Gah! I got a bit lazy with my label checking... cooked up my gluten free pizza and went to the fridge to find the ketchup. It wasn't the usual ketchup we get but I used it anyway.
Completely my own fault. Need to pay more attention. It could have been easily avoided. Now I have stomach pains, feel bloated and lethargic.
Time to curl up under the duvet!
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!
My lovely sister bought me the new gluten free chicken pesto roll from Cafe Nero. I was very good and saved it for my lunch... very tempting to eat it straight away. So here is what I thought:
-Good size
-Lots of filling
-Taste is great especially the pesto
-Bun is a little dry and began to fall apart but good flavour
-Fresh tomatoes helped combat the dryness
-Roll was light and bouncy to touch... some can be quite dense
I enjoyed this roll, it make a change from my usual salad. I would recommend it if you like pesto :)
Since changing my oats to gluten free oats I've not had the rash come up! *touches wood*
I now make my own granola too. Can't believe the difference with a relatively small change :)
Will post my recipe for granola when I get some time.
Could do with some tweaking but it tasted real good :) I think it would have risen more if I wasn't so greedy and tried to cram 6 sausages in hehe
I used:
6 GF sausages
1 cup GF flour
2 eggs
175ml milk
Gas mark 7 for 40 minutes
I browned off the sausages first. Its definitely something I will make again. Total comfort food!
The blood test results were negative so no coeliacs! I'm happy about it and hope the results are accurate.
However... I asked the doctor (over the phone) if that means I have some kind of sensitivity to gluten then... she said 'well no, that is what the test was for. You don't have coeliacs so you don't have any problem with gluten'.
Now that confused me. I thought coeliacs is an autoimmune disease and a person can be gluten sensitive without coeliacs.
I said I kept a diary of my symptoms (which were far from normal) and she said I need to book an appointment with another doctor if I want to discuss it further.
*sigh* I'm glad its nit coeliacs but I'm now more confused than ever.
I became so disheartened when I started eating gluten free and tried to bake using GF flour for the first time. I love to bake and I just couldn't seem to get it right.
Years later and the gluten free flour selection seems to have come a long way! I now use Asda own brand gluten free self raising flour. Its the best I've come across so far.
So here is my second successful gluten free cake, carrot cake.
This is the recipe:
1 cup Asda gluten free self raising flour
1 cup sugar
8oz grated carrot
1tsp gluten free baking powder
1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable or sunflower oil
Stir all dry ingredients together. Mix eggs and oil together and add to dry ingredients. Mix and then stir in the carrots. Put into greased and lined cake tins or into cupcake cases.
Gas mark 5
Cake tins take 35-40 minutes
Cupcakes 15-20 minutes
I cheated and used shop bought vanilla butter cream but its not too difficult to make yourself.
I'm happy now I can bake tasty things again :) just need to get bread and rolls down now
