Preventing Food Allergies in Infants: Current Recommendations

October 6, 2010

Recommendations around when to introduce highly allergenic foods to the infant diet have changed in recent years, as researchers continue to explore the relationship between complementary feeding and food allergy development. This area of research is a hot topic at the moment as the incidence of food allergies in children continues to rise  - recent [...]

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October 3, 2010

Shrimp, Zucchini and Corn Pancakes at Meal Makeover Moms An 11-year-old dissects the food system in 5 minutes at Spoonfed 5 books that could boost School Food IQ by Better School Food Classic Apple Sauce at Simple Bites Open Face Roasted Vegetable Sandwiches at Good Life Eats Photo Credit: Simon Cocks

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Food Allergy or Intolerance? A definition.

September 30, 2010

Food allergies are high on the list of concerns for new parents. With the rising incidence of food allergies in children, and in light of many schools and child care centres now going nut free, it is no wonder parents are concerned. The term food allergy however, is often inadvertently misused by parents and physicians [...]

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September 26, 2010

photo credit: Ginnerobot It’s been a wet and windy and busy week in our house this week as we blended our way through an array of frozen popsicle recipes, we continued our Baby Led Weaning journey by trying steamed salmon, roasted beets and ripe papaya, and my son continued to teethe (and gnaw) his way [...]

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Tropical Flavoured Popsicles

September 24, 2010

Today is the final day in our frozen treats theme week and there was no more fitting way to say goodbye to the hotter days of summer than with icy poles full of tropical flavour. The tropical fruit mix that I used contained pineapple, papaya and coconut. These fruits, when blended with apple juice, make [...]

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Perfect Peach Popsicles

September 23, 2010

Last night Hong Kong celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival – commonly known as the moon festival – amongst thunder and rain and searinh humidity. Today, therefore was a public holiday and one in which Chinese families gathered to celebrate and spend time together. In our house we celebrated by sleeping in until 6.30am and making popsicles [...]

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Banana Coconut Popsicles

September 22, 2010

Day 3 of our frozen treats theme week saw me blending bananas and coconut milk together to make these creamy and smooth frozen popsicles. Bananas and coconuts compliment each other so well that these popsicles came out of the freezer, creamy and delicious and not too sweet. Bananas are commonly known to be a good [...]

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Strawberry Pear Popsicles

September 21, 2010

There has been a typhoon hanging around Hong Kong for a couple of days now. It has brought with it dark clouds, wind and plenty of rain, plus a relative humidity index of 98%! Despite the rain, my boy and I ventured out to the shops to buy the fruit to make today’s icy poles [...]

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Mango Yogurt Popsicles

September 20, 2010

This week I am going to be focusing on all things frozen. Despite the fact that there is a typhoon passing nearby to Hong Kong, it is still hot and humid and my boy is still teething and looking for something – anything at this point – to gnaw on. In light of this, and [...]

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September 19, 2010

photo credit: Shandi-Lee I love to read. Weekends are the perfect time to spend a bit of extra time reading – cup of tea in hand – whilst my husband helps with the child rearing duties. There has been a lot of interesting reads around the ‘net this week, so I thought I would share [...]

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