Welcome to what allergy?

Eating out, going for dinner with friends, buying lunch and shopping for groceries; all these things create daily challenges for anyone with allergies and intolerances. I hope this website will provide you with ideas, inspiration, answers and a whole lot more.


Free from food can be cheap and cheerful

Shopping free from can be costly, so here are a few very useful cheap products I’ve found to keep the cost of your weekly shop down from Aldi and Asda. The A’s have it!

Foodamentalists ‘Frangipane Mince Pies’ win Christmas category at The FreeFrom Food Awards 2012

Because this company is one of my favourites this year, and because I wrote the press release, here is breaking news of the Foodamentalists winning streak at the FreeFrom Food Awards, taking home one gold and three other commendations. Trust me when I say their stuff is gluten and/or dairy free and tastes good… check them out!

Got eczema? Keep your nails short or fight with a dragon

Ever woken with nasty, deep, painful scratches from having sharp snags on your finger nails that you didn’t file down? Just grab a nail file and smooth it off. But if you do get the scratch of a dragon in the night – soothe with shea butter.

Joke about eczema on TV actually made me laugh

If you need a little light relief there was a funny joke on ‘Not going out’ last week about eczema. Anyone who has eczema will know it’s no laughing matter, but it’s good to have a laugh every now and again and this really made me laugh.