Last night, the winners of the prestigious FreeFromFood Awards were announced in London. As I wrote before, I was honoured to be a judge on the Overall Winners and Innovations categories on the final day of judging. You can see the full Winners list here across all the categories, complete with comments from the tasters, …
FreeFrom Food Awards Shortlist
 As per my last post, I have been busy helping as a judge for these and the FreeFrom Skincare Awards. I am pleased today to be able to pass on the shortlist of freefrom foods that made it through the rigorous process in each category. This is really useful for us because it helps us …
New Truly #Gluten Free Supplement Master List Inc Free Updates
  As you know, I beaver away constantly on TGF stuff, and much of my time is spent on finding safe grain and dairy free supplements for us all. I have now amalgamated the two previous supplement reports into a master list of Truly Gluten Free grain and dairy free supplements with a way for you …
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Food Glorious (#Grain Free) Food: New Pinterest Recipe Boards!
  I have come, I admit rather slowly, to the realisation that: a) I am never going to have the time to write the TGF recipe books as there is SO much more to do, and anyway... b) there are so many people who can do it better than me, so we may as well learn …
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#IBS: Doctors Call For #Gluten Sensitivity Check
  I absolutely agree with this. Over the past few years, I have come to the conclusion that anyone presenting with any form of gut or allergy problem, especially those tarred with the 'IBS' umbrella term which means diddly-squat really,  should be checked for gluten related disorders. Not that I'm bitter: if I had been diagnosed …
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Quinoa Stuffing
I thought this was a nice new healthy stuffing idea to pass onto you ready for Sunday roasts... Quinoa Sage Stuffing – Gluten-free + Vegan {yields 6 servings} Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa, rinsed well 2 cups organic vegetable broth (Ed: eg. Marigold bouillon, make sure its the gluten and dairy free one) 1 bay leaf …
Guest Chef #Grain & #Dairy Free Recipes
Yep, I was FoodsMatter guest chef this week so hop on over and see my Truly Gluten Free recipes: Honey Nut Granola Simple Muffins Flaxseed Foccacia Liver Pate Brazil Nut Chocolate They are grain, dairy, nightshade and mostly lectin free. Even if you're not grain free by necessity, these nut and seed based recipes are a …
#Gluten and #Dairy Free Lemon Drizzle Cake
As promised, here's the delish lemon drizzle cake from NHR. Couldn't you just dive in? 150g NHR’s Organic Virgin Coconut Oil 4 Eggs 130g Agave Syrup 175g Ground Almonds 100g Mash Potato. . . . Yes mashed potato! Zest of 3 lemons 2 tsp Baking powder 2 drops of NHR’s Organic Lemon Essential Oil (which is food grade). …
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#FreeFrom Recipe Books
  The lovely people at Freefromrecipes.com have set up a special page detailing my three recipe books for food allergy and intolerance sufferers. Makes me feel like a proper writer! Go have a look. Taking a bow, thank you.
New FreeFrom Food Directories
Do you remember eons ago when I used to do a report  in the newsletter on the monthly taste tests from Foodsmatter? Well, I am pleased to say that they have just completed what I'm sure was an onerous task of updating all their freefrom food supplier directories. I'm SO glad I didn't have to do …