Category: Whatever Wednesdays
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Whatever Wednesday: Food, Allergies, and Knowledge, a series of thoughts
This is part one of a series I’ve been discussing with Denise talking about some of the many things we’ve learned via the “fun” of food allergy diagnosis and lifestyle. Some of what we’ve learned is about food and food production. Some is about psychology, some about culture, and there are probably some life lessons…
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Whatever Wednesday: Unpaid Product Review, El Recreo Estate Coffee
Mary Kate’s Take: Earlier this year, Denise and I went to the very first New Hampshire Veg Fest, held at Manchester Community College. It was a small, but promising, event, with a lot of local vendors. Between the two of us, Denise and I weren’t able to taste too much — many vegetarian and vegan…
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Whatever Wednesday: Why there won’t be a corn-free tag on the blog
So most of you know by now, since I’ve (Denise) complained mightily, the whole corn allergy thing sucks. And some of you might have wondered why we haven’t added a corn-free tag to the recipes we’ve posted since the corn thing went down. The short answer is, it’s just too hard, and there’s too much…
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Product Review: Beanitos Chips
So if you’ve been following along, you heard about my (Denise’s) corn allergy positive scratch test result and my corresponding food elimination diet and challenge confirmation. Very, very annoying. Because that means no tortilla chips to go with my salsa or to make nachos, and no taco shells. Again, very, very annoying. A couple of…
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Whatever Wednesday: Visit to the Allergist, that’s a bad, crazy day.
On Monday, April 29, 2013, I had some more scratch test allergy testing done because I was having symptoms similar to those I had before I realized that the milk allergy was bad and couldn’t be ignored any more (see my Denise page, which will have to be updated at some point for reasons that…
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Whatever Wednesday: Learn Something New: Camellia Sinesis, dba Tea
Since we’ve focused this month on recipes inspired by cuisine from the continent of Asia (I know, we never said there was a theme, but there was. We’re wily like that.), I thought tea would make another good subject for another research-based (some might say “nerdy”) post. Tea is the second most popular drink in…
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UPDATED – DIY Shampoo if Allergic to Coconut on Whatever Wednesday
EDITED TO ADD : Please go see the newest version of this recipe – it’s a lot better!! – UPDATED AGAIN!! DIY Shampoo if Allergic to Coconut on Whatever Wednesday Since publishing my DIY Shampoo if Allergic to Coconut post, I’ve made a minor change to the original shampoo recipe. When you see the change you’re going…
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Whatever Wednesday: Oil Cleansing Method
About a year ago, after a lot of reading about it, I thought I’d try this “oil cleansing” thing that the internet was chittering on about. Honestly, it seemed a little counter-intuitive, smearing oil over the grease on my face to clean it off. I have had oily skin since I was about 11, which…