My recent discovery of nut creams and brief obsession with them has led me to experiment with home made ice creams: Cashew and strawberry ice cream I blended about 100g cashew nuts with a little water to make as smooth a cream as possible in my mini-whizzer. I then added some strawberries and a bit of agave … Continue reading
My oldest friend (as in length of time, not age) came round to stay the other week and very kindly brought me a bag of gluten free goodies from a farm shop in Congleton (I think). The thing I was most excited to try was this packet of Easy Bean Chickpea Crispbreads. BC (before coeliac) … Continue reading
I’ve had some fun this afternoon making retro fairy cakes using a gluten free Vanilla Sponge Mix from Sheffield company Delicious Alchemy, who have very kindly sent me a few samples to try. I’m hoping there will be a few left to share at my little boy’s friend’s birthday picnic on Monday… I started with … Continue reading
I don’t tend to buy much gluten free cake mix or indeed really make cakes very often, as my skin is still quite sensitive to sugar. Mind you, it’s got a lot less sensitive the longer I’ve been gluten and sugar free(-ish), so things are starting to look up. However, I was at a kids’ birthday party this … Continue reading
Being forced to eat cake! This isn’t so much a complaint, as it’s not exactly a hardship in any way, but something that definitely never used to happen to me. I went to a children’s party today with my smaller boy, where the very lovely host mummy had made a gluten free cake for the … Continue reading
I recently made a discovery that there’s a fab gluten free food company on my doorstep, in the centre of Sheffield. Delicious Alchemy was set up by coeliac Emma Killilea, who discovered she was coeliac after having a bad reaction to some wheat that had become stuck in her sock! According to the company website, Emma was … Continue reading
There’s a new kid on the block in the form of Gluten Free Sheff, a website and resource about being coeliac in Sheffield. The author is Gemma Clear, a student living in Sheffield, who was diagnosed last year. She’s put together a really nice looking site that focuses on local places to eat where the … Continue reading
So, my attention-grabbing headline is slightly misleading – it’s actually frozen yoghurt. But it’s pure genius. It takes literally seconds to make and is such a treat for breakfast it feels like it should be bad for you, but it’s really healthy. All I did is blend a single portion of frozen fruit with … Continue reading
I went to the BBC Good Food show last weekend, on behalf of the Gluten Free Centre, and had a lovely time. You can read my review here. Continue reading
I have a new obsession – nut creams. I’d never really heard of nut creams until I saw a demo of a Vitamix blender at the weekend. Rather impressive it was, yet extremely pricey for a blender, albeit one that can make silky smooth cream from just nuts and water. The cream demonstrated by the Vitamix … Continue reading
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