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...]
Friends will make mistakes just like you do!
They don't mean to but your friends may make mistakes where catering for your allergies are concerned. After all, we're all human, we all make mistakes sometimes, and if you're capable of slipping up and eating the wrong thing, not checking enough in restaurants or just being a bit blase, then your friends might too. Many things are just habit, like stiring tea with the same … [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...]