One of my favourite cookbooks is ‘Vegetarian Cooking Without‘ by Barbara Cousins. All of the recipes in it are free from added sugar, gluten, yeast and saturated fat. There are recipes for soups, starters, salads, main courses and most importantly – desserts and baking! Continue Reading…
Here we go my first attempt at egg free muffins and it worked. What’s more these muffins are sugar free and gluten free too. I still can’t believe that the egg free muffins rose, like proper muffins and they taste good too, actually like a proper cake something I haven’t tasted for a long time. Continue Reading…
Feeling inspired I decided today’s lunch was going to be something special. So I tried my first attempt at a savoury vegan pancake, using our egg free pancakes recipe. Continue Reading…
The sun was shining down on me and the tub of vegan coconut ice cream from Booja Booja was crying out to me from my freezer. So obviously in the name of Fussy Foodie research I had to crack open the tub and try some. Continue Reading…
Yesterday I made a really fresh tasting lunch with Doves Farm Gluten Free Pasta. My pack was the Organic Maize & Rice Pipe Rigate Pasta. Continue Reading…
With the amazing sunshine weather we are having at the moment, there is no excuse not to spark up the BBQ and with BBQs being a fantastic flexible cooking option for people with food intolerance’s, you have every excuse to dust down the BBQ and heat up some coals. Continue Reading…
As we know living on a resticted diet means literally everything has to be cooked from scratch, part of what I actually love about the whole way of life. However its great when a proudct makes life just a little easier, and Blue Elephent Yellow Curry Paste does just that. Continue Reading…
Words can not describe how I am feeling right now, Booja Booja ice cream has to be the tastiest treat I have eaten for a long time – if ever, it seriously its that good. Not only does it taste great this dairy free ice cream, is also soya free, egg free, suitable for vegans and has no added sugar. Continue Reading…
I am so excited I have just eaten my first egg free pancake way to fast, got a bit over excited at the tastiness of it all. Seriously tasty, great texture (like a pancake) and so easy. I served mine with some fresh strawberries (first from my veggie patch), sprinkle of coconut and some linseed. I then tried a cheeky Continue Reading…
Now these sea salt riceworks are one of my favourite things, for anyone on a gluten free diet looking for something crispy these are amazing. Continue Reading…
We have a guest contributor today, as Lisa who is lactose intolerant gives us her low down on living dairy free, with her thoughts on lactose intolerance and tips for living a life without dairy. Thanks Lisa for taking the time to share your tips and tricks for living without dairy… Continue Reading…
I have been advised by my nutritionist to up my intake of vitamins and minerals in my diet to help both my digestive and immune systems. A great way to do this is by incorporating dried seaweed into the foods I eat, my nutritionist recommended I look out for a packet of Ao-Nori Flakes. Continue Reading…
I regularly scour the shelves of my local health food shop for new additions to my cupboards and the other day I came across a caffeine free instant Barleycup cereal drink which I fancied giving a go. It is called Barleycup and is made from 100% roasted barley, rye and chicory. I love hot drinks so Continue Reading…
I have been meaning to post this No Added Sugar Cake recipe for a while, it came about after two special friends each baked me a special Fussy Foodie friendly cake for my birthday, they each were amazing but I thought combined together would taste even better so here is the result. Continue Reading…
This is a traditional simple Thai Chicken Curry, with complementing flavours of creamy coconut with the firey spice of chilli, and like lots of Thai curries it’s dairy free too. Continue Reading…
I am loving salads at the moment especially now I am starting to harvest some goodies from my new veggie patch. Popping out in my back garden to get a radish (just one as they are huge now) and some lettuce leaves is really satisfying. Currently one of my favourite salads Continue Reading…
This is a really easy mango fool recipe, with just a few ingredients and a couple of minutes you can have a tasty tangy treat. Continue Reading…
Claire wow’d us a few months ago with her Bircher Muesli recipe, which has become a welcome addition to my breakfast options. However always one to rise to a foodie challenge a Fussy Foodie reader wanted a truly gluten free bircher with no oats, small challenge there as the main ingredient is oats. I have been Continue Reading…
I went to a MASSIVE Tesco yesterday and came across this Gluten Free Porridge by Kelkin and I have to say I am impressed. It’s quick and easy to make and even worked in my Gluten Free Bircher, so an all round winner. Continue Reading…
Today at the BBC Good Food Show I tasted the best gluten free sausages I have ever tried. Isn’t it great when you accidentally discover a delicious product that just happens to be allergy / intolerance – friendly. That’s what happened when I visited the Debbie and Andrew’s sausage stand. Continue Reading…
Tucked away in the back of my fridge I have had a little packet of oatly cream waiting to be tried. Being a new treat it needed to be a special reason to open it. Last night was the night! Continue Reading…
Feeling inspired today I really wanted to try a new recipe using Agar Flakes, so in need of tasty treat I created a Agar Mousse. After looking into various chocolate mousse recipes I came up with my own version and I am delighted to say the Agar Mousse tastes great and the recipe Continue Reading…
I have be wanting to get my hands on some Agar Flakes for a while, and last week I spotted some in Waitrose. Traditionally Japanese Agar Flakes, are a sea vegetable gelling agent, a high quality vegetarion alternative to gelatine for making desserts and jellies. Continue Reading…
The Food Standards Agency has today published results from studies into levels of arsenic in rice drinks and one on cooking methods to reduce arsenic levels in rice. So after I poured rice milk on my porrdige this morning I am a little worried. Continue Reading…
This massaman curry paste is really tasty. With multiple food intolerance’s it’s not often I can use packaged products like this. However this massaman curry paste is fantastic with no nasty additives and it’s sugar/dairy free too. Continue Reading…
I have been meaing to post an onion bhaji recipe for a while as they are a great easy treat for people with various food intolerances. Aurelia’s comment (on Farinata recipe) earlier this week reminded me. Continue Reading…
Rhubarb is in the height of it’s season and with rhubarb crumble being a firm favourite, I thought I’d put together a fussy foodie friendly version. It’s really simple to make and once done, can be left to cook in the oven for 40 minutes whilst you bask in the early summer sun.
While scouring the supermarkets for gluten free Whole Grain cereals I found a great range of products – Big OZ Cereals. They have a large variety of free from cereals. Continue Reading…
On my small trip to Devon last week I found a great new tasty treat in the shape of O Bars fantastic oaty bar. My friend and I had been on a bit of a trek and in need of some nurishment I was suprised to find this O Bar by First Quality Foods in a small convenience store was Fussy Foodie friendly. Continue Reading…
I had a play around in the kitchen today to make a cake that is both fussy foodie friendly and low GI. I managed to make a very easy low GI cake, using basic ingredients and no sugar, dairy, wheat or egg. If you can’t eat oats you could try using gluten free puffed rice cereal instead Continue Reading…
Feeling inspired last night as Phil and I with the lovely Claire tucked up on the sofa to watch Twilight DVD (was never going to be as good as the books), I thought I would try to make a mini sugar free fondue. Continue Reading…
Just tucked into my home made toasted oats snack. I often make this for myself as its tasty and quick to do when I need my version of a treat and I normally have all the ingredients to hand. This oat recipe is so easy to make and completely flexible depending on dietary intolerance’s Continue Reading…
Fantastic store cupboard product is this Wheat Free Soya Sauce from Clearspring. This organic tamari is a fantastic wheat free find, a double-strength wheat-free and gluten-free soya sauce, natural fermented and aged in cedarwood kegs over two summers. Continue Reading…
Last week my neighbours asked us around for Thai and volunteered to do a Thai starter. My lovely neighbours aware of my food intolerances lovingly prepared a fantastic free from Thai curry, so to accompany this I made some Thai Fish Cakes. Continue Reading…
Undiagnosed or poorly managed Lactose Intolerance can leave people suffering with stomach pain, bloating and diarrhoea amongst other symptoms. Here is a simple guide to what lactose intolerance is, how it is diagnosed, and how is it different from Cows Milk Allergy. Continue Reading…
Thai food is one of my favourite things and its a great food you can adapt to make work for most food intolerance’s. It’s also a real treat when you need something really tasty to include in your diet. Thai paste is the start of many Thai recipes and the great food news is I found a Thai Paste (in Tesco Continue Reading…
Being on a ZERO sugar diet, I have become very wary of any sugar substitute claiming to be healthy. As they can contain some serious nasties and tasting something that reminds you of sugar doesn’t help curve those sugar cravings. So Agave Nectar what is the low down… is it good for me as someone Continue Reading…
So how do you make breakfast fun again on a wheat free, gluten free, sugar free, egg free diet. Well it is possible as well as fantastic Bircher Muesli as option Kallo Puffed Rice Cereal is a great option. Continue Reading…
Being a grazer and also now working full time, I’m always looking for a snack to keep me going during the day which is both friendly and tasty. When I stumbled across a chewy oat bar recipe the other day, I was keen to tweak it to be fussy foodie friendly and taste the outcome Continue Reading…
I was just browsing the internet and found a really random Chocolate Shake recipe using peanut butter but it gave me some inspiration – so I just popped into the kitchen for a small experiment to make a Sugar Free Chocolate Shake with a special added extra peanut butter – got to say it was a real winner. Continue Reading…
Now not only is Dress Italian’s Tomato Pesto a great tasty of the shelf Free From nasties product the lady who set it up also has a great food ethic. Seriously this is an all round winner. Continue Reading…
I have been frustrated this last few week after finding out not only can I not have yeast and wheat. I also cant have gluten or eggs. So have been struggling to make use of my fantastic Breadmaker. So today armed with this new challenge I have done it and hurrah my Yeast Free Free Bread works Continue Reading…
A Farinata is quite like a Spanish tortilla or pancake but made with chickpea flour (otherwise known as gram flour) and it’s hard to believe there are no eggs in it! This was a bit of an experiment but a surprising success and as a farinata is free from all the major allergens is a perfect fussy foodie Continue Reading…
Armed with some fresh ingredients from my latest shop I am off to make a dairy free lasagne for my dinner. Lasagne is such a classic recipe and with a few tweaks can be dairy free. Lasagne is an easy recipe to tweak as the filling can be so flexible, this is my lasagne version. Continue Reading…
This is so exciting one of my favourite ingredients that comes up in lots of recipes of mine, that I had’nt found any alternatives to was parmesan cheese. Fantastic news whilst enjoying my latest trip to Morrisons I stumbled across a new product Continue Reading…
I was feeling inspired so created a Free From Chocolate Bar Recipe and for a chocolate bar that is sugar free, gluten free, dairy free its a real winner. I cant wait to make the next batch. This recipe was inspired by the Free from cheesecake base which a friend Continue Reading…
Last night thought I would try something different and a friend gave me their latest Waitrose magazine and to my delight I found a few exciting recipes to try out one being Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Broth. So a quick trip to the supermarket to get some Continue Reading…
So being on gluten free, yeast free and egg free diet means bread is pretty much out. However I am feeling in need a bread fix today so I just rustled up a small Gluten Free Squash Bread ala Gillian McKeith – You Are What You Eat
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The recipe challenges continued at the weekend when I tried fantastic Free From Cheesecake recipe off Raw Food website: www.detoxyourworld.com. I had 9 people over for some lunch on Saturday and needed a Free From alternative Continue Reading…
Oatly was launched in Sweden in 2001 and is the biggest selling alternative to milk in Sweden. I kind of tried oatly on a whim and I have to say oatly is a great alternative to soya milk. With Fussy Foodie Claire finding she is intolerant to soya milk, oatly is a Continue Reading…
Bone health is something we often take for granted whilst young, fit and well but shocking statistics indicate that we should be taking much more care, especially if following a Milk Free or Dairy Free diet. One in two women and one in five men over 50 will break a bone Continue Reading…
Pankcake Day is with us tomorrow and so I’m putting my frying pan flipping skills to the test by whipping up some dairy free, egg free and wheat free pancakes. In accordance with my new regime, I did some research to find out if I could make egg free pancake batter and Continue Reading…
Sometimes it might be hard to think of new ideas for your lunch break especially if you have got a diet that means you have to avoid certain food. So why not try an idea from Japan and make yourself some Nori wraps that taste great and can be filled with many different Continue Reading…
With the build up to Valentines Day now in full swing, I’ve turned my attention to what to get for Tim. I find the valentines stuff in shops far too tacky and think a homemade treat says a lot more so I thought I’d give Dairy Free Truffles a go. Continue Reading…
Following the recent TV promotion of LactoFree, I became intrigued – firstly, how can the milk be cows milk and be lactose free? And secondly, will my body react to it as it usually does to cows milk? Armed with plenty of curiosity, I have carried out a mini investigation Continue Reading…
The food standards agency recommend we eat at least two portions of fish per week (one of which should be oily fish) but many people consume much less than this, if any. Fish is a good source of protein and oily fish (e.g. salmon, trout, sardines, mackerel, Continue Reading…
When staying at my boyfriends house this weekend, he wow’d me with a special breakfast – Bircher Muesli. It was so good, I couldn’t get enough of it and in coming home, I’ve whipped some up for myself and added the recipe for fellow Fussy Foodies. Continue Reading…
Oh me oh my I was in soup heaven last night with literally a few of my favourite things in one pot… chickpeas, lime, chilli and squash. Sounds like a random mixture but was awesome. So last night it was the turn of New Covent Garden Soup Company’s Soup and Beyond Continue Reading…
It is the perfect time of year for root vegetables, they are at the peak of their season and taste incredible. Being a greengrocers daughter I have a regular supply and I love it! Just one simple way to make the most of these amazing veg is with a Sunday Roast. Continue Reading…
Continuing on my Fussy Foodie challenge, I am trying to make Gordon Ramsey’s Chicken Tikka Masala, recently seen on cook along live, FREE From style. Essentially it will be a sugar free dairy free Chicken Tikka Masala version. Curries are one of the most flexible, adaptable Continue Reading…
For my first blog of the year I actually want to re-cap slightly on a post Miranda & I did about Mincement – sugar and meat FREE just before christmas . It was an absolute winner. At the time we also tried to make pastry and although it was edible and did the job, it still needed some perfecting. Continue Reading…
So it’s the start of my recipe challenge and first up are Jamie Olivers chocolate brownies (Cook with Jamie – Fifteen Chocolate Brownies). Mission is to make sugar free, wheat free, dairy free chocolate brownies. So no small challenge there! Continue Reading…
I like the taste and smell of bananas, however in their natural form I find them hard to digest so haven’t had them in my diet for about 8 months now. As you might have seen from from other my posts to date, I am a big fan of comfort food so when I came across a recipe Continue Reading…
I used to get an organic veg box which occasionally had a Kohl Rabi in, I first wondered what this strange alien like food was, but soon discovered what a great mashed potato alternative Kohl Rabi is. So here’s my extra simple and tasty Kohl Rabi recipe. Continue Reading…
I went to a dinner party the other night and was asked to bring a dessert. I had loads of apples in the garden and a few blackberries so after a few minutes of picking and a lot of bramble scratches later I had my harvest for the crumble. Due to my fussy foodie requirements Continue Reading…
I came across this sugar free peanut butter a few months ago. Sometimes I have urge to find something new I can eat from a supermarket and I came across this sugar free peanut butter. I never used to be a fan of peanut butter, I think maybe as it was so sickly but this is great. Continue Reading…
Soya foods are a staple part of the diet for many people on a dairy free, milk free or vegan / vegetarian diet and the good news is that there are lots of potential health benefits of consuming soya products. The nutrients in soya include omega 3 and omega 6 polyunsaturated fats Continue Reading…
Since realising my lactose intolerance, I have felt like I’m missing out everytime my sister Sarah eats her favourite cheesecake. I love the smooth, chilled texture of a cheesecake against the crunchy crumb of the biscuit base so I felt determined Continue Reading…
Grabbed a bargain in the supermarket last night, some pork fillets, and then found a great recipe for a kind of sticky marinade. Needless to say it was loaded with sugar in the form of Tomato Ketchup. So with a bit of playing I came up with a cheeky Sugar FREE Tomato Ketchup Continue Reading…
The hunt for Willies Cacao is over! Since watching the brilliant program on Channel 4 charting Willie Harcourt-Cooze I have so wanted to try his 100% Pure Cacao. Before I stopped having sugar, I really liked 85% chocolate and when I found out that 100% chocolate existed Continue Reading…
Morning morning oats here we come, as I wake from my slumber I find myself looking forward to the morning treat that I’m about to prepare for myself and this morning was no different! So I thought I would share my excitement with you. Continue Reading…
It’s great to have another hot drink alternative and Sugar Free Hot Cocoa always feels like a treat. It takes a bit of getting used to if you are just starting to cut sugar from your diet but if you like high percentage dark chocolate you will love this. Depending on your intolerance’s Continue Reading…
Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made – and I love it! Since my no sugar requirement kicked in, it’s become a Fussy Foodie must have. I sprinkle it on things, drink hot cocoa with cinnamon Continue Reading…
I am still recovering from my bout of pure pleasure after eating the Raw Chocolate Spread I purchased from Raw Intent – makers of some sublime products for those with food intolerances. Claire and I went to a Food Fair and whilst most stalls we had to stroll on by Continue Reading…
I love comfort food, especially when it comes to chilly autumnal evenings where the best way to spend the evening is tucked in a special blanket on the sofa watching Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor whilst tucking into something soothing Continue Reading…
OK this might seem random but as I was tagging a post yesterday as “Dairy FREE”, for a recipe that had egg in and I was thinking…is an egg dairy. So I checked it out…and there is some confusion on this matter, so I am glad I did. People thinking egg is meat and all sorts. Continue Reading…
I would say I am pretty much tee total but very occasionally I have a small cocktail as a treat and last night my boyfriend and I after a few years of hard work finished the conversion of a bedroom to a bathroom. So the cocktails came out, it’s amazing now how Continue Reading…
I am a big lover of snacks especially toasted seeds and often get called ‘grazer’ or ‘hamster’ by the people around me. I always have something I can munch on tucked away in my bag or within grabbing distance of my desk and my sisters always roll their eyes at me when I pull out Continue Reading…
Since eating out on Friday night my tummy has been a little poorly, I am really careful about what I eat but when you eat out some things just can’t be avoided. So fellow Fussy Foodie – Claire, suggested I try a fresh Ginger tea. Great idea as will keep my hands warm too Continue Reading…
Went I first went on my anti candida diet removing dairy wasn’t too hard for me as I already enjoyed soya milk and my parents had a health food shop so I grew up knowing about alternative products. However one of the things I missed most was eating cheesy leeks Continue Reading…
I am so happy just managed to create a Sugar FREE & Dairy FREE Ice-cream on the first attempt and it was so easy. I have been searching for recipes for a while but they all have sweeteners or sweetener alternatives in and are either Sugar FREE or Dairy FREE not both. Continue Reading…
Soya Pure is literally a life saver when I first started my restricted diet (dairy free one aspect) it was one of the only products in my fridge I could still eat. Been an avid fan for years of this dairy free spread, it taste great and you can use it as an alternative for many recipes or quiet simply spread Continue Reading…
