Raising A Healthy Family » Gluten Free http://raisingahealthyfamily.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:00:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Allergen Free and Special Needs School and Art Supplies http://raisingahealthyfamily.com/allergen-free-and-special-needs-school-and-art-supplies/ http://raisingahealthyfamily.com/allergen-free-and-special-needs-school-and-art-supplies/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:41:15 +0000 Char http://raisingahealthyfamily.com/?p=290
When you have a child with allergies the first thing you focus your attention on is food and environmental elements, but what about all the supplies they use at school?  Many art products such as paint, glue, markers, playdough and clay contain common allergens such as dairy, soy, egg, gluten, latex and even peanuts.

gluten-free-play-doughDiscount School Supplies is the best resource for all of your art/school supplies, however, if you have a child with allergies or special needs, they are the first place you should look. They have the largest selection of Common-Allergen-Free Products and make it easy to shop by allergy-free product you need. From gluten-free playdough to dairy/casein free glue, latex free craft supplies and kits, and soy free paints Discount School Supplies will help you select products you can be sure are safe for your child.

Additionally if you have a special needs child, shop Special Needs at Discount School Supply to find over 500 products specifically selected to enhance and develop learning and independence.

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Pamela's Baking MixShe uses Pamela’s Products Baking Mix to make pancakes and waffles every week and she thought she’d give the cake a try. The actual recipe is at the Pamela’s site – Carrot Cake.

She doubled the recipe to make a layered 9″ cake and used a different cream cheese frosting (below). She baked the cakes together for 30 min, switching them halfway through the baking. They baked very evenly. And even though they looked a little brown around the edges, they were very moist. The cake serves 16.

Cream Cheese Frosting

No need to double this recipe. It was plenty to frost the whole layered cake. Plus, she reserved a little of it to color green and orange for decorations. (If you do use it for decorations or piping, be sure to add more confectioners’ sugar until
you get a firmer texture.)

16 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners’ sugar. Frost cake and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

This really was one of the best Carrot Cakes I have ever had and it looked beautiful, too!

You can find all of Pamela’s Baking mixes at Amazon and GlutenFree.com.

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