An Allergy Friendly Easter

Allergies can complicate all kinds of things, and once you finally get your rhythm down, something comes along and you have something new to figure out. Like holidays. Holidays mean food, and quite often, candy. Candy means chocolate, and chocolate and peanut butter go together like... well... what is a better example than peanut butter and chocolate?

If you are looking for some allergy friendly treats, I have rounded up a few. First, we are definitely going to try to make these babies:

(Image and recipe from here.)

These also look like a good option:

(Image and recipe here.)

Another other yummy treat would be sugar cookies, my recipe is here. Rice krispy treats are also a popular Easter treat, just make sure to check all labels to ensure your ingredients are allergy free! I found a few fun variations, like these cute eggs:

(Image and recipe from here.)

There are also a few other fun ones here and here.

If you are looking for allergy-friendly treats that are not homemade, check out the website www.peanutfreeplanet.com. Awesome place!

What if you are eating out this weekend? How do you know the place you are going to is allergy-friendly? We rarely eat out, but when we do I always check the Allergy Eats website, it's a great resource. It's also a good idea to check the restaurant's site. If you poke around enough you can often find an allergy menu.

Enough about food, what about the activities? Because I have a child with an egg allergy, the idea of a holiday with an egg as one of it's major symbols has always struck me as humorous. I can't help but think about that every year as we dye our Easter eggs. Thankfully her allergy to eggs is mild enough that handling them isn't a problem, but what if your kid's allergies are that bad? In just a quick trip around the internet I found quite a few crafts that you could do instead that would be just as fun, with just a few here and here.

If you are in Utah, the Utah Food Allergy Network has put together an Easter egg hunt just for allergy kids. There is no candy, only toys and non-food prizes. They also get to visit with the Easter Bunny and do a craft, all for $3 a child. There is more information here. How wonderful to have a fun activity like these without worry about possible exposures! If you live in a different state, I would see if you have a Food Allergy Network and if they are doing something similar. Or why not start one yourself?

Now, all this stuff is the "fluff" that comes with Easter, the things that are fun (and yummy!) but really aren't the real reason we celebrate Easter. I found a beautiful idea from the blog Your Homebased Mom that we will be doing at our house for sure, check it out here for a great idea on keeping Easter about Christ and his resurrection.

So what do you do to celebrate Easter? Any ideas for keeping it allergy-friendly and/or Christ-centered?

(I did link to a lot of stuff in this post and promoted a lot of people, but no one asked me to or gave me anything to do so, I just love to blab about the things I like!)