It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally got my hands on one of the new Pizza Express gluten free margheritas. After repeatedly being unable to find one at our local big Sainsbury’s store on Archer Road, I got in touch with Sainsbury’s via Twitter and found out you can log a product request, which I … Continue reading
Author Archives: steeliac
A new phase
We’re embarking on a new phase in our gluten free journey, as boy #1 is trying out being gluten free for a while, to see if it helps his tummy symptoms. About six months ago, #1 was discharged from the children’s gastro clinic with the consultant happy that he didn’t have coeliac’s disease (without having … Continue reading
Product review: Helen’s Brilliant Scone Mix
We had a load of relatives visiting at the weekend immediately after we got back from a short holiday, so I needed some quick and easy bakes. I had to order ingredients online without my recipe books, so I opted for my trusty Delia chocolate cake because I can remember the list of ingredients* and I … Continue reading
Yakumama at Deer Shed Festival
Festival food can be a bit nerve-wracking but we’ve been coming to Deer Shed for the last few years and recently the offer has been getting better and better. I wanted to share today’s beautiful lunch courtesy of Yakumama, a South American food stall that’s pretty much completely gluten free. BBQ chicken tacos with Caribbean … Continue reading
Splash Landings!
This week the boys officially started their school holidays with a couple of inset days so we took them to the awesome water park at Alton Towers with some friends. We all had loads of fun on the big water slides and the lazy river, and were very lucky with the glorious sunshine, so we could use … Continue reading
Product review: Bol quick cook pots
Wednesday evenings are generally when hubby goes out mountain biking, so tea has to be a quick and light meal, either leftovers or something thrown together after work. This week I happened across a new fresh ready meal in the supermarket, so convenience won out over cooking, and also provided a good subject for the … Continue reading
M&S picnic
Wednesday was the evening of our annual village “Play on the green”*, which we have established a nice tradition of taking a picnic to, and trying hard not to put off the actors with our munching and opening bottles of fizz. Last year, a cork flew onto the stage and clipped the lead actor (only … Continue reading
Puy lentils with squash and ham
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my top five naturally gluten free products. One of them was these ready prepared Puy lentils from Merchant Gourmet. I just thought I’d share a randomly created meal I used them in this week, as it’s quite quick, nutritious and very tasty. And it’s very colourful – I … Continue reading
Restaurant review: The Summerhouse
***Update February 2018*** I went for a meal with my family in February and had a terrible experience from a gluten free point of view. Lack of understanding or care about gluten free food, although they do have items on the menu. I would treat this place with extreme caution. I have tried to get … Continue reading
Top 5 products I couldn’t do without
We all know there are plenty of gluten free products in the shops these days. In the bigger supermarkets, the Free From sections are full to bursting with cakes, biscuits, bread and pasta that are specially made without gluten. But there are a few things I buy frequently that aren’t in the free from section. They’re … Continue reading