


Looking for something different at one of our recent barbecues we tried making a satay sauce recipe, and I am pleased to say after much tasting and tweaking it worked. …More
This is a traditional simple Thai Chicken Curry, with complementing flavours of creamy coconut with the firey spice of chilli, and like lots of Thai curries it’s dairy free too. …More
I am loving salads at the moment especially now I am starting to harvest some goodies from my new veggie patch. Popping out in my back garden to get a radish (just one as they are huge now) and some lettuce leaves is really satisfying. Currently one of my favourite salads …More
Bearing in mind that the main ingredient in sweet chilli sauce is sugar, I was going to have a challenge on my hands making a sugar free sweet chilli sauce. However a few minutes of experimenting and I have to say I am really pleased with the results. …More
Feeling inspired a few weeks ago I made my first gluten free pizza, using the Gluten Free Squash Bread recipe as the gluten free pizza base. Using this recipe also means the pizzas are not only gluten free, they are yeast free too. …More
I have been meaing to post an onion bhaji recipe for a while as they are a great easy treat for people with various food intolerances. Aurelia’s comment (on Farinata recipe) earlier this week reminded me. …More
Last week my neighbours asked us around for Thai and volunteered to do a Thai starter. My lovely neighbours aware of my food intolerances lovingly prepared a fantastic free from Thai curry, so to accompany this I made some Thai Fish Cakes. …More
Thai food is one of my favourite things and its a great food you can adapt to make work for most food intolerance’s. It’s also a real treat when you need something really tasty to include in your diet. Thai paste is the start of many Thai recipes and the great food news is I found a Thai Paste (in Tesco …More
I have been frustrated this last few week after finding out not only can I not have yeast and wheat. I also cant have gluten or eggs. So have been struggling to make use of my fantastic Breadmaker. So today armed with this new challenge I have done it and hurrah my Yeast Free Free Bread works …More
A Farinata is quite like a Spanish tortilla or pancake but made with chickpea flour (otherwise known as gram flour) and it’s hard to believe there are no eggs in it! This was a bit of an experiment but a surprising success and as a farinata is free from all the major allergens is a perfect fussy foodie …More
Armed with some fresh ingredients from my latest shop I am off to make a dairy free lasagne for my dinner. Lasagne is such a classic recipe and with a few tweaks can be dairy free. Lasagne is an easy recipe to tweak as the filling can be so flexible, this is my lasagne version. …More
Last night thought I would try something different and a friend gave me their latest Waitrose magazine and to my delight I found a few exciting recipes to try out one being Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Broth. So a quick trip to the supermarket to get some …More
So being on gluten free, yeast free and egg free diet means bread is pretty much out. However I am feeling in need a bread fix today so I just rustled up a small Gluten Free Squash Bread ala Gillian McKeith – You Are What You Eat cookbook.
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Pankcake Day is with us tomorrow and so I’m putting my frying pan flipping skills to the test by whipping up some dairy free, egg free and wheat free pancakes. In accordance with my new regime, I did some research to find out if I could make egg free pancake batter and …More
I’ve just made an amazing Red Pepper Soup and need to share the soup love! It takes minutes and is really tasty. Fantastic for a quick evening meal and with a bit of a chilli kick very warming. Just make sure to use the long sweet peppers to get the full taste experience. …More
Sometimes it might be hard to think of new ideas for your lunch break especially if you have got a diet that means you have to avoid certain food. So why not try an idea from Japan and make yourself some Nori wraps that taste great and can be filled with many different …More
The food standards agency recommend we eat at least two portions of fish per week (one of which should be oily fish) but many people consume much less than this, if any. Fish is a good source of protein and oily fish (e.g. salmon, trout, sardines, mackerel, …More
Oh me oh my I was in soup heaven last night with literally a few of my favourite things in one pot… chickpeas, lime, chilli and squash. Sounds like a random mixture but was awesome. So last night it was the turn of New Covent Garden Soup Company’s Soup and Beyond …More
It is the perfect time of year for root vegetables, they are at the peak of their season and taste incredible. Being a greengrocers daughter I have a regular supply and I love it! Just one simple way to make the most of these amazing veg is with a Sunday Roast. …More
Continuing on my Fussy Foodie challenge, I am trying to make Gordon Ramsey’s Chicken Tikka Masala, recently seen on cook along live, FREE From style. Essentially it will be a sugar free dairy free Chicken Tikka Masala version. Curries are one of the most flexible, adaptable …More