It's Allergy Awareness Week so I've updated and recycled this post. Apologies if some of it's familiar. These are my favourite allergy books: I had to start with my own, because it's a life's ambition to write this book and also it's the book I wish I'd had, the hand to hold mine as I tried to make sense of why my body was reacting in such a scary way to certain … [Read more...]
Vegan-ish for Veganuary
So many people think I'm vegan and some days I am, but I'm torn with this. Because I really want to be vegan for so many reasons, I'll share those below shortly. I've given a lot of thought though and basically, I can't do it, it's impossible - for another list of completely different reasons... see below. So this is my post for Veganuary - about why I'm only going … [Read more...]
Buying FreeFrom food in a pandemic
This blog should be called finding freefrom food in a pandemic! Because there isn't any. No plant milk. No Gluten free bread. No Coconut yogurt... Where has it all gone? There is very little choice in the freefrom aisles and as someone with complicated allergies, I shop for certain dedicated freefrom products and these are very hard... no impossible to find! What's going … [Read more...]
Home-made gluten, wheat and dairy free mince pies
You don't need to miss out the Christmas festive goodies, most supermarkets stock gluten free mince pies now. If you also need to avoid dairy and nuts, you might like to try making your own. I think they're better than the shop bought gluten free ones and even, dare I say it, as good as normal mince pies - you really can't tell the difference. These gluten, dairy and nut … [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...]