Who'd have thought it! You can actually get cereal.
On Sainsbury's website - they have a list on there of all the gluten free foods they do in their store - and although some of their non wheat based cereal contains a small amount of barley - it is within the codex alimentus guidelines for being able to state it is gluten free because there is barely any in it.
If you are gluten free but ok with Oats - Jordans granola has oats in but not any of the wheat dustings that we are concerned about when it comes to oats. I have been eating it and found it to be ok, but this is my experience - try at own risk, but I am ok with it which is amazing.
If you like your american cereal as a treat at times - Lucky Charms are made from oats - no wheat or barley etc in them. CHEX do lots of gluten free cereals - some to mimic wheat based, others that are rice chex etc. These are quite delicious as they come in all sorts of flavours. Reeces Puffs for those peanut butter lovers - are gluten free!!!!! A joy for me as I love peanut butter.
Also - having spoken with kelloggs - the only reason their non wheat based cereal can no longer be classed as gluten free is due to last years change in the levels which state gluten free - coeliacs everywhere used to be able to enjoy them until these changed - if your gluten intolerant, I can't see a reason why a bowl of coco pops or corn flakes wouldn't be ok for you, I have a severe gluten intolerance but find that these are ok for me.
Hope this helps
Friday, 5 April 2013
Difficulty with making GF bread in a machine?
Recently, my husband has been attempting to make gluten free bread for us, and in our bread machine....doesn't really work following a recipe. It all gets stuck together and you get lumps of flour, or just fluid at the bottom and a crust top that literally is all you can eat.....We have found that mixing the bread into a dough first (and it won't go into a normal style dough...it will be more the consistency of cake batter) has really helped when putting it back into a bread machine - if you are having troubles with your bread...mix the ingredients together in a bowl first and then add it to your machine and see if this helps.
Also, make sure you cook on the non gluten free setting - the best one possible for the size of your loaf. We use a basic bread setting on ours as the gluten free setting really doesn't work....we have a swan breadmaker.
Hope this is helpful :)
Also, make sure you cook on the non gluten free setting - the best one possible for the size of your loaf. We use a basic bread setting on ours as the gluten free setting really doesn't work....we have a swan breadmaker.
Hope this is helpful :)
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Pizza Hut Vs Domino's
WOW!
Pizza hut have managed an amazing Pizza. I may be biased, but I love the domino's base, however the toppings leave a large amount to be desired, whereas with a pizza hut pizza, the base is soft and not overpowering and you get that amazing pizza hut flavour from their toppings.
All in all - I feel that if we combined the base from domino's with the topping from pizza hut....we'd be onto a winner...however domino's cannot garuntee fully gluten free due to their kitchen whereas Pizza hut can, and with the amazing taste overall of the pizza hut gluten free pizza....I must say that it is a winner for me, I'd rather that to Domino's - and its not really as expensive as domino's is either which is another bonus!
Pizza hut have managed an amazing Pizza. I may be biased, but I love the domino's base, however the toppings leave a large amount to be desired, whereas with a pizza hut pizza, the base is soft and not overpowering and you get that amazing pizza hut flavour from their toppings.
All in all - I feel that if we combined the base from domino's with the topping from pizza hut....we'd be onto a winner...however domino's cannot garuntee fully gluten free due to their kitchen whereas Pizza hut can, and with the amazing taste overall of the pizza hut gluten free pizza....I must say that it is a winner for me, I'd rather that to Domino's - and its not really as expensive as domino's is either which is another bonus!
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Sunday Roast IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
Who misses out on having an amazing roast dinner on a sunday with all the trimmings?
Not anymore!
Black Farmer do some really nice pork sausages - and not like the free from sausages you get that have more grissle in than meat...these are good quality ones which you can wrap your bacon around for those pigs in blankets (available from any supermarket!)
If you have stumbled across doves farm before, then grab some of their plain flour - make a yorkshire pudding mix - you will need 2 eggs not just the one but then everything else is the same....and you can have lovely home cooked yorkshires to add to that dinner of yours. You just make up the mix as you would any other yorkshire mix. If you are egg free - there is an egg replacement you can get from holland and barratts which will do the trick, and if you are dairy free, then just use water and a bit of either lacto free milk (which is the closest to normal milk you can get), Goats milk if you can have it, or just water and some of the alpro soya milk and cream to thicken it up a bit.
Dietary specials make their own frozen yorkshires, which are ok, but they have that weird gluten free taste to them and are a bit hard so have taken to making my own. You can also use this mix to make pancakes - I have found that gluten free pancakes don't really taste much different when made yourself to normal pancakes!
Now gravy - most gravy contains wheat I know.. but Bisto have brought out a new gravy you can buy in any supermarket... its the bisto in the glass jars... it is made on a line that has had wheat on before, but it doesn't contain wheat. but then thats the same as dairy milk having to say that they may contain nuts because some of their chocolate has been made in the same place as nut stuff... but i have been using this and found it to be fine.
Tesco/sainsburys are also now stocking Mrs Crimbles gluten free sage and onion stuffing - and dumpling mix if you like your stews. The stuffing needs more water than it states as having them a bit more soggy helps them not to get that dryness that a lot of gluten free food has - e.g. crumbles - adding more butter/margarine or dairy free spread to your crumble mix will prevent it from becoming more dry.
The dumplings were a bit weird though - Me and my husband didn't really like them...but still had to eat them... weird flavour and texture, but give it a go.. your taste buds may be different from mine.
Hope that helps in time for christmas!
Not anymore!
Black Farmer do some really nice pork sausages - and not like the free from sausages you get that have more grissle in than meat...these are good quality ones which you can wrap your bacon around for those pigs in blankets (available from any supermarket!)
If you have stumbled across doves farm before, then grab some of their plain flour - make a yorkshire pudding mix - you will need 2 eggs not just the one but then everything else is the same....and you can have lovely home cooked yorkshires to add to that dinner of yours. You just make up the mix as you would any other yorkshire mix. If you are egg free - there is an egg replacement you can get from holland and barratts which will do the trick, and if you are dairy free, then just use water and a bit of either lacto free milk (which is the closest to normal milk you can get), Goats milk if you can have it, or just water and some of the alpro soya milk and cream to thicken it up a bit.
Dietary specials make their own frozen yorkshires, which are ok, but they have that weird gluten free taste to them and are a bit hard so have taken to making my own. You can also use this mix to make pancakes - I have found that gluten free pancakes don't really taste much different when made yourself to normal pancakes!
Now gravy - most gravy contains wheat I know.. but Bisto have brought out a new gravy you can buy in any supermarket... its the bisto in the glass jars... it is made on a line that has had wheat on before, but it doesn't contain wheat. but then thats the same as dairy milk having to say that they may contain nuts because some of their chocolate has been made in the same place as nut stuff... but i have been using this and found it to be fine.
Tesco/sainsburys are also now stocking Mrs Crimbles gluten free sage and onion stuffing - and dumpling mix if you like your stews. The stuffing needs more water than it states as having them a bit more soggy helps them not to get that dryness that a lot of gluten free food has - e.g. crumbles - adding more butter/margarine or dairy free spread to your crumble mix will prevent it from becoming more dry.
The dumplings were a bit weird though - Me and my husband didn't really like them...but still had to eat them... weird flavour and texture, but give it a go.. your taste buds may be different from mine.
Hope that helps in time for christmas!
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
At Home, On the Go or to Grab a quick Bite
If you are at a train station/airport, service station on the motorway, on a working lunch and need something quick to grab...its not as simple as going to the sandwich section and grabbing the nicest sounding sandwich going right?
Actually - it can be just that simple!
There are certain food shops that are catering for us gluten free on the goers who need a quick bite that we can eat on the go.
Marks and Spencers: Slighty more money than tesco or asda, but they have a fabulous sushi range which you are able to eat if you do not add the soy sauce to the sushi. You can also get ham and mustard sandwiches, Ploughmans sandwiches, egg and cress all made with the lovely taste of genius bread.
Waitrose - high quality, again slightly more expensive than any normal run of the mill supermarket, but they have also started doing varieties of sandwiches, roast chicken, prawn mayo etc and also have a lovely sushi range (I believe that theres is the best next to actually visiting a sushi bar!)
Now if your not totally into sandwiches and sushi, which I am well aware that not everyone is, Sainsbury's has a fabulous range of food that pre made lunches can have, teacakes, crumpets etc. And I have found sainsbury's to have the best flavour out of Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's....but thats my own opinion. I know it is usually seen as the more expensive supermarket out of those 3, but when it comes to gluten free and free from, they are all pretty similar in price.
Cereal - Sainsbury's own brands of cereal such as corn based cereal, rice based cereal - these although they say contain gluten due to the barly malt extract, because it is so low, they contain a low enough amount that most coeliacs can tollerate - obviously, look out for those containing wheat, rye etc as these ones won't be. Their own brand Weetabix will contain harmful levels of gluten and some of the rice based cereals that are more adventurous may also contain wheat - obviously you guys can make a sensible conclusion with this, but we can eat normal cereals and not pay the earth for them.. infact, we can pay a lower amount than if we were buying kellogs!
http://www2.sainsburys.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/52710A52-F7CE-4E95-ACDC-3FB54E25E047/0/AvoidingglutenproductlistSeptember2012.pdf (VISIT HERE TO LEARN HOW MORE ABOUT SAINSBURYS AND THEIR NON SPECIFIED FREE FROM PRODUCTS THAT WE CAN EAT)
Actually - it can be just that simple!
There are certain food shops that are catering for us gluten free on the goers who need a quick bite that we can eat on the go.
Marks and Spencers: Slighty more money than tesco or asda, but they have a fabulous sushi range which you are able to eat if you do not add the soy sauce to the sushi. You can also get ham and mustard sandwiches, Ploughmans sandwiches, egg and cress all made with the lovely taste of genius bread.
Waitrose - high quality, again slightly more expensive than any normal run of the mill supermarket, but they have also started doing varieties of sandwiches, roast chicken, prawn mayo etc and also have a lovely sushi range (I believe that theres is the best next to actually visiting a sushi bar!)
Now if your not totally into sandwiches and sushi, which I am well aware that not everyone is, Sainsbury's has a fabulous range of food that pre made lunches can have, teacakes, crumpets etc. And I have found sainsbury's to have the best flavour out of Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's....but thats my own opinion. I know it is usually seen as the more expensive supermarket out of those 3, but when it comes to gluten free and free from, they are all pretty similar in price.
Cereal - Sainsbury's own brands of cereal such as corn based cereal, rice based cereal - these although they say contain gluten due to the barly malt extract, because it is so low, they contain a low enough amount that most coeliacs can tollerate - obviously, look out for those containing wheat, rye etc as these ones won't be. Their own brand Weetabix will contain harmful levels of gluten and some of the rice based cereals that are more adventurous may also contain wheat - obviously you guys can make a sensible conclusion with this, but we can eat normal cereals and not pay the earth for them.. infact, we can pay a lower amount than if we were buying kellogs!
http://www2.sainsburys.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/52710A52-F7CE-4E95-ACDC-3FB54E25E047/0/AvoidingglutenproductlistSeptember2012.pdf (VISIT HERE TO LEARN HOW MORE ABOUT SAINSBURYS AND THEIR NON SPECIFIED FREE FROM PRODUCTS THAT WE CAN EAT)
Dagenham
CHINESE! The Bain of a gluten free diet...My husband enjoys Lemon Chicken and for a while has been gluten free (partly for him to feel better in himself and partly to keep me on track!) We found that KIMLING on WHALEBONE LANE in Dagenham will serve all their battered chicken dishes (e.g. Lemon Chicken, sweet and sour chicken) without batter so that we can enjoy the chinese delicacy. Whats more is that awful thing MSG (Monosodium Glutamate), they put on the dish after it has cooked, it is simply sprinkled on top as a flavour enhancer, but they are more than happy not to include this if you ask them to not put it on as it is not cooked into their food!
LARA GRILL!
On Whalebone lane there is a new turkish restaurant called Lara Grill. Stear away from the Pizza's and breads but the majority of the rest of the food is gluten free - I had the rice with the chicken shish kebab meat - a very lovely and very filling dinner! Also, off the gluten free topic... try their Mint Tea - you need to add sugar to it, but it is absolutely amazing!
LARA GRILL!
On Whalebone lane there is a new turkish restaurant called Lara Grill. Stear away from the Pizza's and breads but the majority of the rest of the food is gluten free - I had the rice with the chicken shish kebab meat - a very lovely and very filling dinner! Also, off the gluten free topic... try their Mint Tea - you need to add sugar to it, but it is absolutely amazing!
Well Known Coffee House: Costa, Starbucks, Cafe Nero...
Hey All,
Us Brits, we love going for a coffee, cake and having a chat, so you will find a lot of coffee shops available. You only have to walk down Warren Street and there are 4 starbucks, 2 cafe Nero's and 3 Costa Coffee's.
The annoying thing is that they didn't really serve anything that those following a gluten free diet could eat...but if you want cake that tastes amazing, all three now stock a couple of gluten free cakes, Costa has also introduced a cherry bakewell which tastes no different to gluten filled bakewells. Very lovely!
We are still awaiting an introduction of free from sandwiches, pannini's etc, but I think were waiting for that everywhere to be honest.... its a start for the coffee house!
Us Brits, we love going for a coffee, cake and having a chat, so you will find a lot of coffee shops available. You only have to walk down Warren Street and there are 4 starbucks, 2 cafe Nero's and 3 Costa Coffee's.
The annoying thing is that they didn't really serve anything that those following a gluten free diet could eat...but if you want cake that tastes amazing, all three now stock a couple of gluten free cakes, Costa has also introduced a cherry bakewell which tastes no different to gluten filled bakewells. Very lovely!
We are still awaiting an introduction of free from sandwiches, pannini's etc, but I think were waiting for that everywhere to be honest.... its a start for the coffee house!
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