My partner, Phil’s, all time favorite food is Chinese Duck and Pancakes. A fantastic get your hands dirty food to share. So when I discovered my multiple food intolerance’s, this occasional treat was no longer something we could share. That is until I found an alternative Continue Reading…
Just about to write a blog on some rice flour pancakes I tried last night and checked out the ingreidents to find they have tapioca flour starch in – so I wondered, is Tapioca Gluten Free? 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…
Feeling inspired a few weeks ago I made my first gluten free pizza, using the Gluten Free Squash Bread recipe as the gluten free pizza base. Using this recipe also means the pizzas are not only gluten free, they are yeast 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…
We should all be eating more Whole Grain Foods for health but for those on a gluten-free or wheat-free diet, getting the recommended three portions per day can be particularly challenging. The range of ‘free from’ foods is getting better all the time but so many of them use refined and white Continue Reading…
These Whole Grain Cornflakes from Rude Health are great. One of the tastiest sugar free and gluten free cereals I have tasted so far. These really are corn flakes as you’ve never tasted them before and the great news is they are gluten free and whole grain. Continue Reading…
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…
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…
So is buckwheat gluten free? The first thing you should know about buckwheat is that it’s gluten free and despite its name, and the grain-like use of the crop buckwheat is a fruit. It’s a dicot in the polygonaceae family, which also includes rhubarb and sorrel. It is categorised 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…
People with coeliac disease have to follow a lifelong gluten-free diet. Even tiny amounts of gluten can trigger an immune reaction, which damages the gut (small bowel) resulting in digestive problems, nutrient deficiencies and increased 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…
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…
Thought I would share a small gem of a product from the lovely Doves Farm. There Gluten and Wheat Free Bread Flour is a must have store cupboard ingredient, for those on Gluten and Wheat Free diets. 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…
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…
Just a quickie on Gluten Free Baking Powder, after making Gluten Free Squash Bread last week I had a bit of a bloating reaction. Since my food intolreance tests I have been extra strict with my eating so either I ate it way to quickly or had a problem 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…
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…
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 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…
With not much in my fridge but some fresh veggies I created a mayo free coleslaw. Now this Mayo FREE Coleslaw was seriously tasty but you need to be able to have Goats Yoghurt to appreciate the recipe in full. With its mix of fantastic fresh veggies 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…
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 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…
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…
