What better way to encourage children to be creative than with fun ideas for traditional crafts using natural, recycled, and found materials? “Green Crafts for Children” by Emma Hardy has four chapters, each focusing on a different organic craft. The Salt Dough chapter shows how simple it is to mix flour, water and salt to design beads, decorations, and homemade colored play dough. The Paper chapter has decoupage and papier-mache ideas to make bowls, a dollhouse, and masks that kids will love to paint. Natural Treasures makes use of everyday …

ALLERGY ALERT – UNDECLARED MILK IN KRUMBLEEZ BRAND SPROUTED BUCKWHEAT, CHOC.-GINGER DAIRY-FREE COOKIES
OTTAWA, October 2, 2009 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Foods Alive are warning people with allergies to milk not to consume Krumbleez brand Sprouted Buckwheat, Choc.-Ginger dairy-free Cookies.  The affected product contains milk which is not declared on the label.
The affected product, Krumbleez brand Sprouted Buckwheat, Choc.-Ginger Cookies are sold in 190 g bags.  This product has been distributed in British Columbia and Alberta.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this …

While following an elimination diet is encredibly tough for a new mom, it does represent a big challenge for those around her as well.  Over the years, we have developped a few tricks and routines that help us make it just a bit easier:
1. Cook for the whole family
There is nothing worse for an MSPI mom than sitting at the table salivating and starving while everyone else eats something she can’t.  Cooking two separate meals each time you sit down is also an incredible time drain – especially with a …

As the name states, MSPI (milk-soy protein intolerance) is an intolerance to proteins found in certain foods – namely dairy and soy.
When embarking on an elimination diets, Moms are generally advised that it is safe to eat foods that contain soy oil and soy lecithin – two fats derived from soya beans. This makes going on the elimination diet easier, since many prepared foods contain these products. In principle, these fats are highly refined and do not contain any of the offending proteins that would irritate a MSPI …

I am happy to announce that our discussion forum is now open. You can post questions, suggestions, rants… whatever.
Check it out: http://milkintolerance.org/forum
See you there!!