I’m just back from the Allergy and Free From Show North, where I met Nina Modak from Eat Allergy Safe. She had a great idea – she was asking kiddies there in Liverpool to write down their allergy “wins”. I don’t have an allergy, but I do have coeliac disease and lactose intolerance and must follow a […]
Despite being strong on the outside, I’m pathetically feeble on the inside. As was seen last week, when I was brought to my knees by a bit of toast. I’m coeliac and was diagnosed a decade ago. Over the years, I’ve come to recognise the small window you have before your tiny, overpriced gluten-free loaf […]
So festival season is well and truly over – but we went to some brilliant ones this year. The last one was OnRoundhay, which was an amazing new little festival in Leeds. It is meant to be returning next year so try to come if you can. It is well worth a visit – great bands and […]
I’m in the unenviable position of being coeliac… and having two young daughters who are in the same club. But the way my two mini coeliacs are getting their heads around it is wildly different. My four-year-old, Megan, is fantastic with her food. She is well aware of what she can and can’t eat and always […]
As you may know from my Safer Eating Facebook posts and a recent blog… Cheese don’t go! Don’t go… don’t go away. Cheese don’t go, I have suddenly started reacting to lactose-free products. I’m gutted. So my latest mission has been to find a dairy-free milk… that I actually like. A few years ago, I tried […]
left – Jemma, right – Kay (the accidental lupin supplier) Just when you think you are on the right track and have your diet and allergies cracked, life (or a fellow tricky eater) can throw you a curve ball. A few years ago, I totally eliminated wheat from my diet. Self-inflicted tests on my body […]
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 […]
Unless you’ve had your head stuck inside a gas oven for the past week, you’ll know The Great British Bake Off is back. Despite being on Series 7, I only sat down to my first episode last year. As I’m coeliac, I thought the cakey subject matter would frustrate me. Like a horny nun sitting […]
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 […]
The older you get, the more bothered you are about what’s going on inside your body instead of on the outside. Crying over fringes, spots and big noses is replaced by freak-outs over lumps, aches and barking coughs. And so the latest worry in my life is not wrinkles… it’s bones. And whether they are […]
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 […]