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Pumpkin No-Bake Cookies: Allergy-Friendly and Easy!
This allergy-friendly pumpkin no-bake cookie recipe will delight your cookie lovers. No oven required! Perfect for Halloween & Thanksgiving!
Allergy Dragon
Oct 304 min read


Food Allergy Safety Must- Knows: Cross-Contact vs. Cross-Contamination
Learn the differences between cross-contact & cross-contamination—a key step to guard yourself against food allergy allergic reactions.
Allergy Force Insights
Oct 247 min read


Best of 2025: Allergy-Friendly Halloween Resources
Here are the best 2025 allergy-friendly Halloween resources for safe fun. From trick-or-treat tips to 'Great Pumpkin' recipes, get them!
Allergy Force Insights
Oct 226 min read


He’s Almost Ready: Preparing My Food Allergic Teen for College
The college launch countdown ticks on as a parent helps her food allergic son sharpen his food allergy management skills. What's her plan?
Janine Flannery, @theallergyaspect
Oct 95 min read


Stir, Scoop, Smile: Allergy-Friendly Chocolate No-Bake Cookies
This allergy-friendly chocolate no-bake cookie recipe will delight your cookie lovers. No slaving over a hot oven required! Get the recipe:
Allergy Dragon
Oct 23 min read


Food Allergies Do Not Make You a Burden
Red Sneakers for Oakley explains why you shouldn't feel like you & your food allergies are a burden others and how to reframe your thinking:
Red Sneakers for Oakley
Sep 255 min read


Food Allergy Parenting: From Panic to Peace
A family's EoE journey—22 scopes later and counting—gives hope that food allergies won't always be at the center of your world. Learn why:
Kiley Oesterreich, @allergy_mama_diaries
Sep 44 min read


From Fear to Fire: My Mission to Solve Food Allergies
5 years after launching Food Allergy Fund to solve food allergies, founder & CEO Ilana Golant had her own anaphylaxis surprise. Learn more:
Ilana Golant (Food Allergy Fund)
Aug 224 min read


Food Allergy Rules for Families: Tips, Examples, and How to Get Started
Food allergy rules—clearly defined, food allergy expectations everyone in the family agrees to—can simplify your allergic life. Learn more:
Allergy Force Insights
Aug 214 min read


'Free From' Labeling: Key Things You Need to Know to Trust
When you see the 'Certified Free From' seal from MenuTrinfo on foods, you can 100% trust they are free from specific allergens. Learn more:
Allergy Force Insights
Aug 213 min read


Allergy-Friendly Beef Fried Rice and Veggies from Nut Free Wok
This allergy-friendly fried rice recipe from Nut Free Wok— with beef & veggies— is easy to make and a yummy way to repurpose leftover rice!
Nut Free Wok
Jul 244 min read


Seen On CFF Foods and MenuTrinfo: Food Labeling and Broken Trust
Article by Allergy Force founder Gayle Rigione for CFF Foods and MenuTrinfo on why food labeling is broken and manufacturers must do better.
Seen on CFF Foods Blog
Jul 182 min read


Is Your Teen With Food Allergies Ready to Self-Manage Them?
A goal of food allergy parenting is to prepare our kids to self-manage their own food allergies. How to tell when they've 'got it'? Learn:
Gayle Rigione
Jul 118 min read


College Dining for Food-Allergic Students: What to Look For
Touring colleges with a food-allergic teen? Get a crash course on what to look for in dining services and what to ask when you visit:
Janine Flannery, @theallergyaspect
Apr 295 min read


Allergy Force Receives 2025 National Allergy Award for Advocacy
Allergy Force is recognized as the 2025 Best Food Allergy Advocate (Group or Organization) by MenuTrinfo.
Allergy Force Insights
Mar 242 min read


Easy, Allergy-Friendly Tomato Soup
Here's a recipe for allergy-friendly tomato soup. It's perfect for a blustery spring day that teases us with the promise of warmer weather!
Allergy Dragon
Mar 203 min read


A Hard Truth About Food Allergy Parenting
When your child doesn't outgrow their food allergies, or gain remission from treatment, there's a tough reality you face. Learn what it is:
Gayle Rigione
Mar 143 min read


Birthday Parties and Food Allergies: When Cake is Not Just Cake
For kids with food allergies, Birthday Cake's not just Cake. It's most often tempting but forbidden territory. What's a mom to do? Find out:
Sarah Fry, @foodallergiesotg
Mar 105 min read


On Allergic Living: When Your Adult 'Child' Is Food Allergy Complacent
Article by Allergy Force founder Gayle Rigione for Allergic Living on what to do when your adult 'child' becomes food allergy complacent.
Seen on Allergic Living
Feb 211 min read


2025 FDA Guidance on Allergen Food Labeling: Top 10 Things To Know
Learn the top 10 things you need to know as a consumer about the FDA's 2025 Guidance for Industry on food labeling and major food allergens.
Allergy Force Insights
Feb 209 min read


For Soup Lovers: Allergy-Friendly Creamy Potato Soup
Created for potato lovers, this allergy-friendly creamy potato soup by Allergy Dragon is 'souper' simple to make. Give a hug with warm soup!
Allergy Dragon
Feb 64 min read


When Sharks and Food Allergies Collide—Our Allergic Life
Given a choice of nightmares—sharks vs. allergic reactions to food allergies—a mom would take sharks any day. Learn how she keeps swimming:
Lauren Foti, @thecraftroom.nj
Jan 313 min read


Why My Adult Son Does Not Disclose Every Food Allergy at Restaurants
A food allergy mom learns her adult son doesn't disclose all his food allergies when dining out. Its a choice. Not an oversight. Learn why:
Gayle Rigione
Jan 243 min read


Allergy Force App Named Food Allergy App of the Year 2024 — USA
The New World Report recognizes the Allergy Force food allergy app as the 'Food Allergy App of the Year 2024 — USA'. Learn more:
Allergy Force Insights
Jan 232 min read
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