If you have coeliac disease or are allergic to wheat you will no doubt know that finding suitable beer is not easy, so you might not think that the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival would be a great night out. If you're just wanting beer you might be right since my research has only uncovered ONE gluten free beer at the whole festival. There is a chance there may be more … [Read more...]
Beware of disintegrating labels – allergen labelling
Now this is not a rant, I'm taking full blame for this latest 'wheating', but things went a bit wrong in the what allergy household when husband-who-was-trying-to-help offered to cook me some supper after I had just returned from doing the Waddesdon 5k run in sweltering heat one evening last week. The run was great fun by the way, hard work, over half UP hill. I won't tell … [Read more...]
How to cook quinoa in 5 easy stages
I have met so many people who have shunned quinoa because when they cooked it was hard, didn't taste right or just looked plain wrong. If you're coeliac or eating a gluten free diet for whatever reason, quinoa is a very healthy alternative to gluten free pasta and rice and a good source of dietary fibre. It contains Vitamin A and E, Folate and traces of other vitamins. Per … [Read more...]
New gluten #GF and wheat free beer from Van Bulck
A day in the life of an allergy blogger is never dull. The doorbell is often ringing with new deliveries of freefrom stuff to try out. There have to be some perks to blogging apart from the proud feeling when they look really good, come out just how you wanted them to, or when I get lovely comments from people who have found support here. They mean so much. Sometimes stuff … [Read more...]
Why I love Nairns gluten free oat cakes – an ode to oat cakes
There are a few freefrom products which I just love and cannot live without. Nairns is one of them, and because I eat a nairns oak cake if not every day, at least every week I forget about how amazing they are because they are just always there. Part of the weekly shop. Chosen for breakfast, with soup for lunch, as a quick snack, for picnics, for dipping, with a … [Read more...]