I’m so excited to tell y’all that I’ll be on The Martha Stewart Show, December 16th at 9 am CST/10 am EST on The Hallmark Channel. We’ll be talking about baking allergen-friendly recipes for the holidays, and I’ll show Martha my favorite holiday treat; dairy, egg and nut free molasses cookies. (If you need a wheat free/gluten-free version simply swap the wheat with your favorite gluten-free flour blend). Martha has really embraced learning more about the world of food allergies, and is one of the only cooking experts to even tackle this issue in a mainstream forum. My dear friends Cybele Pascal (author of Allergen-Free Bakers Handbook & Whole Foods Cookbook) and Lori Sandler (owner of Divvies Bakery and The Divvies Bakery Cookbook) were the first fabulous food allergy mamas who appeared on Martha’s show the past few years, and really paved the way to getting the word out on delicious and easy allergen friendly recipes for our families. Because of their hard work and advocacy, more people are talking about our world, embracing our challenges and now baking wonderful allergen free treats that everyone enjoys. But another HUGE food allergy advocate that you may not know about is one of Martha’s senior producers, who is the leading force behind getting our story told. She lives as a food allergy mama like the rest of us, and has been a silent advocate in getting a big name show like The Martha Stewart Show to cover food allergies and recipes. It really is because of her tireless work on behalf of all of us that these stories are told. A big, huge, enormous virtual thank YOU…you are one of the unsung hero’s of food allergy awareness.
The clip will most likely be on Martha’s website tomorrow, and it would be fantastic if you all could show your support of these types of segments by posting a comment to the video clip. I know that if Martha’s staff could see how much these types of stories mean to us, and that there is a huge demographic of viewers that want more allergen aware segments, they would possibly be open to even more of them in the future. The more mainstream food allergy coverage is, the better for all of us. When we get people talking about it, we bring awareness. And awareness brings compassion and diligence.
I’m so proud to be a part of such an amazing and support community of parents who are so passionate about food allergy awareness. Simply read my previous post, and all those incredible comments from so many of you, and you can literally feel the positive and warm energy. Your comments brought tears to my eyes, time after time. I’m beyond grateful to have you all to connect with. There are so many advocates, too many to name here, but who are always working behind the scenes and in front of the scenes to get the right information out there. I thank my lucky stars for you every day.
One more thing, my all time favorite site in the world for food allergy info, FAAN is posting another one of my holiday recipes on their blog FAANnotes. I hope you enjoy it.
Happy Baking everyone and a VERY VERY Happy Holiday Season to you and your families!
xoxox
Congtrats!!! This is truly wonderful – I look forward to seeing the clip and posting a comment!!!
Just set my DVR for your appearance with Martha Stewart. How exciting – looking forward to seeing it and trying the recipe. I am dairy & gluten intolerant so I am always looking for good cookie recipes. Happy Holidays!
looking forward to it! Always love new recipes for my son.
I am so excited. You should have your own cooking show dedicated to food allergies. That would be fantastic
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I love your molasses cookies, too, Kelly! I’ll post the clip to my Facebook account.
So awesome seeing you with Martha today! You breathed such life to the cookie segment! Thank you for raising awareness of food allergies.
So happy for you and for this issue getting such mainstream attention. I have to tell you that your last post and all the support that followed helped me get through an incredibly difficult week (after the Brownie fiasco, I got the call from school we all dread – because of food I thought was OK- thankfully, I have the smartest, bravest eight year old who, with the help of her friends and teacher, self medicated so her swollen tongue was better by the time the nurse even got to her!). Couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks thanks thanks!
Also – if you missed Martha like me – it will be on again today at 1 and several more times!
Congrats! Agreed that it is fabulous to get more coverage on food allergies – in a positive, here’s how you can help live with it light.
What a nation of wimps we have become. If there were as many allergic kids who needed to be bubble wrapped from the world in the 1940s, we would have lost the great war and we would now be Germany. What a bunch of weak pansies we are.
Congratulation and thank you for raising awareness for food allergies! Obviously, Janis doesn’t have kids with food allergies, and it’s a shame that the world is filled with people who are so quick to hate!!!! I loved you on Martha, you were wonderful!
Janis…I am so grateful that the Universe has it’s own way of responding to people like you. My holiday wish for you is that all the energy you put out into the world comes back to you times a thousand…good luck to you.
It’s not hatred. It’s just stating the obvious that we have so many children who cannot fit into the world at large and that it they are too fragile to serve their country. Vthank goodness there were stronger men when they were needed.
You rarely see non-white kids with the type of allergies where they would not survive in a Darwinian world.
I don’t hate. I think this type of weakness is pathetic.
Hi Janis,
I wanted to share some things with you. I am the food allergy mama that Kelly refers to in this post. Food allergies are real and they are more prevalent now. No one is sure why.
People aren’t wimps b/c they have food allergies or any other disability. People can make contributions to their country and society in lots of different ways.
Maya Angelou has a life threatening allergy to shellfish. I know this firsthand b/c we hosted her. She’s a pretty strong and incredible woman!
Hi Kelly,
I haven’t seen the clip yet, but I can vouch for the fabulousness of your molasses cookies. I’m thrilled for the success of your cookbook, and it has a permanent home on my kitchen counter. I look at your smiling face every single day! : )
Despite some rather disappointing personal comments I’ve read from Martha, I’m glad she recognizes that there is an audience for food allergy topics.
Merry Christmas!
Kim
Janis apparently your darwin theory is crap because it did not weed you out from the population…that is sad. I teach my children empathy, too bad you have none. Disabled people can a do contribute to society and our world as a whole. You actually sound like a nazi. One of our great presidents was wheel chair bound and able to run a country. I don’t feel my children need to fit into your world filled with hate and discontent. I will pray for you even though you don’t deserve another second of my thoughts. Sad sad sad for you
Janis, when has having food allergies become a racial issue? Food allergies are real and life threatening to many sufferers, especially children. Who is PATHETIC when you choose to comment such negativity on this blog? What do you gain from being such a hurtful and cruel person, targeting children who cannot help their situation? Their food allergies are NOT by choice, but they are born this way, and are reminded everyday by ignorant person like yourself. I feel so SAD for you.
Thank you everyone for your incredible support and comments. You all know this is an open forum and I welcome and love to ready any and all comments. You all are so positive and your messages help everyone who reads them. So when I stumble across a comment like the one from Janis, I have to laugh…because I’m picturing someone who literally sits behind a computer all day, trolling blogs, and online news forums just waiting to spread their messages to the world. Maybe I’m wrong? But I think not. Regardless, it is a free country and we are afforded free speech. I’d like to think we live in a world that is a bit more compassionate and tolerant, but the reality is there are haters out there. I’ll never forget the crazy crappy comments I saw when the story of John and me going to Wrigley’s first peanut free game hit all the national newspapers. I can tell you….THOSE comments weren’t pretty. But whatever…life goes on, and I honestly don’t take any of that type hatred too seriously…such a waste of time and energy. BTW, the link to the segment should be live this week and I will update it as soon its available. xoxo
I just saw your post. I happen to DVR Martha and was so surprised and elated to see you on Martha on Friday. At 9 months old, we discovered our daughter is allergic to dairy, eggs, nuts and now at 3, she’s also allergic to fish. When she turned 1, I discovered your blog and cookbook. You have no idea how much your cookbook and blog has helped us understand and deliciously navigate through her allergies. You are amazing and I thank you for all you do!
Where is the video clip? I’d love to see it.
I left a comment on the Martha Stewart website. You’re right – everyone needs to make sure they know how important it is to do television shows concerning food allergies. Again, thank you Kelly for your work on the behalf of all of our children with food allergies!
Thanks so much Lisa…awesome! Camille…the clip just went live today so I updated the link. Check it out and enjoy! xo
It was AWESOME!!
Yay Kelly!!
Congrats!!! I wrote a review on Martha Stewarts site- but I think I was the first! Come on food allergy moms… don’t forget to leave a review and keep the door open for more food allergy awareness!!!
Thx SO MUCH! And yes EllieC…there’s no way they’ll know how important these stories are until we let them know! So let ‘em know!
Love the idea of a cooking show dedicated to food allergies. I struggle with coming up with variety in what I eat within my diet, and I’m always looking for healthy and easy options.
Kelly, you did GREAT! Thanks for going to bat for us allergy folk : )
xoLexie