Lunch Made Easy: Food Allergy Awareness Love #TealTakeover

This week, May 10th-16th, marks Food Allergy Awareness week for 2015. This is something we actively participate in each year. 
There are great ways to get involved within your community to raise awareness, including handing out bracelets, information sheets, reading an allergy-friendly book to your child's class, sharing information on social media, and May 12th is #TealTakeover Day.
Teal is the color of food allergy awareness. By wearing teal today, you can help support your friends and family by raising awareness for food allergies. Little Miss loves sporting her teal and I love making her a sweet lunch to go with it. 

MEGA Food Allergy Awareness Week & Celiac Disease Awareness GIVEAWAYS!!

I love my food allergy & gluten free community. It's a family. 
A support network. A mutual understanding. A place to learn from, grow, share, and thrive.
I can't imagine where I would be without all of YOU. Yes, I share here and try to help inspire... but I have learned so much from YOU. Your feedback, your comments, your ideas. 
Thank you!
This week (May 11th-17th) is Food Allergy Awareness Week. May is also Celiac Disease Awareness Month. Although the two are different, they're very much the same - We each are battling awareness and trying to educate those about FOOD. 
To celebrate all of YOU, I'm having a MEGA giveaway! 
What does that mean? Well, instead of multiple posts over multiple days and spread all over... why not have ONE BIG PARTY and giveaway TONS of prizes to lots of YOU!? 
Sounds good to me! Let's get started... 

Lunch Made Easy: Food Allergy Awareness Week #TealTakeover

Yesterday began Food Allergy Awareness Week 2014 (May 11th through 17th). We have a BIG giveaway planned this week on KeeleyMcGuire.com, so stay tuned.
Monday is also #TealTakeover Day: Teal is the official color for Food Allergy Awareness and you can show your support today, and every day after, by wearing teal! 
Follow my #TealTakeOver board on Pinterest for tons of ideas on how you can incorporate teal into your life!
I decided to kick off the school week by making Little Miss a Food Allergy Awareness lunch, as well.

First Annual Food Allergy Bloggers Conference #FABlogCon 2013

The food allergy & gluten free community is a special one. 
We all have different stories, different experiences, different allergies... but one thing is constant: We all face challenges with food and advocating our, or our children's, rights each and every day. 
It's a family. An instant embrace. Within five minutes of speaking to a fellow parent or person with food related issues, there's an instant connection. Someone who "gets it", understands, knows what it's like. There's no judging, only educating and sharing. 
These are my peers. My fellow advocates. Fellow bloggers. Together, we can make a difference. And I am forever grateful to Jenny Sprague for having the courage and creativity to bring us together at such an amazing conference.

Jenny Sprague, founder of FABlogCon and blogger at Multiple Food Allergy Help, and Caroline Moassessi, blogger at Grateful Foodie & all around food allergy renegade!

My experience & take-aways from the 2013 First Annual Food Allergy Bloggers Conference:

My Date with Jerome Bettis "The Bus" {Football Legend & Severe Allergy Advocate}

My Date with Jerome "The Bus" Bettis: NFL Running Back, Super Bowl Winner, Future Hall-of-Famer, & Severe Allergy Advocate.
Okay, it wasn't a real date but rather an interview. Never the less, this "NFL junkie of a Mama" was SO stoked to be speaking to such an amazing person about his own journey dealing with food allergies and anaphylaxis, as well as, the new The Severe Allergy & Anaphylaxis Playbook he developed with Auvi-Q.

Auvi-Q.com

My Weekend at the GFAF Expo in Chicago

Whew! Sorry this has taken so long to post - It has been nonstop around here since... well, Easter it feels like!
I was fortunate to be invited the weekend of April 20th & 21st to the GFAF (Gluten & Allergy Free) Expo in Chicago as an official blogger for the event.
It was a weekend of education, friendships, delicious food, and fun!

Join Me at the Expo! {GFAF Expo Chicago}

I announced on Facebook about a week and a half ago that KeeleyMcGuire.com was selected as an Official Blogger for the GFAF Expo in Chicago! 

What is the Gluten Free Allergy Free Expo and why is this exciting?? I'll tell you!!

Kid-e Tags Giveaway Winner!

A special thank you to all who entered our giveaway from Kid-e Tags!

This Mama is on a little siesta with the fella until the middle of the week. It's comforting knowing that Little Miss has her Kid-e Tags on her belongings while I'm away. Even though she's with family, extra precaution when it comes to allergies is necessary.

{Allergy Friendly} SunWise Sandwiches Giveaway!

Since I first tried SunWise Foods, I have been in love!

I wrote a review post on their delicious pocket sandwiches back in February - Click here to view.

Unfortunately, Little Miss can no longer eat them since going gluten-free so Mama has been "forced" to eat on our supply in the freezer. Oh darn! ;) lol

The photo above is a sneak-peek into the lunch I packed for myself for tomorrow, featuring a SunWise sandwich.

I say sneak-peek because I'll be doing a big post about it when I get back... "Back from where?"

 

This Mama will be in New Orleans with a few of my friends!! WOO! While I'm away, Little Miss will be staying with my folks - so no lunch posts. 

 

I can't leave you guys hanging while I'm away, right?! That's crazy talk.

So my wonderful friends at SunWise Foods have teamed up with me to give away A FULL CASE of SunWise Sandwiches to one lucky winner!!

They will also send you a custom t'shirt with their FAAN walk logo "Mr. Jump" ~ Go Nuts for No Nuts!™

"Mr. Jump" Logo

Click here to read my previous review and learn all about these delicious NUT FREE pocket sandwiches! They are PACKED full of SunFlower Seed Spread & Jelly! No trans fat. Full of fiber and protein. Great for a grab & go snack or lunch.

 

Don't miss your chance to win a case of 20 crustless SunWise sandwiches!

Enter below on the the Rafflecopter widget:

  

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Want to know something ELSE amazing
SunWise Foods is doing??
All summer long, for every order of sandwiches sold on their site, they've been donating $2 to the FAAN Walk team of your choice.
WELL, they've sweetened the pot JUST FOR YOU!!
For every order they will donate $3.00 to the
FAAN Walk of your choice!!
So if you place an order and tell them "Keeley sent me!" $3.00 will go to support our No Nuts MOMS Group/ FACES of MI - FAAN Walk Team!!

Open to US Mailing Addresses Only. Winner will be announced 08/31/12.
They will have 48 hours to respond via email with the contact info and mailing address. Failure to respond within that time frame will forfeit their prize and another winner will be selected.
GOOD LUCK!!

Food Allergy Awareness Giveaway Winner!

I want to thank everyone who took the time to enter the giveaway for my Blog-iversary & Food Allergy Awareness Week!
If you're new to Keeley McGuire Blog - Welcome and I hope you stick around. ;)

There'll be another giveaway coming soon from one of my favorite companies! So don't miss it!

Now for the winner of this fantastic prize package... *drum roll*

Food Allergy Awareness Week Giveaway!!

Hi Friends!! It's Food Allergy Awareness Week plus it's my BLOG-ivsary Month!! ONE YEAR WOO!

To celebrate KMG Blog is hosting a giveaway!

Review and Giveaway: Bee Nut Free Foods!

I first read about Bee Nut Free from Shannon over at BentoLunch.net. Someone had gave her packages of their products in a Christmas gift basket.

Bee Nut Free is an allergy friendly food company based in Colorado. Inspired by her son’s positive attitude toward his life threatening nut allergy and a friend’s challenges with celiac disease, owner Jo-Anne Tyson began fulfilling her dream of providing tasty, nutritious, SAFE snacks to allergy sensitive individuals. 

I can also tell you that I have emailed with Jo-Anne personally - talk about a wonderful, caring individual who just wants to spread the love and make safe treats for families like mine!

Allergy Friendly Foods Giveaway Winner Announced!

The winner will have until Wednesday, February 1st at 8am EST to contact me with their information or else they will forfeit their prize.

Giveaway: Allergy Friendly Foods ~ Sunbutter, SunCups, EnjoyLife, & HomeFree Treats!

January 23-29, 2012 is Food Allergy and Intolerance Week (not to be confused with FAAN's Food Allergy Awareness Week, scheduled May 13-19, 2012).

I had been waiting to do this *yay!!* No time like the present: PERFECT opportunity to do an allergy friendly food giveaway! :)

So what's up for grabs? Some of Little Miss's favorite things that's what!
A perfect opportunity to get free products you love or try something new, hassle free.