Oats are delicious – oats are nutritious – they contain high levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and are an excellent source of fibre – they do not contain the protein gliadin, the gluten fraction that coeliacs need to avoid – they add texture to gluten free baking and …
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Campaigners Lindiwe Lewis and Daniel Kelly talk about living with allergies
Cressida has just published this excellent interview she did with Lindiwe Lewis and Daniel Kelly on her Linked in page. I thought it needed a wider airing. Understanding allergy from the inside out is so important, so Lindi's and Dan's comments are massively helpful. How do …
Gobsmacked – and very, very touched
Thanks to a temporary halt in my building works I am currently in sole possession of an eight bedroom, four storey house. So, since Cressida was coming here for an awards update, and my brother in law David had to come to London on business, we thought we could use my many floors …
Rethinking the Children’s category
Ever since we launched it in 2013 the Children's category in the FreeFrom Food Awards had been organised for us by nutritional therapist and special diet chef Christine Bailey who many of you will know well. Apart from having three children of her own on restricted diets …
Missing freefrom products
A few weeks ago Alex asked his Twitter followers what freefrom products they would love to be able to buy – but still can't. Predictably, good gluten free croissants and other baked products came high on the list – still horribly difficult to make, especially if you are trying …