cake mixes Lundberg: gluten-free rick cakes Namaste: gluten-free cake mixes Pamela's Products: cake mixes and cookies, mainly gluten-free, some containing dairy Shelton's: gluten-, dairy-, and soy-free hot dogs www.eatwild.com: pasture-raised beef http://www.marilynfarms.com: grass-fed & grass-finished organic beef |
| LOW-ALLERGEN EATS | ||
| MAIN | FRUIT | VEGETABLE |
| sushi-style vegetable rolls | seasonal fruit | squash pudding |
| sandwich (vegetables, nut butters, meats, hummus) | banana chips | potato salad with vinegar, mustard, lemon, dill, garlic |
| gluten-free, all-natural hot dogs | fruit smoothie with agave nectar and coconut milk | coleslaw |
| soup (add quinoa and seaweed) | dried fruit, fruit leather, fruit chips | hummus w/rice crackers, millet roll, or corn flatbread |
| BLT as salad or on gluten-free bread | applesauce | broccoli salad with allergen-free dressing |
| veggie curry with brown rice or millet tortillas | pumpkin fruit chutney | baked sweet-potato wedges |
| rice pasta salad | avocado pudding (mash one avocado with 1 T. cocoa or carob and add agave nectar to taste) | wilted spinach salad with nitrate-free bacon and tomato |
| free-range organic hard-boiled or deviled eggs | fruit salad with agave nectar and milled flax seed | crustless pumpkin pie |
| taco salad with quinoa chips, spinach salad, chutney | seedless tiny tangerines | raw jicama with dip or dressing |
| egg, salmon, or tuna salad (follow mercury-content guidelines) | fruit compote | raw veggies with dip or dressing |
| burger, lettuce, pickles | smoothie | parboiled veggies |
| gluten-free rice cake with nut butter and dried cherries or jam | dried fruit, fruit leather, fruit chips | yams, beets, cauliflower with quinoa salad |
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Reprinted with permission from Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair (Moon Smile Press,1997, www.feedingfamily.com) |