nut-free Archives | Cool Mom Eats

Mid-morning lunch box snack help: Dozens of ideas from our own readers.

by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 5, 2019 | Back to School, Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks

This week, Erin asked our Recipe Rescue Facebook community for ideas for mid-morning snacks for kids for when they “burn out on string cheese, and can’t have nuts.” The group came through big time, with lots of ideas for quick snacks to pack in lunch...

Can the Nima portable peanut or gluten tester save your life? We tried it out.

by Christina Refford | Mar 14, 2019 | Shopping Finds

If you’re the parent of a child with a severe or even life-threatening food allergy, you know how terrifying it can be simply to eat out, even at a trusted restaurant. And a portable new device called Nima is determined to help, by providing an extra check of...

The perfect thank you gift under $50 that’s not a fruit basket.

by Liz Gumbinner | Aug 14, 2018 | Shopping Finds

There are those times you need to send a thank you that’s a little more than a notecard, but maybe not something quite so massive as a six-tiered gourmet fruit tower. (As much as I love getting those!) And I’m so happy to have stumbled upon this wonderful...

6 companies making Easter chocolates for kids with food allergies. Because everyone deserves a chocolate bunny.

by Georgette Gilmore | Mar 27, 2018 | Shopping Finds

As a parent of a child with food allergies, I know what a big deal it is to find allergy-friendly Easter chocolate. Delivering on Easter Bunny expectations can be tricky, especially when it comes to chocolate. Thankfully, there are some great chocolate choices...

Netflix takes a look at peanut allergies in its new food doc series, Rotten.

by Georgette Gilmore | Jan 24, 2018 | Tips + Tricks

The new, six-part food documentary series on Netflix, Rotten, focuses on the least appetizing part of the food industry: corruption and the inhumane treatment of animals. But as a mom to a teenage daughter with a severe peanut allergy, its episode titled The Peanut...