The smell of roast meat cooking, the promise of crisp roast potatoes, carrots, brocolli and a big yorkshire pudding. Just the smallest wiff of my favourite meal reminds me of mum's roast dinners, always the best after a long bike ride or exhausting football match. A hot bath and the promise of pure comfort food. Nothing quite beats a good traditional roast dinner, and it's … [Read more...]
Allergic to holidays?
Going on holiday should be fun, long awaited, planned carefully etc. etc. Do you find that when you go away to a new country that your skin flares up and your body goes into some kind of spin making everything hyper sensitive? This happens to me every time I go away, so now I'm beginning to get a bit paranoid. What's causing all my problems? What can I do to stop it? I have … [Read more...]
Champneys restaurant gets the thumbs up!
Imagine walking around a posh restaurant and gazing at all the fresh, healthy options available, noting which you can and can't eat by reading the GF, DF, NF notes with full ingredients and information on fat, salt and sugar content. It doesn't happen in many restaraunts - the onous is usually on you, the customer, to ascertain if a meal contains a certain allergen or … [Read more...]
Sheila’s Cottage restaurant in Ambleside – great with allergies!
Having just returned from a week's exhausting but fun holiday in the Lakes I thought I'd share with you a lovely little restaurant that we discovered which was absolutely fabulous. After the usual scanning of the website, phonecall to guage whether they can cater for someone with serious life threatening food allergies, and then family checks that the EpiPen is in fact in my … [Read more...]
Nando’s get top marks for allergy awareness
I'm sure most of you have heard of Nando's, and probably most of you have been to one too. If you haven't they do Portugeuse style peri-peri flame-grilled chicken; it's great for families and groups because you can order as little or as much as you want and share. They also do bottomless drinks or tap water if you're watching the pennies and you can help yourself. I've been … [Read more...]