Cooking Tips
Tips, tricks, how-tos, and hints for cooking with food allergies and restricted diets.
Cooking Without Onions or Garlic
Avoiding onions and garlic due to allergies? Learn the basics of cooking without onions and garlic.
Avoiding onions and garlic due to allergies? Learn the basics of cooking without onions and garlic.
Christmas Desserts and Multiple Food Allergies
Wondering what to bake with an egg allergy, dairy allergy, or wheat allergy? Check out this collection of Christmas desserts and cookies suitable for multiple food allergies.
Wondering what to bake with an egg allergy, dairy allergy, or wheat allergy? Check out this collection of Christmas desserts and cookies suitable for multiple food allergies.
Christmas Recipes for Multiple Food Allergies
Christmas recipes suitable for multiple food allergies, including allergy-friendly Christmas cookies, desserts, breakfasts, side dishes, and entrees.
Christmas recipes suitable for multiple food allergies, including allergy-friendly Christmas cookies, desserts, breakfasts, side dishes, and entrees.
Hannukah Recipes for Food Allergies
A collection of hannukah recipes for multiple food allergies, including dairy, wheat, eggs, and soy.
A collection of hannukah recipes for multiple food allergies, including dairy, wheat, eggs, and soy.
The Basics of Cooking for Food Allergies
If you've never cooked before, or haven't done it regularly, the idea of learning to cook while cooking around an allergy can be daunting. It can be intimidating even to experienced cooks. Luckily, there are excellent resources that can help you find safe recipes, adapt any recipe for your own allergy needs, and track down unusual ingredients.
If you've never cooked before, or haven't done it regularly, the idea of learning to cook while cooking around an allergy can be daunting. It can be intimidating even to experienced cooks. Luckily, there are excellent resources that can help you find safe recipes, adapt any recipe for your own allergy needs, and track down unusual ingredients.
How to Make Substitutions in Recipes
When a member of your family is diagnosed with an allergy, you don't have to throw away all your favorite cookbooks, or to ignore every recipe you come across that has a potential allergen. At the same time, though, substituting foods for allergy-safe cooking isn't always simple.
When a member of your family is diagnosed with an allergy, you don't have to throw away all your favorite cookbooks, or to ignore every recipe you come across that has a potential allergen. At the same time, though, substituting foods for allergy-safe cooking isn't always simple.
Twenty Great Allergy Food Substitutes
The best substitute for a given food isn't always one-to-one -- that is, sometimes the right substitute for an allergenic food depends on how you're using it. Here's a list of common staples and some easy, safer options.
The best substitute for a given food isn't always one-to-one -- that is, sometimes the right substitute for an allergenic food depends on how you're using it. Here's a list of common staples and some easy, safer options.
How to Avoid Allergy Cross-Contamination
Cross-contamination is a major concern in cooking or eating away from home with any food allergy or intolerance. Learn how to keep yourself safe in the kitchen.
Cross-contamination is a major concern in cooking or eating away from home with any food allergy or intolerance. Learn how to keep yourself safe in the kitchen.
Grilling with Food Allergies
Enjoy summertime grilling safely with some simple precautions to avoid cross-contamination and prevent allergic reactions.
Enjoy summertime grilling safely with some simple precautions to avoid cross-contamination and prevent allergic reactions.
Using Wheat-Free and Gluten-Free Flours
Not all wheat- and gluten-free flours work the same way in recipes. Here's what you can expect from the options you may find at your local grocer or natural foods store.
Not all wheat- and gluten-free flours work the same way in recipes. Here's what you can expect from the options you may find at your local grocer or natural foods store.
Dairy-Free Milk Alternatives
Some dairy-free milk alternatives are best for pouring over cereals, while some are great for baking and cooking. Here's a rundown of what you'll find on the market and how you can best take advantage of milk alternatives' unique properties.
Some dairy-free milk alternatives are best for pouring over cereals, while some are great for baking and cooking. Here's a rundown of what you'll find on the market and how you can best take advantage of milk alternatives' unique properties.
Using Egg Replacer in Baking
A unique product called Egg Replacer can help hold your baked goods together. Here's what it will -- and won't -- do.
A unique product called Egg Replacer can help hold your baked goods together. Here's what it will -- and won't -- do.
Xanthan Gum and Guar Gum: What's the Difference?
The difference between two commonly used baking aids in food allergy-friendly baking. Includes gluten-free cooking tips and equivalents. From About.com's Guide to Gluten-Free Cooking.
The difference between two commonly used baking aids in food allergy-friendly baking. Includes gluten-free cooking tips and equivalents. From About.com's Guide to Gluten-Free Cooking.