If you have a nut and dairy allergy humous is a real treat. Luckily for me I don't have a sesame allergy but I have always been tempted to try making my own humous. How hard can it be right? Traditional humous contains sesame in the form or tahini paste and it does add the distinctive taste to humous. I have struggled to buy nut free tahini anywhere (those annoying may … [Read more...]
Eggy genius bread with a dash of chilli flakes
This month I have ilumi and my friends to thank for an amazing alfesco dining experience; I had ilumi cardamom chicken with brown rice and they had fajitas. Dee cooked the rice. All I had to do was snip open the pouch, pour it into a pan and heat. Delicious. And instead of the normal comments you get about freefrom food like, "Shame you can't have the sauce... or I would hate … [Read more...]
Genius freefrom (gluten, wheat, dairy) fish pie – tested
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...]
Tomato free chilli sauce, made with lots of red stuff
If you have an allergy to tomato, like me, then many meals are made complicated and disappointing. But fear not my fellow tomato haters, I have created a fantastic recipe that you can add to pasta, chilli or just have in a bowl to dip your chips into. After much experimentation and help from Allergy Essex who shared their own recipe with me, which this one is based upon, I … [Read more...]
Haggis may contain nutmeg, mace and coriander
With Burn's Night fast approaching and the Haggis sleeping quietly in the fridge you might want to consider whether the supper is safe for you and how to create an allergy safe meal of haggis, neeps and tatties. A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems and one of my favourites, just because of the language and … [Read more...]