I wrote a blog when my eldest daughter, Megan, first started school (http://safereating.co.uk/lessons-in-gluten-free-school-dinners-will-my-mini-coeliacs-new-school-pass-the-test/). She has coeliac disease so I was really worried about whether they could cater for her safely. We were lucky as the school is really clued up on dietary requirements and even has a dietitian, who goes through the menus. They also […]
In our house, as you probably know by now, there are three coeliacs – me and my two daughters. When my youngest, Amalie, had to become strictly gluten-free, I decided to banish most gluten from our house. My husband, Martin, offered to just eat gluten-free food, but due to the price and the standard of […]
It’s always fun to kick off the day with a massive fight. And I very nearly came to blows with my boyfriend this morning over something very serious indeed. Breakfast cereal. It was 7.30am and, like millions of mums, I was feeding my son, helping him with homework, packing his bag, cleaning the floor, unloading […]
On the 31st March, the Department of Health opened a consultation on the NHS prescribing of gluten-free foods. The public can give their views by completing a survey found at this link. The consultation closes on the 22nd June 2017. Safer Eating fears that the public has been mis-sold facts in the government’s push to make drastic cuts across […]
So we’re just back from an Easter holiday to Lanzarote, which was lovely – great to spend time with the family and watch the kids play in the pool and park. Obviously, though, with a family of tricky eaters there were going to be issues on the food front. The hotel specified it catered for […]
Craving foods you can’t have is pretty standard when you get lumped on a free-from diet. As soon as I was told I had to be gluten free for life or risk a body breakdown, I wanted a macaroni pie, half a dozen Biscuit Boosts and a foaming pint of Guinness. Cravings can be all-consuming, […]
My life… driving around with the petrol light on for days, work, work, work, arriving just in the nick of time to pick up the kids – or embarrassingly late – then rushing home, desperately hoping there is something in the fridge to feed them that did not go out of date in 2016. […]
The other week I was lucky enough to be sent a recipe book through the post by a very kind individual who, for some reason, chose to remain nameless. The book is called ‘Natural Harvest – A collection of semen-based recipes’ by Paul “Fotie” Photenhauer. At first, I was horrified. But then I read on… “Semen […]
I managed to have both my babies in the month of March so it is rather a busy – and expensive – month. Plus there are lots of other parties at the same time because our NCT group friends, nursery friends AND school friends all seem to have spring babies. Party time! But for poor old parents, […]
It’s suddenly dawned on me that I don’t have to be quite so organised on the food front. Family trips used to be planned like a military operation. Now, when we’re heading out, catering for everyone is a whole lot easier, especially when I’m on my own and don’t have the slightly fussy mini-coeliacs with […]
There’s a bloke down my street dressed as Spider-Man. He’s been there for a week, gritting his teeth through the tail end of Storm Doris – weather that would test the toughest superhero, let alone one wearing holey Nikes. He’s also wearing a sandwich board, declaring that Domino’s has just opened in the next town. […]
It may be a lot more mainstream, but things are still confusing on the free-from front. You can get mixed messages from labels, waiters, menus, online forums – even doctors. And people have completely different interpretations of free from. For coeliacs, like my kids and me, we have to be strict and consider cross-contamination with […]