Alisa Fleming ~ One thing I love about the northwest is the abundance of fruit in the summertime, especially the blackberries … oh the blackberries. They cost something like $20 a pound to buy in stores, but grow freely on every street here, with only the price of a few thorn sticks from the blackberry pushes to pay.

The only problem is that blackberry season is short. Once the berries finally emerge, they ripen within days and disappear almost as quickly. Determined to cash in on the late summer harvest, we stalked blackberry bushes throughout August, seeking the perfect sunny spot where we could load up several containers for freezing.

Late last week while on a walk, we noticed the gentle scent of fresh berries, and smiled at one another. “Just a few more days and they’ll be ready to pick!” my husband proclaimed ...

September 2011 - AllergyEats, the Biggest & Fastest Growing Source for Finding Allergy-Friendly Restaurants, Goes Mobile, Offering Valuable Information Anytime, From Anywhere.

Millions of people with food allergies and intolerances struggle to find restaurants that will accommodate their dietary requirements. Now, there’s an app for that. AllergyEats, the biggest and fastest growing online source for finding allergy-friendly restaurants, has just launched a free app for the iPhone and Android smartphones, allowing users to access this valuable, peer-based resource anytime, from anywhere.

“The new AllergyEats app builds off the outstanding success of the core AllergyEats website, which has a tremendous – and rapidly expanding – number of users finding and rating restaurants based on their level of food allergy-friendliness.  Our new mobile app offers all of the same benefits as the original AllergyEats website, with the added convenience of portability,” explained Paul Antico, Founder of AllergyEats. “Now, users have on-demand access to this wealth of information right at their fingertips.”

The Personal Stories section here on Go Dairy Free is filled with success stories from readers like you. These stories have reached and helped tens of thousands of people. But, since you may not see them all, I am going to feature some of the new stories periodically on this website. To share your dairy free-related success story, please contact us. 

Caitlin ~ When I was a baby, I was allergic to milk. After about age 2, the doctor said I could drink it again. For the next few years, I had constant ear infections, but no one seemed to correlate it with the milk allergy. 

When I got into middle school, I began having random rashes every once in a while behind my ears, and would break out in hives. I went to the doctor and of course they just gave me some hydrocortisone cream, and things slowly got better. 

A couple years later, I started having extreme headaches and migraines multiple times a week and I was so lethargic all the time. I could spend all day in bed! And when I did get up, I felt so dizzy. One morning I even passed out in the shower.  I was also having about 3 sinus infections a year. I saw two doctors, and was blood tested for anemia and hormone problems. Both tests came back negative ...

Alisa Fleming ~ Eggs have been a trial and error thing in our household. I had an egg allergy as a young one, and my husband realized a few years ago that eggs don’t make him feel very great. He later tested quite positive for egg sensitivity, so in general, he avoids them. Consequently, we have become quite familiar over the years with vegan mayonnaise, and actually quite like it. In fact, when confronted with a choice between vegan mayo and egg-based mayo, illnesses aside, we would both take the vegan version. Needless to say, I was excited to trial out the new Organic MindfulMayo from Earth Balance.

Earth Balance is well known for their dairy-free buttery spreads, but in the past few years they have been dabbling in other products, including soymilk, peanut butter, and now sandwich spread. I sampled the "organic" version of their new sandwich spread, but MindfulMayo also comes in Original and made with Olive Oil varieties ...