Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas from the Sweet Alexis Bakery! Due to high volume of holiday sales the bakery elves are overloaded and all orders placed between now and Christmas will be shipped 2-3 day Priority Mail next week. Our dairy free, egg free, tree nut and peanut free goodies, cookies and more are baked fresh and without preservatives but time has run out.

Thank you for all of your support and please have a very Merry Christmas!

Free Shipping This Weekend Only!

By very special request, from a very special customer....we are offering free shipping on all orders this weekend only! Hurry, offer ends midnight this Sunday. Order now at www.sweetalexisbakery.com for your allergy friendly cookies and more. Sweet Alexis products are always dairy free, egg free, tree nut and peanut free and vegan. Our baked goods are delicious for everyone, with food allergies or not, and have no preservatives, no trans fats and no cholesterol...just yummy! Happy Holidays to everyone and please spread the word about this first ever offer from the Sweet Alexis Family to yours!

New Allergy Friendly Cookies!!!

Sweet Alexis Bakery - New Ginger Cookies & Oatmeal Chocolate Chip!

Always dairy free, egg free, tree nut, peanut free, vegan and delicious!!! Our cookies are made without preservatives and have no trans fat or cholesterol, just wonderfully yummy. Order on line at http://www.sweetalexis.com/ today for a wonderful holiday treat. Made in a dedicated facility, created by a mom of food allergic children because everyone deserves something wonderful for the holiday season. Order as a gift or for your child's lunch box. Sweet Alexis cookies are so delicious, you can order for your child's class and everyone will love this safe treat. Also available are moist banana bread, zucchini bread, chocolate cake and more. Visit us today at http://www.sweetalexis.com/. We ship nationally and because our products do not contain preservatives we ship Priority Mail within 5 business days of your order. Have a safe and wonderful holiday season from our family to yours!

New Cookies!

Just in time for the holidays, the Sweet Alexis Bakery - home of delicious allergy friendly treats made without Dairy, Eggs, Tree nuts or Peanuts have two new cookies to add to their line up, Ginger and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip. Sold by the half dozen or dozen at our on-line store, www.sweetalexis.com, also at www.peanutfreeplanet.com, www.allerific.com and www.regionalbest.com. Order for the holidays so everyone in your family can enjoy a safe and delicious holiday treat. Wishing all of you a safe and happy holiday season!!!

Now Sold at www.RegionalBest.com!!!

Sweet Alexis Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free and Peanut Free products are now featured on http://www.regionalbest.com/, a website dedicated to local, gourmet and fabulous gifts and treats. Sweet Alexis was hand picked by Regional Best to start off their "nut-free" section and because our products are also vegan, you can find us in that section as well.

We are absolutely thrilled and honored to be included on the Regional Best site - a "non food allergic site" recognizing the need for "safe" nut free products produced by a dedicated "nut-free" company - Sweet Alexis Bakery. Not only is our facility dedicated nut free, but so are our suppliers. It is our mission to provide delicious safe baked goods that everyone will enjoy.

Sweet Alexis products are dropped shipped from our facility in California within 5 business days via USPS priority mail.

Sweet Alexis Bakery made the Tribune!!!

The Sweet Alexis Bakery, home of all things yummy and dairy free, egg free, tree nut and peanut free was featured in the local paper. Thank you Katy and the San Luis Obispo Tribune!!!! This article came out Thursday and we couldn't be more thrilled. Thank you for not only sharing our story, but for creating awareness for the food allergic community!!!

http://sanluisobispo.com/2010/10/27/1344762/sweet-alexis-los-osos.html

Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!!!

Another Food Allergic Reaction, with no known cause!

Last night, for no know reason we can come up with, Alexis' lips began to swell!

Shortly after dinner, one that I made with completely safe ingredients, Alexis complained that her lips started to itch. Within minutes her lips swelled to more than double the size. Immediately we gave her Benedryl which felt like forever before it kicked in. Luckily, the swelling and itching did not go to her throat and her breathing remained fine, but we still can not figure out what the reaction was caused by.

Living with life threatening food allergies does not come with a hand book telling you how, when or why reactions will occur - there is no rhyme or reason so therefore we must remain on high alert at all times. Whew...that can be exausting, but what can you do?

Loaded up on Benedryl, my Sweet Alexis slept peacefully last night (lucky for me Grandma is in town and slept with her and was able to moniter her through the night). Today, she's running around the neighborhood happy as can be...me, still very puzzled about the whole thing but glad it wasn't more serious.

Beware of bakeries making False Allergy claims!

You won't believe this...My family and I attended a festival this past weekend where a new local cupcake company was selling their goodies. I approached the booth admiring their adorable cakes and creations (always looking for new ideas). The owner jestured to the children and said their cupcakes were for sale. My response was a very polite "no thanks they have food allergies, but they look delicious". The owners response was "I can bake allergy free!" To which I replied, "Please be very careful, you can make someone very sick because you are not baking in a dedicated facility" and I gave her my business card.

Her response...."Well, I have degree in food science and I have insurance."

WHAT!!!!! Insurance! Food allergic community be very aware...only trust your safe allergy treats to come from dedicated facilities such as the Sweet Alexis Bakery, Divvies, Enjoy Life or Vermont Nut Free! These trusted companies in addition to those found on http://www.peanutfreeplanet.com/, http://www.foodallergy.org/, or http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.com/, are liscenced manufacturers of allergy safe treats and are produced in dedicated facilities. We not only understand food allergies but what is required by law and the importance in safety.

Unfortunately, do to the rise in popularity of gluten free items many local bakeries are baking without gluten and selling them as gluten "free" when infact they are made in facilities with wheat amount other allergens. Just because one can bake omitting an ingredient does not mean they are safe for the food allergic community due to cross contamination.

We need to get 60 Minutes to do a expose on this...before someone dies by eating a cupcake filled with allergens made by a company looking to make money. Afterall, they have insurance.

Listen to KVEC tomorrow at 4pm

Listen for me on the Dave Congalton Show tomorrow at 4pm. Dave is a big supporter of the food allergic community and we will be discussing safety and awareness of #food allergies in schools. Listen in at 920 AM (920kvec.com) or call

800-549-KVEC.

Don't worry Dave, my special dairy free, egg free, peanut and nut free (#vegan) red velvet and cookies and cream #cupcakes are on their way!

Excuse me for getting emotional, but....

Complete outrage. That is all I can feel. Rarely do I put this much emotion out there for those other than close friends and family to see, but this just sent me over the edge and needed to be shared with my food allergic family.

As you know, school has started with Alexis entering the 4th grade and Ryan 1st. Although Alexis' situation is much more severe than Ryan's, the school staff, my husband and I seem to have set up a safety system that (thank God) is not only keeping Alexis safe but allowing her to learn and thrive like any other child. In addition, the other children at her grade level and above are extremely supportive, respectful and things almost seem pretty routine.

Ryan on the other hand is entering 1st grade and although has an amazing teacher (in fact Alexis had her for 3 consecutive years and is completely understanding and trained in our situation), this is the big world and he is a different kid. My "Ry Guy" is much more reserved and is extremely sensitive to chaos and uncertainty which of course comes with the first week of school - especially for the little kiddos.

Okay, get to the point.

Ryan, who has allergic reactions to eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, shell fish and mustard is only starting to show signs of anaphylaxis to dairy and his asthma is only illness induced. Therefore, his requirements at school do not warrant the level at which Alexis must be cared for. Nonetheless, Ryan does sit at the allergy safe table and because this is the first week and the staff is on a new schedule there has been some confusion among the little ones who can sit with him, and Ryan is too young to properly articulate his need for space.

My solution for now...I will have lunch with Ryan at school until the routine is set. In addition, the nurse, school psychologist and I thought it be best to make a laminated sign for the table with pictures (versus words) so those not able to read can understand this is a special table free from dairy, eggs and nuts. Great!

Well here it comes - while discussing this with the district nurse, I learned that a new child to our district with a peanut allergy entered a school where there were no other allergic children. The school set up a peanut free table and not only did that child sit alone but other children threw peanuts onto the "safe" table (not clear if the child was present at the time)! Unfortunately, the school does not know who did this so charges can not be filed but other parents of food allergic children learning of this event are refusing safe tables for fear of this type of reaction.

When are people going to learn - THIS IS NOT A LIFE STYLE CHOICE. Just as you did not chose to have brown hair or green eyes (for example), these children with life threatening food allergies did not ask for this and would give anything to not fear for their lives for your right to eat a peanut butter sandwich.

Children with this life threatening food allergies want to live normal lives. They have the right to go to school in a safe and healthy environment and although the violators of this offense where children themselves, tolerance is taught at home. Please, teach your children that a prank like this can be deadly. Teach them to reach out to the child and become their friend, not bully or tease them for something they have absolutely no control over.

Can you imagine what it is like to grow up fearful of food? Imagine sending your precious child off into that big bad world is also extremely painful but they have to learn to take care of themselves for their own sanity. To live in a world that is full of danger and fear and once again, tolerate the fact that pizza, ice cream and peanuts are not going away and they will not invite them to parties or ask to play just because they can't have a slice. Sad.

At least allow them to got to school without fear. Is that too much to ask?

Sweet Alexis-Fighting food allergies, one cupcake at a time! « Coast Mama

Sweet Alexis-Fighting food allergies, one cupcake at a time! « Coast Mama

Interview with About.com!

Below is the link to my interview with About.com. Thank you very much to author and blogger Terri Mauro for featuring myself and the Sweet Alexis Bakery this past week. This was truly an honor and we are so thrilled to part of her new series on special needs children.

http://specialchildren.about.com/od/shoppin1/p/Special-Needs-Business-Profile-Sweet-Alexis-Bakery.htm?r=facebook

In our case, we were featured for starting a bakery based on Alexis' severe food allergies. As Terri mentions in her article, starting the business was a way for us to give back to the food allergic community by making delicious baked goods made dairy free, egg free, tree nut and peanut free. Not only do we make safe and yummy allergy free food, but also advocate for the food allergic community by creating awareness through articles such as these.

In the Special Needs section of About.com, Terri also features other enterprising moms that also started a business based on their kids disability. These other parents are truly inspirational and the site is definitely worth your time to review. The site is also filled with great information and is a resource for many different conditions including autism, diabetes and much more.

Thank you again Terri for this amazing opportunity and helping to create awareness about the food allergic community.

Thank you Oprah....

Rarely do I get a chance to come home and watch afternoon television, but yesterday after a day in the bakery I came home early and took a few minutes to relax and have a snack before heading off to cheer camp with Alexis. I snuck off to the the living room and turned on The Oprah Winfrey Show that was in the middle of discussing a new documentary, Food Inc. and Food 101 with Michael Pollan. I was hooked! Definitely and episode worth watching - http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Truth-About-Food-with-Michael-Pollan.
Basically, the show discussed where our food comes from, how they are processed and how it affects our bodies. As Ms. Winfrey recommended numerous times throughout the program, please review the information and make your own decision but at least consider what is being presented before you.
Both the documentary Food Inc., and Mr. Pollan discuss the manufacturing of food, preservatives and artificial fillers used in products to increase production, growth and shelf life. These manufacturing practices albeit cost effective, make foods that are genetically unrecognizable in comparison to our great grandparents food; chickens grow faster and fatter & food lasts on the shelf for months. At what physical and emotional costs?
The truth is American's are sick...food allergies on the rise, diabetes, autism, heart disease, asthma, obesity and more, all on the rise? Studies show that in countries that do not rely on the convenience of processed foods or genetically engenered farmed animals, are in fact much healthier. There must be a reason, although scientists have no definate answers, one can speculate.
Mr. Michael Pollen has written a book "Food Rules" discussing the use of anitbotics, fillers, preservatives and how low fat diet food can actually make you fat. In the book he suggests some simple rules to follow including not to eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize, for example go-gurts, don't eat products that contain ingredients a fourth grader can not pronounce or to only eat food that eventually spoils - if it's a living thing it will die.
When Sweet Alexis Bakery was born I did consider using preservatives to sustain the product as schools and stores require a 6 month shelf life. Although it would have made my job much easier, it has always been my montra that "we do not know what is making our children sick" so I stuck to my guns and produced Sweet Alexis products without preservatives or fillers. Whenever possible we use organic ingredients, freshly locally grown produce and are proud to say a fourth grader can read our labels.
With the Oprah Winfrey Show coming to an end, the hopes of the Sweet Alexis Bakery appearing on the show to talk about our delicious and safe dairy, egg, tree nut and peanut free products, and more importantly, advocate for the millions of Americans with food allergies, is all but gone. However, we would like to thank Ms. Winfrey for yet another amazing and informative show.
How about the Ellen DeGeneres Show? Sweet Alexis Bakery products are vegan, too.........................

Now in Stock....

Now featured at the Sweet Alexis Bakery, "Jules Gluten Free Flour"! Developed by Jules Dowler Shepard, this All Purpose Gluten Free Flour is one of the best on the market - described as "a combination of softer starches and flours that mimic the taste and texture of wheat flour". Jules Gluten Free Flour is a cup-to-cup replacement of wheat based flour with no sifting required or addition of other ingredients such as Xanthan Gum. Now available at the Sweet Alexis Bakery in the 5 lb bag. Jules Gluten Free's facility is allergen safe, GIG Certified, Kosher certified and free of dairy, eggs, tree nuts and peanuts making her mix a perfect compliment to our shop. For more information about Jules Gluten Free products and recipes visit her website at www.julesglutenfree.com.

Sweet Alexis Treats at Ladies Night Out!

Ladies Night Out at the Community Center in Los Osos, CA. Sweet Alexis baked goods featured, including dairy free, egg free, tree nut free, peanut free and vegan chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, mini pink cupcakes and mini Oreo and chocolate cupcakes. The local community is thrilled to have the Sweet Alexis bakery in town - the only dedicated allergy safe commercial facility, equipment and retail location that caters to the food allergic community. Created by a mom of two food allergic children who completely understands what it's like to live with food allergies and the risk involved when manufacturing. Sold nationwide at http://www.sweetalexis.com!

Free Coffee While Supplies Last!

That's right... free sample of our local favorite SLO Roasted Coffee with every Sweet Alexis order. With over 20 years of experience in roasting coffee, SLO Roast is absolutely delicious and a perfect compliment to our dairy free, egg free, peanut free, tree nut free, vegan cookies, cupcakes and breads! Nothing better than dipping our oatmeal cookie into a fresh batch of SLO Roasted coffee. SLO Roast can be found in stores, our own Sweet Alexis Bakery and on-line at www.sloroasted.com. Order now, while supplies last!

SLO Counties First EcoProducts Day Featuring Sweet Alexis!

Sweet Alexis Bakery with delicious dairy free, egg free, tree nut and peanut free, vegan cupcakes, cookies and more will take part in San Luis Obispos first EcoProducts Day this Saturday, May 22 from 11am - 2pm at Matt Clark Tile and Stone off Tank Farm Road. The event is free and will include music, food, vendors and give-a-ways! Come one, come all for some "green" fun!

AllergySense : Ask A Mom: Featuring Michele Fellows : Online Food Allergies Resource - Food Allergies in Children

AllergySense is a fantastic website and resource for all things allergy related, that has once again asked me to contribute to their "Ask A Mom" segment. This is a great honor for me to share my personal stories and experiences hoping they may help or inspire another. For my latest interview please follow the link below:

AllergySense : Ask A Mom: Featuring Michele Fellows : Online Food Allergies Resource - Food Allergies in Children

National Cupcake Week

According to Martha Stewart Radio, this is National Cupcake Week! If you are in or around Los Osos, CA please come by the bakery today or tomorrow - mention this post - and receive a free Sweet Alexis Bakery Cupcake. Our cupcakes are amazingly delicous and made without dairy, eggs, tree nuts or peanuts in a dedicated facility - perfect for those with food allergies or intolerences. Not to mention, all of our products are vegan and made without preservatives or fillers and contain no trans fats or cholesterol. They are simply moist and delicious. For more information on Sweet Alexis products go to our webpage at www.sweetalexisbakery.com or check out our fan page on Facebook. We aren't shipping just yet, but stay tuned...

Mother's Day @ The Beach

This Mother's Day my family and I packed our small RV and headed to the beach. We stayed in Avila Beach and although it's only a town away, it feels like vacation. The sky was blue, the beaches filled with families, dogs and good times. On Sunday we actually went to see one of our favorite bands, the Gipsy Kings at the Cove in Avila. Beautiful to say the least! It's a small venue with a view of the ocean. At the concert we ran into another local "food allergy" family and we were able to sit together on the lawn and enjoy the afternoon. Although the venue does not allow outside food, both families were able to get in with safe snacks for the kiddos without any problems. Everyone was great....accept for the major allergy attack both my husband, myself and Alexis experienced in the middle of the night. Yikes! Whatever was blooming was powerful, but nothing a little breathing treatment and Benedryl could take care of. Yeesh...the life of the allergic family. :)

Sweet Alexis Gift Packs

The gift packs that went to Ethan's big fundraising event. Each included a Sweet Alexis Chocolate Chip and Shortbread Cookie.

Help Ethan get an Angel Service Dog

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by my good friends over at Angel Service Dogs regarding one of their future recipients of a dog, Ethan. Ethan has a severe nut allergy with hopes and dreams of any other child, including going to school, restaurants, camp, etc. but is limited due to the extent of his reactions. With the assistance of an Angel Service Dog, Ethan can too live a great life but because of their specialty and intensive training before, during and after receiving the Angel Service Dog, financial costs are high. The Angel Service Dog family does assist in fundraising efforts including one this weekend in New York where a very generous girl is helping to raise money for Ethan's dog and raise food allergy awareness during her Bat Mitzvah (where Sweet Alexis products will be distributed and sampled) but Ethan could still use your help. To read Ethan's story and see how to donate, please log onto www.ethansangel.org. If you too are interested in learning more about the Angel Service Dog organization go to www.angelservicedogs.com. Good luck Ethan!!!

Hurry to Peanut Free Planet! It's Freeling Friday and 5% of all sales go to support www.kidswithfoodallergies.org! Plus lots of goodies, discounts and coupons from numerous vendors including Sweet Alexis! Go to www.peanutfreeplanet.com/Articles.asp?ID=148. Thank you Peanut Free Planet...it's our favorite place to land!

Is your child suffering from eczema? According to some food allergic mommies, Baking Soda in the bath helps soothe their skin and takes away the itches. Most common over the counter soaps do contain mineral oil which can dry and irritate the skin. Another common ingredient in soaps is coconut oil which can cause a reaction in peanut and nut allergic children.

Next time the kiddos get the itches, we will try this out!

Of course, it's always best to consult your physician prior to any treatment.

See Alexis on Medic Alert Homepage

Last year Alexis was profiled in the MedicAlert news letter regarding her allergies and how she wears the MedicAlert bracelet to keep her safe and secure. At the time they asked if they could continue to use her photo and story and we agreed in hopes her story would inspire others. Since then, MedicAlert has added Alexis among others to their home web page, www.medicalert.org. Very exciting and quite an honor!

If you have an allergy, illness or just want to feel safe please call MedicAlert today! They provide an amazing service and incredibly low prices. Alexis has been wearing her bracelet since she was two years old and has only taken it off when needed to be sized. She knows that if anything should happen to her, first responders need only to look at her bracelet, call the number and all of her medical and contact information is on file. This has not only given her confidence but has for us as well.

Thank you MedicAlert for including our story on your site and especially for providing such an amazing service that allows members like Alexis to live happy, normal, productive and wonderful lives.

The Incident...

It's true, I'm not the most consistent blogger and it does take me some time to sit down and write about things, however, I do like to share as my experiences so thanks for sticking with me.

Last month Alexis had an emergency at school - luckily she's fine but it was rather scary and definitely eye-opening for the entire school staff.

Here's what happened. Alexis' third grade class was having a pancake breakfast that was to celebrate Washington/Presidents Day. Initially, the children would enter the cafeteria and experience making their own pancake, which would be followed later that day by a full blown pancake lunch including sausage and cherry crisp.

As usual, I brought Alexis' own pancake batter. She was the first to make her pancake and went off to drama where the children were allowed to eat the snack. Although the drama room door was open, the over powering smell of the other children eating pancakes with milk in them was enough for her histamines to react, although not seriously (she had her daily dose of anti-histamine medication prior to the event). This of course unknown to me.

After drama, Alexis went off to P.E. where she was to run three laps. Apparently, Alexis began to wheeze on lap two and by lap three was in need of her inhaler. Under watchful eye, Alexis walked back to her classroom. Thankfully her teacher was in the room at the time but they could not find her inhaler. A bit paniced, her teacher brought her to me in the cafeteria. I took one look and litteraly ran to the office. In fact, I don't even rememeber doing so. Upon entering, I yelled at the principal "She needs and inhaler, she needs an inhaler"...the nurse came from another room and promptly unlocked the medicine drawer where thankfully was another students inhaler was stored. The lack of oxygen to her brain was beginning to make her head heart and her lips began to swell. I gave her a double dose of Benedryl and instructed them to call 911. Why no epi pen...it wasn't with her, the bag was in the classroom.

Due to her history of delayed and secondary crashes, the paramedic started an I.V. tube just in case we needed to give medicine to her instantly. Thankfully, we did not have to administer epinephrine but of course would have if needed.

One challenging part that I am still dealing with is that I became upset in front of her. Normally in this type of situation I am calm...not this time, I was shaking and the tears were flowing.

The positive..she's alive and the emergency plan worked although we had errors. Learning from our mistakes we gathered the following Monday with the staff to discuss the event, what we could do better and must be done in the future. Here are the new and improved changes:

1) Prior, Alexis had a full set of medication in her room and a small bag with her lunch containing an epi pen and Benedryl. Now, there is a full set of medicine and inhaler in the following places: a) the office, b) in her lunch box, c) in the classroom.
2) This is the first year she has traveled outside her home room with out a medical bag (small campus, but still not good). Now, when going to different areas on campus, the classroom medical bag will again travel with her to the next destination and given to the adult in charge.
3) Apparently, Alexis had put the inhaler in her desk and forgotten that it was there. Now, she and the teacher are to check the medical bag each day to make sure all the necessary items are in place.
4) Previously we did not have a set of medicine in the office and now we do.
5) At no point is Alexis or any other child allowed to walk alone or go to the bathroom without a buddy. This insures should anything suddenly happen, there is someone available to get help.

After about 4 hours in E.R., Alexis was ready to go. I could tell she was feeling better because was giving the doctor greif about the I.V. in her arm. On the way home she was asking for a play date because she missed school. In fact, she had me call her classroom from E.R. to let them know she was okay.

What an amazing kid I have. I am blessed to have her and Ryan and blessed to be at such a great school where they are working hard so that children like ours can have a "safe" and "normal" education. Thankfully everything turned out fine and we were able to learn from our mistakes, not only for our family but for the food allergic community as well.

Why We Must Remain Hyper-Vigilant

This past weekend, we decided to take a short trip North and camp in one of our favorite coastal towns, Cayucos. The kids were out of school, my in-laws were in town and the weather was amazing. Due to Alexis' severe allergies not only to food but the environment as well, we have trailer which allows us to not only have a safe kitchen but her own bedding as well. There was space available and although the town is literally 20 minutes up Highway 1, it's nice to get away.

Now like most families of children with life-threatening food allergies, we rarely eat out and when we do we are on constant guard. Because we were in a familiar town, we decided to treat ourselves to lunch at a local restaurant. Actually the night manager's daughter of this particular establishment is one of Alexis' best friends and the kids have eaten there previously under the managers strict supervision.

Knowing our friend, the manager, was not working we decided to bring our own hot dogs for the kids but order french fries as we had in the past. Upon our arrival I knew instantly the fries looked different. When I asked the hostess if the fries were new, she seemed claimed they were the same beer batter fries they always served.

Trusting my instincts, I went to the kitchen myself to ask the chef. He also claimed they were the same fries and there were safe for those with an egg or milk allergy. Explaining we were talking about a life-threatening reaction, I asked to see the ingredients. Product contains; wheat, milk.

Mom knows.

Fortunately, the chef was very nice and make the kids special fries with fresh potatoes. The kids were thrilled, I was a wreck and had medication on the table just in case. Fortunately all was well and we spent the rest of the afternoon collecting sea glass on the beach. Dad even found a real shark tooth!

Trust your instincts and beware of those beer batter fries!

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Go Diary Free!

One of our most favorite sites...www.godairyfree.org! Thank you for all of your support, we truly appreciate all that you do for the allergy community. Want to find out about all things dairy free, please check out this amazing site and fabulous book written by Alisa with delicious recipes and facts about living sans dairy. If you're in the area come by the shop, Alisa was gracious enough to send us a copy for you to review.

Dairy, Egg, Tree nut & Peanut Free Cookie Perfect for Valentine's Day Decorating Parties!!!

Just in time for the food allergic community and Valentine's Day. The new Sweet Alexis Shortbread Cookie is Dairy, Egg, Tree nut, Peanut Free, incredibly delicious and ready for delivery!!!

Here's the story...ever since Alexis started school I've been struggling finding a good cookie that could be used for "cookie decorating parties". Baking the traditional "Roll Out" or "Cut" cookie was quite a challenging for me since I could not use egg as a binder. Over the years I've experimented but the cookies usually fell apart upon arrival and wouldn't you know it, I was always volunteering to supply the class "safe" cookies at all of the holiday parties so all the kids were eating the same cookie and Alexis did not feel left out. Weeks before the event I would begin to stress and then would procrastinate baking something at the last minute. I would usually make a double batch of whatever recipe I was trying to ensure some cookies would be good for the party. This cookie was my nemesis, to say the least.

Well, this past holiday season I tried a new recipe and with a few changes and tweaks I came up with a winner. Our national distributor Peanut Free Planet (www.peanutfreeplanet.com) asked me to have the cookie ready for the upcoming Valentine's holiday and a star was born! Now you too can purchase this cookie for your holiday cookie decorating parties. Believe me, no one is more thrilled than me about this delicious cookie.

A local baker friend of mine recently sampled the cookie and she was completely impressed. According to her, the texture was amazing and the taste outstanding. Thank you, Ms. O!

We call this cookie "Shortbread" because it's not too sweet, just enough do balance the sugar content of any decorative frosting. This cookie reminds of our late "GiGi's" famous shortbread, minus the dairy, eggs, tree nuts and peanuts. Every time I take a bite I'm reminded of her sweet face and contagious laugh. This cookie is dedicated to her.

The Sweet Alexis new Shortbread cookie come individually wrapped and can be stored in the freezer. You can also purchase larger quantities and sample packs at www.peanutfreeplanet.com. For all of my food allergic community and families, hopefully this cookie - a small token - causes less stress and many smiles. Enjoy!!!

The Sweet Alexis Dad Dream Team!

Guardian Angel Motorsports (www.guardianangelmotorsports) mission statement:
"To harness the power of the motorsports industry to raise money for children's charities. " Dad's on a Mission, now working with FAAN the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network to raise money and awareness for the food allergic community. Thank you for all that you do, the Sweet Alexis Family is now a fan. Congrats and good luck.

P.S. Alexis and Ryan's dad dream - drive and race a restored car built by himself and the kids to raise money and awareness for the food allergic community. Some day....

Updated Domain Name

Soo...it seems that some search engines were blocking Sweet Alexis because our domain name was too similar to an adult film star with a similar domain. Can't have that! So, we've updated our domain name to www.sweetalexisbakery.com. Not to worry, if you type in the original domain you will be redirected to the new domain. All is well and we are back to baking!!!

New cookie to be launched soon!!!