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Not Just For Shrove Tuesday Healthy Chickpea Flour Pancake Recipe – Gluten & Dairy Free

February 9, 2016

Whether you will be giving up a particular food up for Lent, or doing nothing at all, Shrove Tuesday (otherwise known as Pancake Day) is a day everyone in the UK now enjoys a good pancake. Traditionally, Shrove Tuesday would have been a way for people to throw all the left over rich ingredients (such as milk, eggs and sugar), that they had in their homes before the Lent period began for them. As these foods are not usually eaten during the Lent period. Nowadays we see people getting very creative with their pancake recipes and even more so with toppings. This is why I wanted to share with you a simple but healthier pancake recipe that you can use on Shrove Tuesday, or any…

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Sweet Potato & Vanilla-Cinnamon Spiced Muffin Recipe – Egg Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free, Soy Free Vegan

August 9, 2013

All of my gluten-free, dairy free muffin recipes, up until now, have failed. They were either too salty, too hard, or too stodgy inside. That was until today! When it comes to gluten-free baking I am convinced you can make the same cakes and goodies as those available to persons who do not choose gluten-free, dairy-free products. But gluten-free baking is definitely a chore, when coupled with being dairy-free too! I have never let this stop me experimenting, as failing at something gives you a huge chance to learn and grow. That is something I have definitely done since embarking on a gluten-free, dairy-free cook. I never used to know how to cook – then when I started teaching myself it was when I became gluten and…

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Is There A Difference Between Gluten Intolerance / Sensitivity & Coeliac Disease?

July 24, 2013

Yes, to put it simply. You can be gluten intolerant (gluten sensitive) and not have coeliac disease. Gluten intolerance means a person cannot tolerate gluten found in food, and then may go on to develop similar symptoms to those that have full blown coeliac disease. A person with gluten intolerance will have less severe symptoms than that of a coeliac and will not have the presence of tissue transglutaminase autoantibodies which cause auto-immune disease, neither do they have auto-immune comorbidities which is the presence of a secondary disease in addition to already having a primary disease. So in short, gluten intolerance is far less damaging than full blown coeliac disease, will not show up on a blood test but can still leave you feeling the…

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