If you think having a nut, egg. gluten, wheat or dairy allergy might mean you or your child must miss out on the traditional advent calendar then don't fear, there are quite a few on the market. You could go retro and opt for the old fashioned kind, with no chocolate behind the door, just a picture each day. Who needs chocolate for breakfast anyway? This way no one loses … [Read more...]
Allergy Friendly Christmas Mince Pies
The Sunday before advent (actually it was last Sunday but I, er... forgot) is traditionally Stir-up-Sunday, which basically means you should start making your Christmas pudding and feeding that Christmas cake. I discovered this amazing fact at a recent Stir-up-Sunday bloggers event at Sainsbury's way back in September I think! Seemed crazy then thinking about Christmas but … [Read more...]
Avoiding coriander at Christmas
Just a quick warning about the almost random and indiscriminate use of coriander in food these days. It seems that nearly every Christmas food I look at that's very cleverly wheat, dairy and nut free will contain conriander. Why? Why? Why? Please, someone, please tell me. Is it really that tasty? It's a curry ingredient... and it makes me sick! Please, please, please, … [Read more...]
Happy Christmas – What allergy needs you!
Happy Christmas! Yes I know it’s rather early for all that but I thought I’d share a little Christmas cheer and I also need your help! A big thank you! The first thing to say is thank you, to all of you. My unique visitor stats are sky rocketing and the blog now gets nearly 40k hits a month! Since the end of October it's continued to rise. This is really good, and if … [Read more...]
Can you be allergic to cucumber?
Can you be allergic to cucumber? Surely not. It's just made of water and little bit of fibre, isn't it? Cucumbers are actually made up of about 96% water, have only 5 calories per ounce and a small amount of vitamin C and trace minerals. Cucumbers are a healthy fruit from the marrow family which also includes pumpkin, courgette and other squashes which are also … [Read more...]