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I received the following email from a Real Food, Allergy Free reader:

…I wanted to ask you if you had any suggestions for allergy friendly foods to take on a road trip. We are going out of town later this month and staying in a hotel for a few days. My son is 20 months and has life threatening allergies to egg, milk, wheat, peanuts, and soy.

We can’t feed him anything from a restaurant (except applesauce) because of potential cross-contamination, so I’m planning on packing all his food. I’m still nursing so milk isn’t a problem for him. I will definitely be bringing the banana chocolate chip muffins along as those are his favorite and I thought the pouch tuna packets for protein. Any other ideas?

I thought it was an excellent and timely question with spring break coming in just a few weeks. I’ll share my thoughts, and I’d love for you all to jump in with your ideas in the comment section. Look for part two of this article which includes lists of foods that travel well and meals that can be prepared in a hotel room.  This should be fun!

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Here’s a roundup of all the goodies we shared here in February.

New (Top-8) Free Recipes:

• Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken
• Cinnamon Pear Baked Oatmeal
• Slow Cooker Chinese Orange Chicken
• Homemade Ranch Seasoning (Dairy-Free)
• Bacon and Ranch Roasted Cauliflower
• Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Pieces
• Allergy-Free Donuts in 5 Minutes!

Allergy Free Wednesday (Top 8 Free) Favorites:

• Chocolate Truffles
• Sweet Potato Biscuits
• Penne Rosa with Creamy Bacon Sauce
• Spinach and Artichoke Dip
• Dairy-Free Fudge Bars
• No-Bake Oatmeal Chia Chocolate Chip Cookie Balls
• Red Velvet Cake
• Strawberry Avocado Smoothie with Dates and Hemp Seeds
• Hot Chocolate Granola
• Seed-Sational Paleo Breakfast Bars
• Sweet Potato, Curry & Quinoa Bowl
• Quinoa Pilaf with Red bell pepper, Leek, carrots. peas

Fun with Food:

• Healthy Valentine’s Day Food Fun
• Groundhog Day Fruit Snack

Interesting Articles:

• How to Get Your Kids to Give Up Junk and Eat Healthy Food
• My Interview on Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy!
• Building a Year’s Worth of Safe Food with $10 per Week
• Allergy Bites/In the News

Giveaway:

• Be sure to check and see if you were the winner of Home Free Cookies!

Deals & Steals:

• Make sure you’ve printed the latest allergy-friendly printable coupons and purchased your Amazon Deals as many of them will disappear at the end of the month.

You can purchase this sign @ Red Letter Words

Looking for some Valentine’s Day Cards for your kids to exchange with their friends?  Check out these fun and frugal ideas.  The best part is these can be put together very quickly.

Print these FREE I’m Wild for you Valentines and attach cheap little animals.

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Looking for something to entertain the kids while you make last minute Thanksgiving preparations?  Family Fun has  free printable Thanksgiving Day parade bingo cards.  My kids are already talking about the parade so this will be a fun addition.  Is football more your style?  They also have a football bingo game.  Between making gum drop turkeys and parade bingo, my kids are going to have a blast before the guests arrive!