Sheffield gluten free food company Delicious Alchemy have been in touch to let me know about their exciting new venture. A few months ago, they launched a charitable foundation, which aims to help people on a restricted diet. One of the things they intend to do is donate gluten free food to food banks. Rather more ambitiously, … Continue reading
There are a few gluten related events coming up in Sheffield over the next month or so: Thurs 21 April, 6pm – Gluten Attack talk As part of Sheffield University’s Life: Festival of Health, renowned Hallamshire gastroenterologist Professor Sanders will be doing a talk about his new book, Gluten Attack. See the link above to … Continue reading
We had a perfect avocado in the fridge on Tuesday. Everyone knows how small the window of opportunity is in between unripe and completely brown. So we opted for a retro prawn cocktail for lunch, which was rather delicious. I tend to keep a bag of prawns in the freezer, as they’re great to lob in … Continue reading
I took the opportunity to pick up some of the very well reputed Voakes…free from pies while I was at the Sheffield group AGM last week. I’ve been meaning to try them for a while now, and they are a fairly local company (York), which is great. They sell quite a selection, with pasties, sausage … Continue reading
What do you suppose is the collective noun for coeliacs? The best I could come up with is a glut. Feel free to do better… On Saturday I went to the Coeliac UK Sheffield group AGM (at St Mary’s) for the first time, where I was helping to sell raffle tickets for the charity. It … Continue reading
We love a good fish finger butty in our house. I’ve always been a bit of a snob when it comes to fish fingers – I only ever buy really good quality ones. I was quite impressed by these Rule of Crumb fish fingers. They were fairly chunky, with a good amount of fish inside, … Continue reading
In a highly unusual second post in one night, I had to share that Sheffield gluten free food producer, Delicious Alchemy, has gained Coeliac UK accreditation. See their news article here. And product reviews here and here. Great news – well done! Continue reading
I wanted to treat the boys to a Chinese banquet and a film while dad was out at the weekend, so I did some research about how to make sweet and sour chicken. Quite a few online sources pointed to a recipe from one particular website, Mel’s Kitchen Cafe, and claimed it to be better than … Continue reading
Last Friday was a fantastic evening, spent at Fired Arts, the craft cafe at Banner Cross on Ecclesall Road. A mum friend had booked it out for the evening and about 20 of us spent a few hours painting pots and doing decoupage. The best thing about it was that you can bring your own wine and … Continue reading
Hubby and I had a little dinner party the other weekend for Valentine’s day. I decided to invite the kids to it. Yes, it somewhat takes the romance away, but why not, I thought. I dug out the proper linen napkins and actual napkin rings and put flowers on the table, then we interrupted the boys … Continue reading
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