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...]
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...]
Xanthan or Xanthum gum allergy
Do you have sudden, strange and unexplained allergic reactions to gluten free and other freefrom foods? You know you've checked the label and everything looks to be safe... Maybe you are even reacting after food cooked using gluten free self raising flour but you just can't work out what's causing a problem? Well you're not going mad, you may be allergic to xanthan gum … [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...]
Where did all the gluten free #GF bread go?
How many times have you been faced with a similar sight. No gluten free bread, and when you ask if there is any in the store room, there never is. A common reply is, "Oh no, we don't sell enough so there isn't another delivery for a few days." "YOU DON'T SELL ENOUGH BECAUSE YOUR SHELVES ARE ALWAYS EMPTY!" How about having a little click counter on the those shelves with a … [Read more...]