Eating Disorders and Food Intolerance
To me a ‘fussy foodie’ is someone who follows a restricted diet for health or medical reasons but also strives to get the most enjoyment (as well as health benefits) out of their diet. …More
Buckwheat – Gluten Free?
So is buckwheat gluten free? The first thing you should know about buckwheat is that it’s gluten free and despite its name, and the grain-like use of the crop buckwheat is a fruit. It’s a dicot in the polygonaceae family, which also includes rhubarb and sorrel. It is categorised …More
Wheat Free Soya Sauce
Fantastic store cupboard product is this Wheat Free Soya Sauce from Clearspring. This organic tamari is a fantastic wheat free find, a double-strength wheat-free and gluten-free soya sauce, natural fermented and aged in cedarwood kegs over two summers. …More
Thai Fish Cakes
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
Lactose Intolerance
Undiagnosed or poorly managed Lactose Intolerance can leave people suffering with stomach pain, bloating and diarrhoea amongst other symptoms. Here is a simple guide to what lactose intolerance is, how it is diagnosed, and how is it different from Cows Milk Allergy. …More
Coeliac Disease
People with coeliac disease have to follow a lifelong gluten-free diet. Even tiny amounts of gluten can trigger an immune reaction, which damages the gut (small bowel) resulting in digestive problems, nutrient deficiencies and increased …More
Thai paste
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
Agave Nectar
Being on a ZERO sugar diet, I have become very wary of any sugar substitute claiming to be healthy. As they can contain some serious nasties and tasting something that reminds you of sugar doesn’t help curve those sugar cravings. So Agave Nectar what is the low down… is it good for me as someone …More
Veggie Juice Recipe
After harping on about my fantastic Lequip JuicerI thought I should do some top tips on creating a great Veggie Juice Recipe. Veggie juices are a great way to get a good start to your 5 a day, especially when you get the veggie juice in a raw state so all the enzymes and goodness are still in tact. …More
Puffed Rice Cereal
So how do you make breakfast fun again on a wheat free, gluten free, sugar free, egg free diet. Well it is possible as well as fantastic Bircher Muesli as option Kallo Puffed Rice Cereal is a great option. …More
Agave Nectar Chewy Oat Bar
Being a grazer and also now working full time, I’m always looking for a snack to keep me going during the day which is both friendly and tasty. When I stumbled across a chewy oat bar recipe the other day, I was keen to tweak it to be fussy foodie friendly and taste the outcome …More
Sugar Free Chocolate Shake
I was just browsing the internet and found a really random Chocolate Shake recipe using peanut butter but it gave me some inspiration – so I just popped into the kitchen for a small experiment to make a Sugar Free Chocolate Shake with a special added extra peanut butter – got to say it was a real winner. …More
Tomato Pesto
Now not only is Dress Italian’s Tomato Pesto a great tasty of the shelf Free From nasties product the lady who set it up also has a great food ethic. Seriously this is an all round winner. …More
Yeast Free Bread Recipe
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
Gluten and Wheat Free Bread Flour
Thought I would share a small gem of a product from the lovely Doves Farm. There Gluten and Wheat Free Bread Flour is a must have store cupboard ingredient, for those on Gluten and Wheat Free diets. …More
Farinata
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
Fussy Foodie Face Lift
For those regular Fussy Foodie visitors you might notice that we have had a bit of a face lift I have been working on some tweaks and developments and a whole new style. Which this morning went live a live o. With our new modern and very PINK style hoping this makes things a little …More
Lequip Juicer
When I first found out I had candida and needed to remove all sugars from my diet including fruit for a period of time. I had to get my juice fix somehow – so it was veggie juices to the rescue and time to buy a Lequip Juicer and I havent looked back. Veggie juices are the best …More
Dairy Free lasagne
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
Dairy free parmesan cheese
This is so exciting one of my favourite ingredients that comes up in lots of recipes of mine, that I had’nt found any alternatives to was parmesan cheese. Fantastic news whilst enjoying my latest trip to Morrisons I stumbled across a new product …More
Gluten Free Baking Powder
Just a quickie on Gluten Free Baking Powder, after making Gluten Free Squash Bread last week I had a bit of a bloating reaction. Since my food intolreance tests I have been extra strict with my eating so either I ate it way to quickly or had a problem …More
