This morning I tried cooking quinoa (pronounced Keen-wah) porridge for the first time after seeing a really tempting blog post on the Anytime Health website. Take a look at the article, How to prepare quinoa by Lee Hersh and you'll see the mouthwatering picture of her breakfast quinoa porridge. Lee also writes a blog called Fit Foodie Finds; you'll notice Lee's is an … [Read more...]
Are you being conned into spending too much on coconut milk?
A recent discussion on yahoo exposed an interesting debate - are you paying too much for your coconut milk? If you've ever cooked thai food at home you'll know that it's not cheap; coconut milk can cost as much as £1.99 for a small 400ml can! On a recent yahoo forum I saw a debate about coconut milk prices at Morrisons. One example of a rip-off is that they (Morrisons) … [Read more...]
Apple crisps – safe and freefrom allergens
Apple crisps seem to be a snack for little children to munch on but they're actually really tasty and a healthy altnernative to grabbing a packet of ready salted crisps - my usual fail safe option when food plans have gone wrong. I'm pretty sure my local deli used to sell apple and cinnamon crisps from Tyrrels, but they don't stock them anymore. They're quite expensive and … [Read more...]
Christmas present idea #1 – Allergy free cookbook
This week the shopping bags produced pork mince instead of the beef mince that had been on the list. A catastrophe, a dilemma, what to do with pork mince? I wasn't quite sure that chilli or Bolognese would work but luckily this brilliant new cook book had just the thing. Pork meatballs Ingredients:All you need is: 1 onion, finely chopped2 cloves of garlic, … [Read more...]
Understanding food intolerance: fact from fiction
My understanding has always been that food intolerance tests are not entirely scientific. I've been told this by lots of different people, including my own doctor, who told me that you can't test for food intolerances. Recently I've had allergy blood tests done which helped diagnose the foods I knew I was allergic to; food allergy tests look for IgE reactions in the blood which … [Read more...]