I love a bit of food porn, which is what I call my fascination with cookery programmes despite the fact that nearly every recipe on TV is laced with allergens that I can't eat. I think in some way I'm imagining my other life, the one where I CAN eat all these things without fear for my life. Well this week I watched one where the chef made a traditional romesco sauce. I'd … [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...]
Top ten tips for cooking separate meals; one allergen free and one normal
If you have allergies but aren't the only one in the house who has them, chances are you can't always eat what everyone else is having. There are a few takes on this. Some choose to ban the allergen so the whole family avoids it. This is fine if it's just one allergen. Indeed, all nuts are banned from this house due to the severity of my allergy to them, especially peanuts. You … [Read more...]
Tomato free red sauce for people with a tomato allergy
If you can't eat tomatoes for whatever reason, it makes eating out and cooking at home doubly difficult. You probably have other allergies too, and if, like me, those include dairy, sauces become a bit of a challenge. Nomato used to be a godsend with their ketchup, baked beans and pasta sauce which looked like tomato, tasted strangely like tomato but contained no tomato! A … [Read more...]