Eating out with an allergy or coeliac disease is a challenge. If you have multiple allergies it becomes even trickier. Not only do you need to communicate the severity of your allergy, you also need to discover what risks might be lurking in the kitchen. Do they understand cross contamination and the simple steps they could take to avoid them? Do the staff even understand what … [Read more...]
Cutting out processed foods – Week 2 update
All is going well on the NO processed foods experiment. We are both eating more healthily as a result and planning a week's meals in advance helps, being organised and sticking to it. What could possibly go wrong? I have been making my own humous which is very delicious. This morning's batch is quite limey (note to self - lime is not the same as lemon... you perhaps don't need … [Read more...]
A funny story about having allergies – beware of the teaspoons…
This is a true story which had me rolling on the floor laughing. One of my clients is based in Hemel and I love going into the office. They are really good at understanding that I have allergies and there is always lots of herbal tea available for me. They always take care when making my dairy free drink and it's just a small thing, but it makes going there fun and me feel … [Read more...]
Cutting out processed food to help eczema, Day 4
Just a quick blog post today to say, it's getting better. It's slowly getting easier. Today I have had stewed apples with some porridge, chia seeds and pumpkin and sunflower seeds added, made with oat milk. No picture of this because I can never seem to take a photo of porridge that doesn't look like a bowl of sloppy gruel :o) For lunch, a delicious oven baked jacket potato … [Read more...]
Twenty tips for cutting out processed food
Cutting out processed food is no easy feat. I know, I've tried it. So here, to set down some ground rules and get you started and explain how to go about cutting out the wrong things and eating the right things are my twenty tips for successfully cutting out processed food. Just google 'cutting out processed food' and there are hundreds of blogs and articles with varying … [Read more...]