My biggest mini-coeliac started school last week. A whopping 2.5 hours a day for eight days to start off with. Rather easy to work around… not. (Ooohhh that is so 90s of me, reminding me of when I was at school myself.) Four-year-old Megan has literally changed overnight. On her first day, an older pupil […]

I have had a bit of a roller-coaster ride with lactose. I always used to feel sick – it was just the norm. I had to push myself through nausea to get anything done. Somehow, though, you get used to it. After being diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2012, I realised I was reacting to […]

Before I got diagnosed with coeliac disease and lactose intolerance, I used to go to festivals with minimal food. A few sausage rolls and a bag of crisps was enough to get me by. Now, I usually have bags and bags that are full to the brim and will feed me, my husband and our […]

Following on from her last blog, Teresa Buckle, who has two children with severe allergies, explains why her dream break was so nearly the holiday from hell… So, we were after a family holiday – somewhere hot where we could have a great adventure. And we found Gambia, which looked brilliant in the brochures. It was […]

Choosing the right destination and accommodation for a family holiday is always a big task. But when you are catering for two children with food allergies, it is a mammoth one. You need to be certain you can actually feed them.

The last couple of blogs have been about meal disasters and accidents involving nut allergies and getting glutened in unfortunate places. So in the latest of this series, I thought I’d share with you my lactose mishaps and how my body reacted.

Here, Jemma recalls the last time she had an allergy flare-up, the unusual thing that helped her through it and why she landed a free meal… Touch wood, I have not yet had a critical, red alert, EpiPen episode. But sometimes a nut ingredient will sneak its way into something I eat and cause me […]

Gone are the days where cooking dinner was the last thing on my mind when I arrived home. Or when I woke thinking of what easy, greasy food I could order to cure my hangover. I must confess that there were rather a few occasions where I was too tired to even think about anything […]

It’s summer time and the temperature is heating up (slowly), so it’s only right that we all partake in a little ice cream whilst the weather lasts. And if you are avoiding dairy, it doesn’t mean you have to rule out ice cream – there are lots of great dairy-free recipes out there to tingle […]

I am my own worst enemy. After 37 years of living with food allergies, I still can’t seem to say no when dining out. Why is it when I eat out, I seem to give myself permission to treat myself to a piece of crusty wheat bread or gooey dairy goat’s cheese? My inner devil […]

Hi, my name is Jemma and I’m a colour junkie. My wardrobe may consist of about 90% black attire, but when it comes to food, I just love creating naturally coloured rainbow-infused dishes. My day starts with adding some colour to my breakfast smoothie bowl. I top my morning bowl of oats with a dash of […]

My head’s in a spin – I’ve taken the plunge and bought a spiralizer. And it’s transformed my tea times. I was never a big fan of pasta to start with, so when I converted my diet and became a full-time veggie and wheat and dairy-free clean eater, I didn’t feel the need to find […]