The Booja-Booja Company have won the award for Best Vegan Chocolate Producer from the UK Vegan Awards held in the Midlands recently.  They said: "We are totally over the moon! It is award 46... and counting." If you haven't tried Booja Booja yet, you don't know what you're missing; their truffles are divine. And don't get …
Nigella Almond Carrot Cake
 Hot on the heels of my Carrot Cake breakfast idea, here's a cake made with ground almonds that my sister saw on Nigella. I haven't tried it yet, but I think the changes I would make are: 1, not to toast the pinenuts (it changes the fat) and anyway I would use flaked almonds on …
Pink, Warm ‘Ready Brek’
OK, so I forgot to tell you that I loved COLD Ready Brek as a child, see here for that post. You want warm, I give you warm: Heat up some frozen red berries (those packs you get in the supermarkets are great to have in) for 2 minutes in a pan and add a little honey. Stir into …
Miss Roben’s Carrot Cake Breakfast
Miss Roben's is a dedicated allergy-free bakery range from the US and now available in the UK. I posted about them here and they were kind enough to send some samples to try. I started with the carrot cake (well why not?) and accidentally developed a fab fruity breakfast! On a day when I was …
‘Ready Brek’ My Way
I accidentally made a breakfast this morning that I swear tastes like the Ready Brek I had as a kid! Takes seconds to make, dairy free, gluten free, high protein and full of nourishment. Here it is for you: Combine a good dollop of plain soya yogurt in a bowl (I used the Sojade thicker …
York Fingerprick Intolerance and Health Tests
Hot on the heels of the IgE allergy fingerprick test range from Imutest I added to the site recently, now the York food intolerance fingerprick tests are available for you too. Have I Got An Intolerance? The First Step 'have I or haven't I?' test shows whether an IgG intolerance is involved somewhere before you commit to …
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Wheat In Tabasco
Just thought I'd let you know that this week I checked with the makers of Tabasco chilli sauce what the vinegar in it was made out of - and they came back and said: "The grains used to form the alcohol are corn, milo, and wheat,"Â so watch it! And, by the way, I didn't …
Special Diet Menu To Your Door
Have you seen the new Nutrichef service where you can tell them which foods you don't want to eat and they will devise a menu plan and deliver the meals to your door? They do not use any wheat or dairy in any of their meals and use 10 fruit and veg a day, so …
FreeFrom Award Winners
Ages ago (oops!) I promised to let you know which food products won the prestigious freefrom food awards this year. You can get the full list from their site here: http://www.freefromfoodawards.co.uk/winners.10.html I note a cake won the best FF prize, Mrs Crimbles beat Genius bread to the top bread spot, Oatly cream won the dairy-free …
Does ‘Gluten-Free’ Really Mean ‘Gluten-Free’?
By January 2012, all gluten free labels will be changed. Some labels have already changed and here is what they mean: Gluten-Free means a food has less than 20 parts per million. It used to mean 200ppm. Very Low Gluten means the old gluten labelling of 200ppm. Some gluten intolerants and coeliacs can get away …
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