Emergency Preparedness with a Chronic Illness or Disability
Updated April 20, 2024 Big and scary emergencies are thankfully rare occurrences, but when they happen, those of us who live with chronic illness and disability may have challenges that others don’t experience. Part of your emergency plan will be the same as your healthy and able-bodied neighbours, but you will also need to make…
Nutfree Deliciousness: I Discover Overnight Oats and My Body Gets Happy
Updated March 27, 2021 I’d started fantasizing about oats. Now, this is worthy of mention because in terms of culinary delights, I have never in my life been rendered to drooling stupefaction by the thought of anything involving oats. I mean, I like the wee flakes, but obsession? I’m a big fan of listening to…
Nutfree Deliciousness: Sorelle and Co Review
Nut free. Vegan. Gluten free. Soy free. Oh, and preservative-free. You’d think it would be impossible to make things that didn’t taste like sawdust if you have to accommodate multiple exclusions. And you’d be wrong, at least when it comes to Sorelle and Co in Toronto. I’d never heard of them until The Boy came…
The Joy of Bread
“Bread is bread.” The Boy claimed. And I shook my head and told him he was completely and utterly wrong. I have not had good bread — proper bread — for at least 15 years. That’s when I became allergic to nuts and had to stop eating baked goods from bakeries. Most bakeries make things…
The Freedom to Eat
I have a variety of food allergies, some of which require me carrying an EpiPen in case I have an anaphylactic reaction. And it’s had a profound impact on my socializing. I don’t eat out much anymore. There are no ironclad guarantees in a restaurant. They’ll try their best, but until someone opens a nut…