Every year in my village there’s a lantern parade and Christmas tree lights switch-on. It’s a really nice event and I love taking the kids. It feels like the start of the Christmas season. Lots of kids with home made lanterns, carol singing, and a brief appearance from the big man himself. In order to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Things that would only happen to a coeliac
Things that would only happen to a coeliac #5
Last weekend some friends and I organised a Halloween party for about 18 families in our village. We hired out a local village hall and had a great time with everybody dressing up, including the grown-ups. Lots of games, dancing, a pumpkin competition and plenty of halloween treats. I volunteered to be in charge of … Continue reading
Things that would only happen to a coeliac #4
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
Things that would only happen to a coeliac #3
During half term my kids were on a football camp for three days, which involved packed lunches. As most gluten free bread is rubbish for sandwiches I treated them to a pack of 6 soft white rolls. To save time I decided to make all the sandwiches at once then freeze them, for streamlined lunchbox packing … Continue reading
Things that would only happen to a coeliac #2
A lovely friend invited us to a Christmas party last week. She had gone to some effort to provide a few gluten free nibbles as well as the usual assortment of crisps etc, which were kept separately. Obviously, the majority of people weren’t aware of this and were tucking in. Fine – there was more … Continue reading
Things that would only happen to a coeliac: #1
I went round to a new-ish friend’s house last night for drinks. Although lovely, I get the impression she’s not going to be the accommodating kind as far as my diet is concerned. In hindsight, I should have taken my own snacks. None of the array of crisps and chocolates looked suitable for coeliacs, so … Continue reading
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