Summary: During this four part series on food allergies, we educate parents on all aspects of navigating life while having a child with food allergies. In this second episode of the series, we have a fun and brilliant conversation with Kathlena, known as The Allergy Chef™. Kathlena has over 200 food allergies & intolerances, and can't drink most water. She has four kids who also have food allergies and special diets, none of them the same. After growing up sick and obese and being told she had 30 days to live, she made it her mission to help the food allergy and special diet communities thrive. Five years from her lowest point, she and her team at Free & Friendly Foods help people with (and without) food allergies create safe and delicious meals. They have published several cookbooks, started a bakery in California, done local and nationwide outreach, developed hundreds of free recipes and resources, and much more. Kathlena hosts a groundbreaking membership website called RAISE that offers allergy resources, including a search bar that allows you to search recipes by over 70 different filters based on allergies! Wow!
