One the meals you can adapt quite easily for a freefrom diet is a fish pie. You can actually make one without the white sauce if you use baked beans, or just have a slightly drier pie. Husband-who-can-eat-anything has mastered the technique of making a roux with dairy free milk and it works rather well. I'm always on the look out for healthier and different recipes and … [Read more...]
Kidney bean allergy? What the legume is that all about?
Kidney beans aren't used widely in British cuisine, in fact the only meal I've ever used them in is chilli so a recent bout of full-on head, eye, nose and allergic reactions recently took a bit of detective work. We narrowed it down to the chilli and it wasn't until cooking it without kidney beans because we didn't have any in the cupboard that the penny dropped. So why … [Read more...]
Gluten, dairy, soya, corn and egg free pizza bases
Having a dairy and a tomato allergy and also a wheat intolerance can kind of put you off pizza; it would pretty much be my ultimate meal from hell. So I've never really experimented with gluten free pizza bases, although I know there are loads of different brands out there now. But last week, in the post, arrived a very interesting package from the lovely people at … [Read more...]
Stoke Park restaurant – 9.5/10 for allergy service
If you have allergies and food intolerances the chances are you don't eat out often, and if you do you have your processes and systems in place to ensure you remain safe. Always phoning ahead, sticking to simple dishes like salads, steak and ham, egg and chips; it means you can eat out with friends and family relatively safely but it's not completely satisfactory. It's not … [Read more...]
The Three Oaks – 8/10 for Allergy Awareness
If you're looking for a gastro pub in the Buckinghamshire area which caters for allergies The Three Oaks in Chalfont St Peter is a great restaurant to try. I went there this month for a friend's 40th surprise birthday meal; it is a gastro-pub apparently owned by Terry Wogan's daughter and we had a lovely meal, they totally 'got' what allergies mean and made me feel at … [Read more...]