Tag Archives: egg free

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

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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

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The perfect cheesecake (two ways)

YOU’LL BE hard pressed to find a shop or deli-bought cheesecake that doesn’t contain egg, let alone wheat or nuts. But it’s actually really simple to knock up an allergy-friendly alternative that tastes just as good… and maybe even better. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Grandma’s ridiculously quick & fruity flapjacks

Wheat free, egg free, nut free (optional: dairy free) SID’S Grandma (my husband’s Mum) is a master baker of lovely cakes – deliciously moist Victoria sponges, boozy sherry logs at Christmas, butterfly “buns” (as Yorkshire idiom would have ‘em), coffee … Continue reading

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Lovely beetroot & carrot fritters

Egg free, wheat free, nut free, gluten free (optional: dairy free) A SHORT while ago I posted about the wonderful barbecue at my Mum’s house, where, for the first time ever, we were able to turn up with Sid in … Continue reading

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