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Raising Children with Food & Other Allergies in Singapore

Egg-cellent News : The Importance of Oral Food Challenge (at Medical Facility!).

Egg-cellent! Egg-static! Egg-tremly Happy! Okay, okay, the last word might not work as well, but hopefully you get my drift! Today, is without a shadow of a doubt, one of the happiest days of my life! I feel like this invisible weight that I have been dragging around with me, has partially lifted. I have [...]

Allergy-free Kway Teow by the Ritz Carlton’s Arnaud Thulliez

Egg and shellfish allergies are the most common in Singapore, and many kids with food allergies just can’t risk eating hawker fare. While some local noodles, like kway teow, are made from rice, many of the dishes you get in hawker stalls contain egg and prawns as additional ingredients, or are cooked in the same wok. [...]

Singapore’s dust mite fight: Save your money, sun your pillows

My son’s food allergies have taken front seat in our family for the last year, and I always took comfort in the fact that my daughter, a.k.a The Bug, was allergy-free.  Then she got a ‘cold’ that wouldn’t go away.  For months her nose ran and she suffered endless rounds of a horrible, wracking nighttime [...]

Ask A Dietitian: Soy Formula, Rice Milk Pose Some Risks For Babies and Small Children

Karen Wright, lead dietitian at The Food Clinic Pte Ltd., answers questions from sneezywheezy.com readers each month.  This month, readers who’s kids have milk allergies wanted to know if rice milk is safe, whether goats milk is okay for kids with dairy allergies, and whether soy formula contains too much ‘estrogen’ for boys. To send [...]

Kidd’s Kitchen Rich Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes (GF, DF, NF, Vegan)

Dorean Kidd of Kidd’s Kitchen has kindly shared her Rich Chocolate Zucchini Cupcake recipe with sneezywheezy.com readers. Dorean describes herself as a Chef and Mother who helps parents teach their children to “eat right from the first bite”. As her children have food sensitivities Dorean knows only too well the importance of her philosophy. Kidd’s [...]

Gluten Free Pasta Taste Test: A Quest for the Best

Pasta has become one of those global mainstays for families; a good old spag bol seems to go down well with kids of all cultures.  Moms love pasta too: It’s quick, easy and healthy.  If your child has a wheat or gluten allergy,  however, it can be a scramble to replace this old standby. Some [...]

Asthma Allergy Association Event : 28th May Family Fun Morning!

The Asthma Allergy Association of Singapore is holding their annual event on the 28th May, which is being hosted at St Joseph’s International School from 0900 – 1200 hrs. This is going to be a fun family event, with games, prizes, lucky dips and a magician for the younger attendees. There will be a talk [...]

Sweet William Chocolate Spread : Dairy Free and Nut Free

Chocolate spread is a rite of passage for every childhood. It belongs with memories of bicycles, scabby knees and jelly! It’s great to cheer up a rainy afternoon, or just to have as snack for tea. Personally I’m looking forward to using it as icing on cake (anything to save a bit of time). I [...]

Peanut-free Satay Recipe, by the Ritz-Carlton’s Arnaud Thulliez

Thousands of Singaporean kids who are allergic to peanut aren’t able to eat one of the region’s most iconic dishes: satay.  We thought that was a shame. So we asked Arnaud Thulliez, Executive Chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, if he could create a peanut-free satay recipe for sneezywheezy.com. We were thrilled when he agreed [...]

Dutch Spice Cake : Egg, Dairy and Nut Free Cake

If two children fighting over the remnants of cake batter is any thing to go by, it is safe to say I was pretty happy with the thought of my Dutch Spice Cake now sitting proudly in the oven cooking. This is the first recipe that I have tried from Suzanna Paxton’s Allergy Safe Family [...]

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