Firstly, don’t panic. With the help of this guide, and the tutorial slides in the app itself, I promise you’ll know exactly how to use the Coeliac UK App in no time at all!! I did panic and as a result, I didn’t use it for the first 2 years of diagnosis because I thought…
Gluten Free Help
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18 Tips for New Coeliacs: My Practical Guide
Read moreI’ve broken this guide into 3 parts, packed with tips for new coeliacs! Its all very practical… from how to read a label to check if something is gluten free, to how to cook gluten free pasta. Also, I should have added a STEP 0: Don’t panic!!! I thought life was over, but I promise…
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How to Stay Coeliac Safe at a BBQ
Read moreAs a relatively new coeliac, when summer arrived I panicked slightly – “how do we even have a gluten free bbq?!”. We’d got semi-used to coeliac safe cooking inside, but having a bbq seemed like a totally different ball game. Especially at other peoples houses!! Here’s a few bits to consider: (1) HIDDEN GLUTEN to…
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Is Barley Malt Extract Gluten Free?
Read moreHands up who doesn’t get whether barley malt extract is gluten free?! What about barley malt vinegar or barley malt vinegar extract?!! Meeee!!! As a result, I see the word “barley malt….” in the ingredients list & I just put that food right back on the shelf. You too?! BUT THAT MEANS YOU’RE MISSING OUT!!!…
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Dairy Free: Tips & Tricks to Make it Easier
Read moreGoing dairy free? It’s not easy at first… whilst there’s plenty of alternatives to pick from, it’s taken me heaps of time & money to decipher between the good and the bad. Hopefully this guide will make your journey to tasty cheese on toast a little easier than mine!! Before we get started Lactose free…
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Hidden Gluten: 18 foods to triple check
Read moreThis blog post is all about the common places to find hidden gluten – here’s what got me thinking about it… A few weeks back, I posted a pic on Instagram of some Pick N Mix, owning up to the fact I hadn’t thought about cross contamination & had enjoyed several big bags since my…
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Navigating Supermarkets for GF DF newbies
Read moreI very clearly remember the first time I stepped into a supermarket after my coeliac diagnosis. For some reason, the fact I could no longer have gluten meant I was totally lost in a shop I used to be able to navigate my way around with my eyes shut. Here’s a 7 things I wish…
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MY STORY: “Don’t worry, we just need to find out what you can’t have, it might just be tomatoes!”
Read moreAs it’s coeliac awareness week, I thought I’d share a bit of my story with you. Hopefully it might help a few people or maybe it’ll just be an interesting read 🙂 MY CFS/ME Starting at the very beginning (a very good place to start!), in 2007 I had 2 years off school as I…
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