Allergen-Friendly Cookie Recipes for Your Holiday Baking!
From Our Kitchen
No need for those with certain food allergies to miss out on all of the holiday cookie-baking fun! You never know - Santa may have a food allergy, too! Try our allergen-friendly alternatives to these classic cookies. Here’s a little spin on the popular peanut butter cookie, using sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter. Sunflower Seed Butter Cookies Yields: 4 dozen Ingredients: 2 cups sunflower seed butter 2 cups granulated sugar 2 eggs 3 teaspoons sea salt Preparation: Preheat oven...
SAGE Leads in Allergy ADA Compliance
Safety, Allergies, Events, Technology, SAGE Community, Leadership
SAGE Co-Founder and CFO Tina Rodriguez and Director of Nutrition Lesley Vogel recently led a presentation at the National Business Officers Association (NBOA) 2016 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles entitled, “Food Allergies as Disabilities: Is Your Dining Program ADA Compliant?” Educators and other professionals who serve school-age children are keenly aware that food allergies are serious and on the rise. It is estimated that 1 in 13 children has a food allergy, and that number is growing. According to...
One-on-One with a SAGE Dietitian
Nutrition, Allergies, SAGE Community, One-on-One
Lesley Vogel is the Director of Nutrition at SAGE Dining Services®. To celebrate Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day, I stole a few moments with her during a busy day of meeting with her team of Registered Dietitians, reviewing menu plans, and answering Managers' questions about allergens, ingredients, and recipes—read on to learn more! So, Lesley... what's the coolest part of your job? There's never a dull moment! I just got back from speaking about how to accommodate for food allergies as...
A Mom's Food Allergy Journey - Part 2
Nutrition, From Our Kitchen
Guest blogger and SAGE Director of Nutrition Lesley Vogel wraps up her two-part series on being the parent of a food allergic child. Here are her tips for adjusting to a new way of life: "Looking back on our food allergy journey, I can honestly say we are in a good place. So, how did we get to this point? Let me share what I've learned so far. Here are my 'food allergy mom and dietitian' top four tips: 1-...
A Mom's Food Allergy Journey - Part 1
Nutrition, From Our Kitchen
What goes through your mind when someone you love is diagnosed with a food allergy? SAGE's Director of Nutrition, Lesley Vogel, can answer that question. She is the mother of a food allergic child. In this two-part series, she blogs about her experience and how it changed her life. "It's not like it came as a surprise. I mean, there was a reason I brought my daughter to the allergist in the first place, right? Just a few weeks earlier...
The ABCs of Food Allergies
Nutrition, From Our KitchenHave you ever had an allergic reaction to something you ate? If you were lucky, it was a mild reaction with symptoms like itchy eyes and throat, hives, or cramping. Unfortunately, some people have allergies so severe they produce a reaction called anaphylaxis. This can cause your body to go into shock, blood pressure to drop, airway to constrict, tongue to swell and hives to appear. Without quick attention, anaphylaxis can be fatal. A food allergy is a medical condition...
The Big 8 Allergens
From Our KitchenEight common foods account for nearly 90% of all food allergies in the United States. They are: eggs, fish, milk, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat. Check out the list below to review a sampling of what foods contain these allergens. Some may surprise you. Eggs - Found in Baked Goods, Pasta, Mayonnaise, Cream Sauces, Marshmallows and French Toast! Milk - It's found in Butter, Cheese, Ice Cream, Yogurt and Sour Cream. Peanuts - Found in Granola, Grain Breads...
Making the World a Safer Place
Nutrition, From Our KitchenEven if you don't have food allergies, odds are you will come into contact with someone who does. Knowledge and resources can help you become an ally to the 15 million people living with food allergies in the United States. One step you can take to make the world a safer place for those with food allergies is to wash your hands! According to FARE, Food Allergy Research & Education proper hand-washing defends against germs and is also effective at...
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