Life with food intolerances

Gluten-free, dairy-free Christmas cake

love making our Christmas cake every year and this gluten-free dairy-free Christmas cake is easy to make and can sit and soak brandy for a good few weeks.

Creamy vegan pesto sauce

This creamy, vegan pesto sauce is so good you won’t notice there is no dairy in it.

Dairy Free & Gluten Free Protein Balls

*This post contains affiliate links where I may earn income if you click and make a purchase* I love protein balls, but have never made my own until now. My kids love them and they are a great way of providng a sweet snack, that gives us energy, but with no added nasties and you […]

Easy, cheesy, but gluten and cows milk free potato gratin

I have to admit, I spent a long, long time, and many attempts at perfecting this recipe, for potato gratin that doesn’t contain cows milk, before I got it to the point where I felt it was worth sharing. It’s taken some testing, and tasting, to get it just right. I love rich, cheesy, comforting […]

Home made gluten free bread with The Box Bakery

*This is a review post, we were kindly sent some products from The Box Bakery to try* We love bread in our house, it’s a staple. Unfortunately, we also deal with food allergies and intolerances so whilst the children and I can eat normal bread, and I bake that, the husband misses out on homemade […]

Make your own chocolate coins

*This post contains affiliate links that earn us some revenue if you click and make a purchase* My children love crafting and making things, especially things they can eat afterward, and chocolate coins are a firm favorite in this house. I use chocolate coins in our special advent calendar that I fill with treats every […]

Sarah’s amazing chocolate gluten free and dairy free chocolate brownies…

Well, it happened. I wasn’t sure it ever would, but I found a recipe for chocolate brownies that is even better than mine. Sarah, who made these gluten and dairy free chocolate brownies, very kindly agreed to let me share the recipe, these brownies are really too good to be kept a secret…. Ingredients 300g […]

Easy Spiced Muffins – gluten free/dairy free

These speculaas spiced muffins are easy to make, and when they are baking make the house smell AMAZING! I must confess, whilst I am not a huge cake eater, or biscuit muncher (contrary to what you might think if you follow me on social media…) I do like spiced cakes and biscuits. This Speculaas Spice mix, […]

Creating a delicious dairy free dessert with Ciao Gusto

*This is a review post. We were kindly sent some items to create a recipe with* When the husband and I first got together, almost 21 years ago, I learned pretty quickly, that I would have to adapt life around his food allergies. Back then there was very little in the way of nice food […]

Cows Milk Free Pizza – it can be done

This is a very quick, cheat recipe. My kids LOVE pizza, but both my big boy and smaller boy are allergic to cows milk, so we have to look for other options. Goats milk products work for them, safely, so that’s what we use. Goats cheese, the hard version, is actually pretty good when melted, […]