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…
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…
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.
On Friday night I dined at Zumas, a Japanese restaurant in Knightsbridge. It is an incredible restaurant, where both the food and service are impeccable. On being seated at our table, we were presented with a drinks menu, with me being yeast intolerant I turned straight to the vodka page. 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Yeast FREE and Dairy FREE Spelt Bread in less than 2mins preparation time and 45 mins cooking. So here goes first attempt at Fussy Foodie movie – next time will try to make it a bit more glam and maybe PJ’s are not the most appropriate cooking attire. 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…
I am loving my new breadmaker (Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker) that my lovely boyfriend got me for Christmas. Really clever idea as now I can make speciality breads from home. With the breadmaker I can make all kinds of bread including spelt bread 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…
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…
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…
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…
