Holiday gift getting can be difficult for food allergic families. Inevitably our family ends up with soaps, lotions and foods that we can’t use because they contain nuts or nut oils.
What’s a food allergic family to do? Donation, re-gifting or starting a white elephant tradition to pass on those lovely/highly allergic “treasures” are a few ideas or... you could forward this list to your loved ones and mention how great some of the ideas are (hint...hint...).
What a food allergic family really wants for the holidays...
Gift certificates or food from:
Vermont Nut Free Chocolates
Cherrybrook Kitchen
Divvies
Allergy Free Shop
Home Free Treats
Gimbals Fine Candies
Meraby
Cooking Utensils/Items:
Ice Cream Maker
Popsicle Molds
Bread Maker
Travel Carriers (to keep safe food hot or cold during holiday travel)
Silicone Butterfly Whisk
Fry Pans
Kitchen Aide Mixer(NECESSITY - I LOVE MINE!!!)
Baking Pans
Cook Books
Subscriptions/Donations:
Allergic Living Magazine
FAAN membership
Donation made in your family’s name to a non-profit food allergy organization
Medic Alert Jewelry
Things to Make Eating Out and Travel Easier:
Chef Cards
GPS (Our Garmin has a function that allows us to find the nearest fast food restaurant or hospital, this info is especially important for our food allergic family on trips to new places!)
Vouchers for safe airlines
Fun utensils
Disposable Place-mats
Stuff for kids!
Cool lunch box
Fun Tupperware for the cool lunch box
Sigg water bottles
Books about food allergies
Kyle Dine’s You Must Be Nuts CD
Cell Phone (Our child used his at school last year to alert us that a substitute teacher was eating nuts in the classroom, the library teacher passed out unsafe granola bars and multiple other times! Sometimes when a child’s teacher or guardian is making bad choices - it’s nice that our son has another way to stay safe...MOM TO THE RESCUE!)
EpiPen holders
Cargo pants (Our son keeps his epi in his side cargo pocket, no-one can tell he’s carrying it - this is very important for a tween!)
Do you have any other ideas? Email me by the end of the week and I’ll post it (unless you ask for specifics say like...Can you tell my hubby that I want a new camera for my peanut allergy blog so I can take better/more pictures...for example...because something like that would be tooPERSONAL and SPECIFIC
Holiday gift getting can be difficult for food allergic families. Inevitably our family ends up with soaps, lotions and foods that we can’t use because they contain nuts or nut oils.
What’s a food allergic family to do? Donation, re-gifting or starting a white elephant tradition to pass on those lovely/highly allergic “treasures” are a few ideas or... you could forward this list to your loved ones and mention how great some of the ideas are (hint...hint...).
What a food allergic family really wants for the holidays...
Gift certificates or food from:
Vermont Nut Free Chocolates
Cherrybrook Kitchen
Divvies
Allergy Free Shop
Home Free Treats
Gimbals Fine Candies
Meraby
Cooking Utensils/Items:
Ice Cream Maker
Popsicle Molds
Bread Maker
Travel Carriers (to keep safe food hot or cold during holiday travel)
Silicone Butterfly Whisk
Fry Pans
Kitchen Aide Mixer(NECESSITY - I LOVE MINE!!!)
Baking Pans
Cook Books
Subscriptions/Donations:
Allergic Living Magazine
FAAN membership
Donation made in your family’s name to a non-profit food allergy organization
Medic Alert Jewelry
Things to Make Eating Out and Travel Easier:
Chef Cards
GPS (Our Garmin has a function that allows us to find the nearest fast food restaurant or hospital, this info is especially important for our food allergic family on trips to new places!)
Vouchers for safe airlines
Fun utensils
Disposable Place-mats
Stuff for kids!
Cool lunch box
Fun Tupperware for the cool lunch box
Sigg water bottles
Books about food allergies
Kyle Dine’s You Must Be Nuts CD
Cell Phone (Our child used his at school last year to alert us that a substitute teacher was eating nuts in the classroom, the library teacher passed out unsafe granola bars and multiple other times! Sometimes when a child’s teacher or guardian is making bad choices - it’s nice that our son has another way to stay safe...MOM TO THE RESCUE!)
EpiPen holders
Cargo pants (Our son keeps his epi in his side cargo pocket, no-one can tell he’s carrying it - this is very important for a tween!)
Do you have any other ideas? Email me by the end of the week and I’ll post it (unless you ask for specifics say like...Can you tell my hubby that I want a new camera for my peanut allergy blog so I can take better/more pictures...for example...because something like that would be tooPERSONAL and SPECIFIC