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Crispy chicken bits
(Wheat free, gluten free, egg free, optional dairy free) MY BID to recreate the chicken in matzo meal I loved as a child – minus the wheat and egg. Cut into goujons, chunky nuggets or a mini escalope it’s a great … Continue reading
Posted in Meaty dishes, Quick meals, Recipes, Savoury Snacks
Tagged allergic, Allergy, chicken nuggets, Cooking, egg free, Food, gluten free, goujons, meals, nut free, picnic, recipe, snacks, wheat free
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Banana & carrot cake
(Wheat free, gluten free, egg free, nut free, dairy free) SUDDENLY Sidney’s second birthday was upon us and I realised that, nope, I hadn’t spent the entire past year transforming myself into the queen of allergy friendly baking after all. … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Cakes & Desserts
Tagged food allergy, Allergy, Cake, wheat free, egg free, nut free, gluten free, dairy free, sponge cake, allergic, recipe, desserts, baking, birthday, puddings
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‘Life with my allergic toddler’
SO TODAY I have a small piece in The Times’ Weekend supplement, ‘Life With My Allergic Toddler’, about the pain in the arseness of trying to shop, cook and cater for a food allergy tot when everything you try to buy ‘may contain’ … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous silly stuff, Our story
Tagged allergens, Allergy, allergy friendly, cheesecake, child, egg free, Food, free from, labelling, may contain, nut free, recipes, Sainsbury's, supermarkets, the times, toddler, traces, weekend, wheat free
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She’s here, I’m back!
SADIE Old Lady is in the house. Which I hope explains my blogging slackness over recent weeks. But the chaos has – ha! – subsided and I will be back, with recipes and angry foot-stamping, in a jiffy. To come: … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous silly stuff, Our story
Tagged Allergies, Allergy, babies, birthday parties, cakes, egg free, food allergy, infancy, nut free, pregnancy, preventing allergy, wheat free
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Same old, same old
IT’S THE same old story. Every time I find a decent free from product and leap for joy, some supermarket chain or other decides to discontinue it. And so it is with the Dietary Specials deep pan cheese and tomato … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns, News
Tagged Allergies, Allergy, egg free, free from, freefrom, Gluten-free diet, nut free, Pizza, Sainsbury, supermarket, wheat free
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Finally – have your say (though it may change jack shit)
Almost a year ago now I wrote a post about looming changes to the laws on food allergy labelling. New EU regulations set to come into effect in December 2014 state that allergen information should be extended to non-prepacked foods – … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns, News
Tagged Allergen, Allergy, dairy allergy, Defra, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Egg allergy, Food, food allergy, gluten, Government, labelling, laws, milk allergy, nut allergy, Regulation (European Union), sesame allergy, soya allergy, traces, Wheat allergy
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Sidney’s pizza debut
A BIG, BIG day today – Sidney’s first ever pizza. It’s big because Sidney is one quarter Italian and his mother couldn’t bear to imagine a world without pizza. The horror. Sadly, his debut was not a taste of the … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy-friendly foods
Tagged allergic, Allergy, Anaphylaxis, Dietary Specials, egg free, Food, gluten free, Italian, nut free, party nibbles, party snacks, Pizza, products, Sainsbury, soya free, supermarket, wheat free
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Parent support group – N16
OK! Date and place are finally set for the second parent support group in north/east London. So if you are parent to a food allergic child, would love to swap experiences, tips and recipes, ask questions of an allergy doctor … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns, News
Tagged advice, Allergy, children, food allergy, London, meeting, parent, recipes, Stoke Newington, Stoke Newington Church Street, Support group, tips
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Support group dates…
I’VE BEEN very remiss in blogging about these but the food allergy parents’ support group is trundling on happily, with different get-togethers happening in different parts of London. The next two are in Ealing and at St Mary’s Hospital in … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns, News
Tagged allergist, Allergy, children, doctor, Egg allergy, food allergy, hospital, kids, London, nut allergy, parents, Peanut allergy, St Mary's, Support group, Wheat allergy
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Same old, same old pt II
JUST a quick follow-up to last night’s post on Sainsbury’s ditching the Dietary Specials Mozzarella and Tomato pizzas for their own rubbish version. I’ve spoken with the exceedingly helpful folks at DS today who confirm that, yes, Sainsbury’s was their … Continue reading →