Are you planning to buy a food-related present for someone who is living gluten free? Do bear in mind that they won't be able to eat anything that has wheat, oats, barley or rye in the ingredients. Some coeliacs can eat oats, but only if they are uncontaminated with wheat, and only in small quantities. Do remember that there may be hidden … [Read more...]
A gluten free Christmas: Day 3
Another thing you should probably have already made: the Christmas Cake! No, I haven't done it yet either. But when I do, I'll be using my tried and tested gluten free celebration cake. Did I tell you this is now known in our family as Daddy-sat-on cake? Not because he did sit on it - no, there was an accident in transit once (he dropped … [Read more...]
A gluten free Christmas: Day 2
Now, you just KNOW you should have done this on stir-up Sunday, don't you? Of course, many people buy a ready-made Christmas pudding these days, and you can get these from supermarkets here. These puddings are usually little ones, probably because they assume that there'll be only one coeliac in a family - for example, the Marks and Spencer one … [Read more...]
