One of my favourite treats on a cold miserable day is to cook cake-in-a-mug, which is quick, easy and tasty. You may have seen previous posts about this, both a normal version with plain flour and a gluten free version. I wanted to share with you a new amazing new flour that I've just discovered because it added a real zing to this clever, quick, cake treat. Today I made … [Read more...]
Novak Djokovic goes gluten free – unbeaten ever since!
Very timely that news should hit the broadsheets of Novak Djokovic's rise to success being down to his diagnosis with Coeliac Disease (CD) and subsequent change of diet to gluten free, right in the middle of Coeliac Awareness week! You can read one of the many articles in the Independent, "Is a gluten-free diet behind Djokovic's smash success?". In the sub heading the … [Read more...]
Top 10 highlights from The Allergy & Gluten Free show 2011
This year's Allergy and Gluten Free Show was the biggest and best yet. I've been going for years and it seems the allergy world is growing fast. It was positively buzzing with activity; loads more exhibitors, hundreds more visitors, broader seminar programme, demonstrations, cookery workshops and a whole lot more. If you didn't make it this year, here are my top ten … [Read more...]
Inspirational allergy free cookery course
This week Tanya Wright, dietician and allergy specialist at Amersham Hospital, and I journeyed to London for the Cookability gluten, egg, nut and dairy free cookery course, run by the inspirational Venetia Cameron-Rose. Venetia normally runs residential cookery courses for young adults and groups in Somerset but by popular demand she put on an evening session for five food … [Read more...]
Allergy free product of the week – Pink Panther vanilla wafer biscuits
These tasty little biscuits have been very illusive. I've been searching for them for nearly a year, having been told they were gluten and dairy free by my allergy specialist. I eventually tracked them down in a health food shop, and both I and my husband tried them. They don't contain dairy in the ingredients but the allergy information does state that they may contain milk … [Read more...]