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…
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Toasted Oats Snack
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…
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Wheat Free Soya Sauce
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…
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Thai Fish Cakes
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…
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Thai paste
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…
After harping on about my fantastic Lequip JuicerI thought I should do some top tips on creating a great Veggie Juice Recipe. Veggie juices are a great way to get a good start to your 5 a day, especially when you get the veggie juice in a raw state so all the enzymes and goodness are still in tact. Continue Reading…
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Puffed Rice Cereal
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…
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Agave Nectar Chewy Oat Bar
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…
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Sugar Free Chocolate Shake
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…
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Tomato Pesto
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…
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Yeast Free Bread Recipe
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…
When I first found out I had candida and needed to remove all sugars from my diet including fruit for a period of time. I had to get my juice fix somehow – so it was veggie juices to the rescue and time to buy a Lequip Juicer and I havent looked back. Veggie juices are the best Continue Reading…
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Free From Chocolate Bar Recipe
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…
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Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Broth
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…
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Free from cheesecake
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…
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Pancakes – Egg & Dairy Free
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…
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Nori Wraps
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…
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Dairy FREE Truffles
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…
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…
For anyone trying to avoid sugar this Fruitus is a treat as its high in natural fruit sugars… the great news however is that it genuinely has no nasties. So it’s a perfect treat if you need a bit of a kick. Fruitus are Vegan, No Added Sugar, Wheat Free and Dairy Free 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…
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Chocolate brownies – sugar free
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…
In true Fussy Foodie style last night Claire and I attempted to make some Fussy Foodie friendly mince pies. We wanted the mince pies to be: sugar free, wheat free, dairy free but a tasty treat too. We made a sugar free mincemeat from scratch and then attempted a gluten free pastry! Continue Reading…
Airport’s are traditionally a Fussy Foodie nightmare and for most trips I am laden down with snacks and water. So last week was no exception when I packed my bags for 7 nights in Madeira and loaded my hand luggage with nuts, seeds, oats cakes you name it. 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 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…
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Mayo free coleslaw
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…
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…
There has been talk in Fussy Foodie Forum about hidden sugars and how it is hard to identify if a product is actually Sugar FREE. So as promised we’ve looked into this. If you’re a tyring to follow a SUGAR FREE diet or just want to be conscious of your sugar intake 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…
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Raw chocolate spread
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…
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…
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Dairy FREE, Sugar FREE Ice Cream
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…