This July 4th, we have a ‘berry’
patriotic way to celebrate
and get crafty. Easy crafts,
just the way I like it (having no craft
skills whatsoever!)
We use red, white and blue for a fun
breakfast waffle, with ingredients that
are simple and flexible. And for dessert,
there’s graham cracker flags. You can
vary them to suit allergies and your family
preferences.
Little ones can be hands on to decorate
their own personal flag creation.
This is a great opportunity to review the
meaning of the American flag, the colors
(why red, white and blue?), the number
of red and white stripes, and the number
of stars.
“Art for Kids Hub” has an extensive
video library for many ages and interests
from sharks to Star Wars, Dora to Winnie
the Pooh, best friends to zombies. If
cars are your interest, they show how to
draw Corvettes, Mustangs, Bugatti, Ferrari
– really cool cars. This is a video
for how to draw your own flag, a family
does the drawing together, step by step.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_
NGecEjMDew
A few tips:
• There are several brands of allergy
reduced, vegan and gluten
free waffles and graham crackers
available at local stores.
• White topping ideas: sliced bananas,
yogurt, cream cheese,
whipped topping, frosting,
peeled apple slices, applesauce
(okay, not quite white but kidfriendly).
• Blue topping ideas: blueberries,
blackberries, a little blue food
coloring in cream cheese/frosting/whipped
topping.
• Red topping ideas: strawberries,
raspberries, cherries, berry jam,
berry compote, fruit leather.
• Video recipe for Sweet
Simple Strawberry Sauce
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=rAWWQSNyj78
46 WNY Family July 2020
Waffle Flags
Free of: DAIRY, EGGS, SOY, PEA-
NUTS, TREE NUTS, WHEAT*, FISH,
SHELLFISH, and GLUTEN*
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes|
Cook Time: 5 minutes
4 square waffles* (allergy/gluten friendly)
2 cups yogurt (dairy and soy free variety)
1 cup blueberries
1 cup strawberries, sliced
Gather all of the ingredients. Toast the
waffles. Spread yogurt on each waffle.
Use the blueberries for the blue left corner
of the flag. Arrange the strawberries
in a striped pattern.
Variation: omit yogurt. Top with strawberry
sauce. Arrange banana slices for
stripes.
Graham
Cracker Flags
Free of: DAIRY, EGGS, SOY, PEA-
NUTS, TREE NUTS, WHEAT*, FISH,
SHELLFISH, and GLUTEN*
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
4 graham crackers*
(allergy/gluten friendly)
1 cup whipped topping or frosting
(free of your allergens)
1 cup sliced strawberries
1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup mini marshmallows
Gather all of the ingredients. Spread
whipped topping on each graham cracker.
Use the blueberries for the blue left
corner of the flag. Arrange the strawberries
in a striped pattern, alternating with
the mini marshmallows.
If you have any questions about our column,
e-mail Kathy at [email protected].
For further information about
food allergies, contact FARE www.
foodallergy.org, or call 1-800-929-4040.
Kathy Lundquist is a Western New York
parent whose son, now an adult, was
born with severe food allergies. Over
the last two decades, she has worked
tirelessly in a variety of capacities to increase
community awareness about food
allegies.