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 …
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," so watch it! And, by the way, I didn't …
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 …
Did You Know…?
...that malt comes mostly from barley? This is a gluten grain and so you need to be aware that a lot of foods have malt added to them for flavour. Malt extract is used very commonly in breakfast cereals, for example. Watch out for it. It was the malted barley in my rice krispies that …
Why Milk Is Linked To Hormones, Belly Fat and Acne
Today, I got a reminder about just why dairy doesn't help with so many conditions. Milk contains 'insulin growth factor-1' or IGF-1 which regulates cell growth and development. There is lots of IGF-1 in cow's milk so that calves can grow fast. But what about us? No-one really knows what the effects of having all this extra …
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Fancy A Non-Dairy Ice-Cream?
Since its VERY hot outside, of course my thoughts turn to ice cream! Couple of bits of news for you, especially for those of you who don't want soya, dairy or gluten. First, don't forget the Booja Booja Stuff in a Tub icecream, which is just fab and made predominantly from cashew nuts. Tastes gorgeous …
Wheat, Gluten & Dairy in Ecover Washing Up Liquid!
Well I never! I was looking at Ecover washing up liquids today in the shops as I needed to buy some more. I naturally picked up the one I've been using for donkeys years - Chamomile & Marigold, and absent-mindedly looked at the ingredients (as you do when you are constantly label-watching!) and there it …
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New Interesting Freefrom Products
Once every couple of months, I get the new product catalogue from Goodness Foods which tells me new products that have been launched. Goodness Foods is a great mail order/online company which tends to specialise in special diet foods and non-toxic toiletries. They also do a good organic fruit, veg, fish, meat box scheme, and …
Wheat in White Pepper
A quickie. Dorothy just called having read my latest piece about coeliac disease to tell me to be careful with white pepper. She says it is often bulked out with wheat! Well, that's a new one on me - so watch out for it! Thanks D.