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.
Summer holidays. Sun, sea, sex (or sleeping, if you have small children). And for coeliacs, the dark cloud of gluten following you around. So no surprise that I was glutened very recently – on a family trip to Fuerteventura. My Spanish is poor. What I do know I gleaned from working two summer seasons in […]
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 […]
Clean eating is everywhere. Reminding us all how dirty we are. Of course it makes sense to sack off processed food and eat what nature intended. And I’m full of good intentions… but my willpower wobbles. I swing from banana to five-minute fries in the blink of an eye – the same mouthful, even. But […]
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 […]
Tea. Have it with biscuits. Have it with sympathy. Have it with talking chimps. And, generally, have it with milk. Which is a bit of a problem when you’re cutting out dairy. I was on a five-a-day habit before I sacked off the semi-skimmed. I also mainline coffee but the move from lattes to Americanos […]
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 […]
We had a real fright on Friday with our youngest daughter, Amalie, who has just turned one. My husband brought her upstairs first thing in the morning, saying in an anxious voice, “Kare, can you look at this?” Amalie was covered in gigantic hives (sometimes referred to as wheels or a nettle sting rash – raised, […]