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Yep: I'm on a roll. Although no rolls included in these meal plans of course - not a jot of wheat in any of them, sorry! Whilst I had the bit between my teeth, I continued on my mission of creating more food resources for you this Summer. Hot on the heels of the 5 …
I was pondering this today. Not that I was hungry or anything! My snack repertoire has, thankfully, expanded quite a lot recently due to getting a load of foods back at last, hoorah! So, mine is currently a slice of my almond flour and flaxseed bread with nut butter and a pure jam (currently St …
A great recipe for you today from Dr O at the Gluten Free Society. It uses his grain free bread mix, which you can get in the US. But it's basically almond and coconut flour with psyllium husk so you can make it yourself in the UK pretty easily. I make a similar sandwich bread …
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What do you do if you need help to create an Autoimmune (grain, lectin, dairy free) diet which is low GL to help balance you blood sugar and you can't have garlic, chicken or fish? What if you need someone to give you a meal plan to help you find a way to lower your …
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Michelle at FoodsMatter has let us know that the Food Standards Agency is finally tackling the bugbear that is 'may contain' labelling on freefrom foods and they need our input. A long-time annoyance, frustration and no small risk for anyone who's not sure whether to believe the warnings or ignore them. What does it even …
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A really useful article for you if you are vegan or avoiding eggs for whatever reason, but still like baking stuff. I've tried a few of these. OK, it's never going to be an exact replacement, but some of these really do work - I use banana and apple sauce quite often with nut butter …
 It’s been 6 months since my last confession (or big post in the Healing Series anyway!). At that point, we were discussing brain retraining techniques to add to our calming-amygdala strategies and I was wishing I had time to devote six months to getting better. Well, the good news is: I didn’t need to… THE FOODS …
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It's always nice to see new flours to play with, so I was pleased to see Foodsmatter.com's recent recipes using pea and fava bean flour - new ones on me. I particularly like the sound of the courgette and wasabi pancakes which turn out literally pea-green because of the flour! Look yum and would make …
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  I know we should always make our own food, but sometimes you just need something easy-peasy. I spied these new meal pots from the makers of Pure spread in the supermarket the other day and now see that our friends at FoodsMatter.com have reviewed them. Nice timing. Go and take a look: Pure Free From …
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New Cyrex 10-90 food tests now on the shop for you as promised in a new section: Gluten, Cyrex and Autoimmune Tests http://ow.ly/r7g23006hyU