I have so much to fill you guys in on. Like, SO MUCH. I’m sorry I can’t seem to find the time to blog but P starts school tomorrow and the summer has been all about getting everything squared away for that.
For the purposes of this blog, that means…allergy trials! And guess what!?!
Sesame is ALL CLEAR!
As you can imagine this is a total game changer. [See above: kiddo’s first sushi]
Hummus is back to it’s former role at the base of my dietary food pyramid. Can I get an amen?!?! And we are transitioning to a more plant based diet. Can I get an amen?! Weeeee.
I made potato salad last week with Sabra’s new sea salt & black pepper spread. It’s perfect as a swap for mayo in nearly every use I can think of AND they have a few different flavors!! So brilliant, right? Sandwich making just got fancy!
To make it the most hands-off dish ever, I skinned three huuuuuge russet potatoes and cooked them (cubed) in the slow cooker over night. The next morning I added diced celery and the Sabra spread. Easy as that!
But with every up, there’s a down…and that happened a few days after P passed his sesame challenge when we were at an end of summer pool party pot luck. I still don’t know the source of his reaction, but he had one (I brought food for him but he did have figs and chips from the table that may have brushed against dairy???). In any event, he was fine thanks to Benadryl (we didn’t have to use an epi pen), but still. It was a good reality check that we can’t be too lax despite the fact that he has outgrown so many allergens recently. Can you believe all that remains are dairy and peanuts?! Two very common food groups that are familiar to others. [Sesame was the hardest because it is small, poorly understood/recognized, and hidden in everything – hamburger buns, crackers, Asian food, hummus – basically 80% of the food at the aforementioned pot luck had sesame in it, so thank goodness we’d already tested it!]
Because a few people have asked, this is the probiotic I (still) give P. I blogged about it a long time ago and linked to the studies that led me to start giving it to him, and while I’m not sure there’s any correlation, it obviously hasn’t hurt. It’s been over a year of it, and now I’m giving it to V too. Obviously I’m not an allergist so please consult an MD before going rouge (like I did, ha).
So P is off to preschool tomorrow and I can breathe just a little easier.
He has this adorable lunch box that he picked out for himself. Snacks on the top (apple slices and roasted chickpeas per his request), and epi-pen on the bottom. His first day outfit is all picked out, complete with his snazzy allerbling bracelet. And I am making pancakes because “it’s a pancake day”. Wish me luck tomorrow! I’ll need it (he won’t).
Amen! Plus 2 awesome photos! First, traveling in the tractor with V behind. Then a classic — Patrick with a huge smile and V saying “what the …” So great!
He’s going to LOVE school!!
Enjoy a few hours with V. 🙂
That is the BEST news!!! I cannot fathom life without hummus, how exciting that P can enjoy it now too ;)) the zahav hummus has been my favorite lately, the baking soda makes a huge difference, and it uses a lot of tahini (i use the organic tahini from trader joes) so it’s rather rich but also makes a great meal with some veggies
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017734-zahavs-hummus-tehina
Good luck with school! I’m sure he will love it
First off, YAY for P!!! How was his first day?!
Second, I’m missing you tons and decided to I needed to go beyond Insta to get my fix.
Third, I’ve been in a food rut and I’m trying to transition into relinquishing kitchen duties. I’ve become quite the Napoléon Bonaparte in our household and it’s time to let go a little. This past week, I only made dinner on Mon night and had leftovers for dinner on Wed night. S made dinner Tue night, and while he had leftovers for Thur night, I was glad to have Sun night’s leftovers. The struggle is real.
Fourth, good luck on Fantasy this week. I’m gonna crush you! Love you!
My team is terrible and I have not logged in on yahoo since week 1. Fail. I miss you and am going to email you right now. XX
Oh and P loves school. LOVESSSSS IT.
Say whaaaaa?? OMG!!!! That is SO incredible. Thrilled for you guys! I would give anything to be able to cook with sesame again. So great for your dietary preferences too!
I was giving Mason probiotics but I sort of fell off of that once my second was born. Your post inspired me to get back on that! Thank you. He outgrew dairy, wheat, soy and baked eggs and was down to sesame, peanut, eggs (not baked) and tree nuts. All his numbers have been dropping since diagnosis big time and I was feeling really optimistic. That is until he had a reaction to salmon about a month ago and we got him tested and he showed some new allergies to certain fish and shellfish that were previously tolerated and watermelon (he kept telling me it made his mouth itch). Now I’m back to being a little discouraged but your good news gives me hope! We plan to consider OIT to peanuts and treenuts if his numbers don’t continue to fall and show profession of out growing.
Happy for you, happy for P, happy for your family, and generally happy that you shared your news because it got us back on the probiotics. 🙂
Wow that’s so crazy that he showed new allergic reactions! So scary! They really do know their own bodies though don’t they! I swear, if there’s nothing else good to say about allergies, it’s that it forces them to self advocate and really have a maturity that comes with their voicing their health requirements. Hope the numbers continue to drop! For P, his peanut score stayed the same and dairy actually increased 🙁