Back in October Mr What Allergy and I ventured out to our local fish and chipper in Aylesbury, The Cod Father. Love the name and love, love, love the wheat, dairy and soya free fish and chips. Due to having both a wheat and dairy allergy it's not usually possible to get fish and chips due to the wheat flour and milk in the batter mix though as you will discover later in this … [Read more...]
Eating at Gourmet Burger Kitchen with multiple allergies…
We recently put Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) through a pretty stringent test of their allergen catering protocol. I wouldn't normally ever turn up somewhere without having first phoned, exchanged emails and been through the menu to ascertain before hand what would be safe. But things happen in our busy lives and we are not always able to afford the luxury of military … [Read more...]
Very quick, simple, easy #freefrom salmon fish cakes
Phil Vickery challenged me to make something different using Nestle gluten free corn flakes. Well OK he didn't really but Nestle did and Phil is right behind this campaign. Check at the bottom of this blog to find out what Phil cooked as his speciality dish using #GF corn flakes. Whose recipe do you prefer? Mine or Phils? Careful now... Back to Phil and his challenge. I'm … [Read more...]
What happened to the BFree pittas?
I discovered these amazing gluten, wheat, dairy and egg free BFree Pittas as the Allergy Show London this year. They were offering half a pitta with various fillings and I found it was one of the only reliable lunch source so I went back in various disguises for a salad and humous pitta for my lunch. No one spotted my trick and I enjoyed my fill of these gorgeous new … [Read more...]
Great British Bake off does #FreeFrom
Tune in next week on BBC1 at 8pm if you love baking and want to watch this year's contestants bake #freefrom. The programme is called, 'Alternative ingredients' which isn't the most exciting catch line but the allergic and gluten free, coeliac community will be tuning en masse. Here's what you'll get to enjoy: 'The remaining bakers must bake without sugar, gluten or dairy - … [Read more...]