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Journey 2 The Mysterious Island – A review

Posted by Vicky on | January 24, 2012 | No Comments

“Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible” – the tag line does a great job of summing up the film. Embrace the concept of suspension of disbelief, accept B movie special affects, cheesy one liners  -and take on the film in all of its cotton-candy ludicrousy and you have one great film on your hands!

Journey 2 – The Mysterious Island is a highly enjoyable family film. Packed with action, a very simple story that is easy to follow, and some great comedy moments.

The Rock or Dwayne Johnson as he now prefers to be called, plays the leading man of this film Hank. Hank is a man with the patience of a saint; desperate to understand and to finally get to know his stepson Sean together they embark on a mission to save Read more

Category: Tried & Tested Family Fun
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Sneezywheezy Play group : Can you make it?

Posted by Vicky on | January 19, 2012 | No Comments

Hello! And I hope you are having a great start to 2012!

Our next sneezywheezy playgroup will be a social one! If you are an allergy Mum and would like to meet other Mums in a similar situation, come along to our playgroup! The playgroups are good fun, and also a time to share valuable information. We will also be asking for topic suggestions for our next Doctor’s talk session. If you are free to join us at Go Go Bambini’s at Dempsey Hill on Tuesday the 31 January from 9.30am, please get in touch and let us know! All ages are welcome.

Looking forward to seeing there!
Vicky and Cris

For more information on Go Go Bambini’s please click here

Category: Dealing With It

Dinosaurs-Live at the Science Centre Singapore : A review

Posted by Vicky on | January 16, 2012 | No Comments

The Dinosaurs-Live exhibition at the Science Centre Singapore is one not to be missed. It is running until the 26th February 2012. Tickets cost S$75 dollars for a family of four (2 adults and 2 children) – this ticket includes the other exhibitions in the Science Centre, and it is well worth the extra S$10 to see what else is on offer.

Dinosaurs-Live is an exciting, noisy and visually stunning exhibition, appealing to both adults and children. The life size model dinosaurs are fairly awe-inspiring. They move, some blink, they roar and they are BIG! A display with over 40 dinosaur models, included are some of the most well know and Read more

Category: Tried & Tested Family Fun
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Peanuts and planes : Singapore Airlines

Posted by Vicky on | January 15, 2012 | No Comments

Boo's picture of an airplane

Singapore Airlines is an airline above all others, in my book anyway. A request for a peanut free flight was never going to be an easy one. Airlines are rather partial to handing out peanuts as the obligatory snack, just as most customers seem rather keen on consuming them. But flights and customers can survive without the peanut/airplane pairing, as Singapore Airlines has proved.

Securing a peanut free flight, however, was not a turbulent-free journey; it took dozens of emails and calls to get our request off the ground.  Our son has an anaphylactic peanut allergy (we carry EpiPen and meds everywhere we go), and the idea of spending 12+ hours in a plane where every person would be munching on nuts, or dropping them on the ground, was terrifying.  We didn’t ask for an all out ban – that would be hard to enforce and impossible to monitor. We just asked that staff did not hand out peanuts to passengers on our particular flight.

Initially, the customer service officer felt it couldn’t be done – and even wondered what the point was. After all, she noted, individuals might bring their own peanuts on board.  I had to point out that having one or two people scattered around the plane Read more

Category: Dealing With It
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Enjoy Life Crunchy Vanilla Honey Graham Cookies : Allergy Aware

Posted by Vicky on | January 12, 2012 | No Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy Life Crunchy Vanilla Honey Graham cookies are really very good. As with most ‘allergy mums’, I am constantly on the look out for allergy aware products. And let’s be honest, with many allergy aware products out there safety certainly comes before taste. Not with these golden little cookies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are delicious, full of a rich honey taste and easy on the eye these cookies are a treat. The only slight disappointing area is the texture, as with most gluten free cookies, the final mouth-feel texture is chalky and bitty. But all in all a small price to pay for cookies that are not only very tasty but that are also made in a dedicated nut and gluten free factory.

The cookies are ‘handcrafted’ and certainly look to be. The irregular shape and size of the cookies is endearing, and the taste Read more

Category: Stuff To Buy
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The best ever tomato salad

Posted by Vicky on | January 8, 2012 | No Comments

This is guaranteed to be one of the tastiest tomato salads around. I recommend honey tomatoes as they are sweet, juicy and totally yummy. If you cant find them, cherry tomatoes also work well with this salad. The ideal tomato for this salad is sweet and very ripe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you need

  • One handful of red honey tomatoes
  • One handful of golden honey tomatoes Read more
Category: Dairy Free Recipes, Egg Free Recipes, Gluten Free, Nut Free Recipes, The Cook Book
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Here is to a great 2012!

Posted by Vicky on | January 7, 2012 | No Comments

We would like to wish all of our sneezywheezy.com readers a great 2012! After a lovely December break, we have recharged our batteries and are ready to provide more great allergy articles, recipes and news! If you have any stories, recipes or information to share we would love to hear from you.

Our sneezywheezy playgroup will be taking place at the end of the month. We will post more information nearer the time.

Have a wonderful 2012, and thank you for reading sneezywheezy.com. Here is to a great year!

Cheers,

Vicky and Cris

Category: News & Interviews
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Top 5 tips for flying with a peanut allergy : A check list.

Posted by Vicky on | December 9, 2011 | No Comments

It's a plane... by Boo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you got the basics covered for a flight with a peanut allergic child? Here are our top five pointers for a safe flight.

  • Call the airline and inform them in advance that you or your child has a peanut allergy. Allow at least a week’s notice – some airlines require longer, always double check. Ask if they can remove peanuts as snacks from the flight. Some airlines will accommodate your request.
  • Never forget the meds and EpiPen (if needed). Make sure they are in a bag that is easy to access at all times. Try and keep the medicine at the top of the bag, not buried under other contents at the bottom. Always think: easy access, speed is of the Read more
Category: Dealing With It
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Thai Coconut Chicken Soup : Great tasting family meal

Posted by Vicky on | December 4, 2011 | No Comments

Sneezywheezy reader Karen Horan, whose daughter is celiac, shares one of her family favourite recipes with us. I made this for my family (minus the fish sauce, and with extra lime), it is a great meal!
Thai Coconut Chicken Soup

What You Need:
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, but into 1 inch cubes
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup Asian Fish Sauce (Taste of Thai carries a good one)
  • 3 cups GF chicken broth
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, bottom 4 inches only, smashed Read more
Category: Dairy Free Recipes, Egg Free Recipes, Gluten Free, Nut Free Recipes, The Cook Book
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Skin Food : Are your skincare products suitable if you have a food allergy?

Posted by Vicky on | December 2, 2011 | No Comments

Food products need to declare allergen information in more and more countries across the world. It is becoming standard to buy food products with the list of ingredients that they contain included in the labeling, often with allergens highlighted.

However, the same consideration is not extended to skincare products. People who are effected by food allergies, and globally it is estimated 3% of adults and 5% of children are, will spend a lot of time thinking about and researching the food that they eat. However, not many think about the ‘skin food’ products they use, for example moisturizer, shampoo, body wash etc.  You may well know what goes into your body… but do you know what goes on it?

Many skincare products contain ingredients that would not look out of place in a kitchen. From wheat germ, to peanut oil, to milk to a list of extensive inclusions – how many people with food allergies think to read labels on their skin care products? If you have a food allergy, you should be reading the labels on your skin care products too. Read more

Category: News & Interviews, World Allergy News
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