What I’m Reading February: Food Allergies, Side-Effects, Being Sugar-Free & A Lot of Eye Candy

I’ve been doing loads of Food Allergy related (and more) reading this month! Maybe it’s my new wonderfully comfy work station in my lovely new room or maybe it’s just that there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on on the www. lately but whatever the reason I have a bundle of recipes, pictures, allergy related health & info not to mention a few links from 'The Nourishing Gourmet' related to going Sugar Free. That’s right folks... I’ve been trying to go completely Sugar Free (fruit & natural sweeteners included) for a couple months now but its just not happening so what better time than lent... of course, if duty calls, than that’s a different issue & this is definitely not a ‘rest-of-my life’ thing because I totally plan on nom-nomming on some Petite Treats come Easter morning, but in my day-to-day life, since Wednesday, I have unshackled myself from the Sugar world. The craving is tough but I’m feeling much stronger since my life got back in order (moving, etc.) ... The thing is, is that I have never given up ALL types of sweet before... only the pure sugar thing so this is a big one for me.. no dates.. no pear pureé.. no agave. The only sweet allowed in is in the form of Rice Milk. So wish me luck!
The Sugar related posts are not hard-fast ‘cut out all sweet’ posts, they are more just on the topic of sugar, the natural balance and some natural ways of avoiding the refined stuff. Anyway,

I hope you enjoy the reading - If you’re in a hurry, my favourite links which are 100% worth the read have asterisks (***)


FOR THE KIDS
- Allergy Awareness for Kids (Learning & laughing in funny clothes - the Elvis ariel shot is my favourite part!): www.avoidingmilkprotein.blogspot.com - Wiggles Allergy Song

GOING SUGAR FREE
- Sugar Cleanse & Chaos in Life (The Balance & Like-attracting Like): www.thenourishinggourmet.com - How a Bookcase Helped Me Eat Better
- ***Musings on honey, sweet food and moderation (Just some thoughts):www.thenourishinggourmet.com - Eat Honey For It Is Good
- Sugar free fruit-based Desserts (to help you get through): www.thenourishinggourmet.com - Fruit Centered Desserts with No or Little Added Sweetners

IN THE KITCHEN
- How to Make Vegan Sausages (She makes it sound so easy that i just might try it): www.theppk.com - Vegan Sausage
- ***A Cross-Reference of Grain-Free Pancakes (If you haven’t moved on to reservation and restriction and are still basking in pancake glory!): www.foodrenegade.com - Grain Free Pancake Recipe Links
- Tree Nut Free Nutella Recipe (Dairy substitute available) (possibly for one of your new pancake recipes!): www.nut-freemom.blogspot.com/ - Nut Free Nutella
- Creamy Dairy Free Potato Recipe (This looks pretty yum in a good old fashioned savoury kind of way):www.glutendairyfree.co.uk - Gluten Free, Dairy Free Potato Dauphinoise
- Gluten Free (and Dairy Free) Brioche (because in a sugary world brioche is king): www.simplysugarandglutenfree.com - Brioche Recipe
- Nutritional Content of Gluten Free Flours (in case you were wondering): www.simplysugarandglutenfree.com - Nutritional Content of Gluten Free Flours

LIFE & LIVING, FOOD ALLERGIES & GENERAL HEALTH
- Some Coeliac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity Coverage (A little piece from the Wall Street Journal: www.online.wsj.com - Celiac Disease & Gluten Sensitivity
- ***Fashion Victim Reality (how your clothes could be hurting your health): www.online.wsj.com - Fashion Victims
- Coeliac related health problems (Only Potential problems!): www.free-from.com - Accociated Gluten Sensitivity
- ***Life with eczema (An eye-opening account of living with eczema & eczema flare-ups): www.whatallergy.com - Eczema Flare Up
- ‘Go Dairy Free’ the Book (Top notch stuff for the people new to Dairy Free living: www.godairyfree.org - New to the Dairy Free Diet, Start Here
- Soy-Free & Dairy-Free Yoghurt (from the Rice Dream company):
www.godairyfree.org - A Whole New Class of Dairy Free & Soya Free Goodness
- ***The Craziness of Macdonald’s Fries (Read this if you thought it was just potatoes and oil!): www.foodsmatter.com - Are Macdonalds French Fries Safe

EYE CANDY (& MAKING BETTER EYE-CANDY)
- Taking better Food Photos (guest post on Kitchen Flavours): www.kitchenflavours.blogspot.in - Food Photography
- 'Photo a Day' projects (I just love them!): www.greenveganliving.com &
www.glutenfreephotos.blogspot.com
- ***Another 'Photo a Day' Project (My very favourite photo a day project, ever!): www.simplybreakfast.blogspot.com
- Some Taste-bud tempting photos (in the form of a tasty Raw recipe): www.loveraw.blogspot.com - Raw Hemp Brownies

Have you been reading anything interesting lately? Tell us all about it, throw us some links! that www. is so big it's hard to get around it all by myself!!