Pizza Express

Went to Pizza Express and was greeted by a very helpful waitress. She showed me all of the gluten free options.

I liked being able to see the kitchen area. It made me feel reassured that the gluten free pizza was kept separate aaaaand the flour used to work the normal pizza dough is gluten free to help prevent cross contamination! Very impressed.

My pizza arrived and it tastes so good! My boyfriend tried a bit and said it tasted great. It felt so good being able to eat pizza in a restaurant.

Also got the brownie and hot chocolate... I couldn't resist. It was gooey and rich and amazing! I understand why its a small piece.

The waitress and I chatted about how good the GF pizza was. She said the staff often choose the GF one because it tastes so good :) a very good experience for me.

Happy happy happy :)

La Tasca

I planned to go out with friends bank holiday Monday and of course the usual 'where to eat?' questions buzzed around my head. I have a few restaurants I frequent as I know I can get gluten free food there without much fuss.

I met with friends who had waited at the bar in La Tasca. I got a little nervous as I assumed I wouldn't be able to eat much there. I really don't like being awkward and tapas seemed out of the question... far too many dishes to worry about when in some places one gluten free dish is hard enough.

My partner grabbed a menu for me so I could decide whether it was 'safe'. To my surprise the menu was clearly marked with what was gluten free... there was even a gluten free platter option!

We were seated at our table and I had a better look at the menu. There was so much choice! Not just the normal menu with non-gluten free bits taken out.

I had such a lovely evening, no fuss, no separate menus or having to be served by the manager like I'm some kind of abnormal person. No special arrangements.

The food arrived and the smell was amazing! Dish after gorgeous gluten free dish was brought out and I very much enjoyed every one of them. I didn't have it but they also had a gluten free beer on the menu!

I was so impressed with the food, service and atmosphere at La Tasca. I recommend it to all those gluten free people out there and everyone else too! Vegetarian options were also clearly marked.

Its so nice to have an excellent gluten free restaurant experience :) I wish I had taken pitctures!

Make-up and hair products containing gluten

I recently heard about make-up and hair products containing gluten. After having cut out wheat for almost 4 years I am still finding new things that it is in. Apparently what we put on our skin can be absorbed into the blood (http://glutenfreeville.com/featured/is-it-time-to-break-up-with-your-gluten-filled-make-up).

I buy most of my make-up from Avon so I did a little research and found a listing of products (all credit to the website providing the pdf).

http://www.glutenfreeinsd.com/PDFs/AVON%20gluten%20free%20products%20list%209-24-08.pdf

It is from 2008 but was the most recent I could find... if anyone else finds one more recent feel free to comment.

For more info on food allergies and skin products @skinsmatter posted this on Twitter:
http://www.skinsmatter.com/blog/?p=1