In our case, my 4 mo. old baby has a milk/soy allergy, and because of her other health issues, her nutritionist and I feel it is very important to continue breastfeeding instead of going to a hypoallergenic formula. I’ve been on the diet for 2 1/2 months now (my daughter’s syptoms disappeared) and it wasn’t until reading this book that I felt some real hope for a ‘normal’ diet. I’ve tried many of these recipes, none of them I found to be that difficult- and they were eaten and enjoyed by me, my husband and our toddler. Some may be a little fancy, but I found the ingredients from our local grocery store (in the organic aisle), and the rest from our local organic food co-op store.

I realize everyone these days is about convenience food- and I admit that it’s much easier to whip up a 20 minute meal when you return home from work. I guess I just enjoy cooking because the time involved doesn’t bother me, so long as it tastes good. One recipe in the book- a recipe for a red sauce is a great example. You can find an allergen free organic pasta sauce pretty easily from the grocery store- so if you only have 15 minutes to make a pasta dish (and sometimes I fall in this category), than I would buy a jar of that instead of searching this cookbook for a pasta recipe. But if you like the process of making your own food- starting with tomatoes, blanching them, adding in your own fresh herbs- then the recipes in this cookbook would be great for you. My toddler ‘helped’ me make an entire Christmas dinner from this cookbook and then we all enjoyed eating it. Hands down, our fav recipe is the sausage/dried fruit stuffing. I like the philosophy and idea of trying to eat whole foods, and that meals should be savored and enjoyed- while preparing and while eating Happy cooking!

The unit itself comes with the bulb and socket with a plug and good instructions on how to install. You will need to have an outlet near by which I didn’t. (Needed to run a new outlet near the install site)You will also need a hole saw that can cut through metal or a saw and a very steady hand. It can be done, just be carefull to cut the hole correctly and clean up the shavings.

Installed, plugged in and working fine. No more mold smell. It’s a quartely check of the bulb to wipe it down and make sure it’s still on. There is no on-off switch, just plug it in and it’s on.

JUST A NOTE: DO NOT PLUG THE BULB IN UNTIL IT’S IN THE DUCTWORK!! DO NOT LOOK AT THE BULB WHEN IT’S ON. It can damage your eyesight. Install the bulb in the system and then plug it in. There is a little blue light on the face of the unit that lets you know it’s on.

It’s an easy install and does work.

After doing some searching online, I found some allergy duvet covers and found that this was one of the least expensive ones. I didn’t want to spend too much to find out that the cover didn’t work. That would be more money wasted.

I received this cover a few days after ordering and quickly washed it for use. It wasn’t very hard to put on the duvet. Actually it was like any other duvet cover. We used it last night and how wonderful it was to use our down duvet again! Just in time for the chilly weather too! I haven’t put it inside the duvet cover yet because we wanted to see if it would work so I guess today I’ll be fitting it into our standard duvet cover.

The quality is sturdy, seams seem to be well done and zipper is heavy duty. It’s not coated with any funny chemicals just 100% cotton.

I’m very happy with the cover so far even though it’s been 1 night with it!

The fact that they are an Allergen-free(both types that I ordered), needs not even to be mentioned. There is NO noticeable difference in either noise level or feeling from other normal pillows. In fact, the outer fabric of the pillow is as nice or nicer than many others I have looked at in the local stores. Do yourself a favor and order a pair(or two). As I mentioned, I love the versatility of two types to use.