Food Allergies – Carter-Embry Family

Feeding ourselves in Split

Daniel Carter — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:10:34 +0000

Traveling internationally can be intimidating for so many reasons. Finding food you can eat is critical, especially when you're working around food allergies and sensitivities. We're also very COVID aware and prefer not to eat inside restaurants. Figuring out how and what to eat is always at the top of our minds wherever we go. […]

Living with Health Challenges | Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome & IBS

Ammi Embry — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:00:12 +0000

I'm "lucky" enough to have two of the catch all gastrointestinal diagnoses. Over the years I've been diagnosed and successfully treated several other gastrointestinal issues, but these are the ones I'm left with. My first piece of advice is to seek medical attention. My life is so much better after having everything possible treated - […]

Living with Health Challenges | Finding Peace

Ammi Embry — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:00:08 +0000

The work I'm doing in therapy is in boundaries and lowering my stress levels. My Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and my Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome are exacerbated by stress. This makes controlling my stress levels and body response to stressors is extremely important. My last therapy appointment my therapist asked me to work on an idea […]

International Travel

Ammi Embry — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:19:35 +0000

We're preparing to visit two continents in less than a month. Travel is not always easy with my medical issues and allergies, but we refuse to let that hold us back. One way I deal with my anxiety is making quotes on photos that I've taken. I've never been to these places, so I had […]

Dear Abby assumptions…

Ammi Embry — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 13:03:52 +0000

Many people who know me, know I love people watching, and part of that is reading "Dear ..." advice columns. I find they give me others perspectives and help me in situations that come up in my own life. Most of them try to show an empathetic, honest answer for problems about which they are […]

Instant Pot Beef Stew

Daniel Carter — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:44:51 +0000

This Beef stew is amazing. Daniel altered it to not have any soy, and he did an amazing job. It's delicious.

Weekend Fun in August

Ammi Embry — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:24:05 +0000

Daniel and I had a busy weekend of chorin', but in between being responsible we still had a great time. Saturday on the way to the grocery we went to my good friend Michael Dukes store opening. He's opening a furniture store called Royal Circus in the Wedgewood Houston neighborhood and I cannot wait to […]

Day One in Denver

Ammi Embry — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:18:58 +0000

We started our day by walking a few blocks to Olive & Finch for breakfast. Well that's not entirely true, we started our day trying to figure out how to regulate the water temperature in the shower, Victorian houses are fun. We had fresh squeezed juice, eggs, bacon, and biscuits all soy free. When we […]

Meat Loaf (no soy or tomato)

Daniel Carter — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:36 +0000

We love meat loaf. In the past we used 80/20 ground chuck so there was some fat to stick the loaf together, then we added Lipton Onion Soup mix, store-bought bread crumbs, and tomato sauce. With our new soy-free diet, Lipton's and store-bought bread crumbs were out. Also, tomato can hurt an already sensitive stomach, so we wanted an alternative.