RECIPE: Gluten Free Cheesecake Brownies (Dairy Free)

Gluten Free Cheesecake Brownies have got to be one of the greatest creations. My recipe is also Dairy Free & uses a Brownie Mix from Delicious Alchemy. However I will definitely be making this again in the future without the brownie mix as I make a pretty mean gluten / dairy free chocolate brownie from scratch. (You can make this recipe using a brownie mix too or by making your own brownies from a recipe!)

Baked perfectly, gluten free & dairy free cheesecake brownie!

Ever since I visited Cloud 9 in Brighton for the very first time I have had a huge love of Cheesecake Brownie. They do the most amazing gluten free cheesecake brownies and I have to say they are heavenly. These days I don’t get down to Brighton quite as much as I used to (although I will be there for a few days in May!), and so I decided to go about recreating my own.

This being the very first time I have tried to create it means I will definitely make some improvements over time even if Mark says it needs none as he loves my gluten free cheesecake brownies as they are. I guess that is an important thing about my gluten free cheesecake brownies recipe… it is also entirely DAIRY FREE! 

The base in this recipe is made using Delicious Alchemy’s Gluten & Dairy Free Brownie Mix. It is a tasty mix that is really simple to put together. I thought it was a perfect thing to use when I was going to be making more than just standard brownies. In the future I will probably give making my own gluten free brownie base from scratch a go… I haven’t entirely perfected my best recipe for that at the moment; but Delicious Alchemy’s Brownie Mix is pretty amazing. As I mentioned earlier you could also use the Delicious Alchemy Brownie Mix if you wish but these gluten free cheesecake brownies would also work perfectly if you used your own brownie mixture as a base & then placed the cheesecake topping on top of it.

Enjoy a slice with dairy free ice cream!

I have never attempted to make a dairy free cheesecake topping before. I spent a lot of time looking into what would work best. I found an amazing dairy free alternative in Tofutti’s Creamy Smooth ‘Soya Alternative to Cream Cheese’, it really does taste so similar to cream cheese and when you mix it up with the other cheesecake ingredients nobody would have any idea it wasn’t real cream cheese. I’d highly recommend it alongside plenty of other dairy free Tofutti cheeses, they do a real wide selection. The cheesecake topping is fairly runny when you pour it onto the brownie base. However, once it is placed in the oven to bake and set that changes very quickly!

As you can see from the recipe I swirl a little ‘Nutritious Nutella‘ into my gluten free cheesecake brownies  topping. This is a recipe I found out about from Deliciously Ella. It is only made of 3 ingredients plus water & literally tastes amazing. We eat it on toast, pancakes & off the spoon. It works great in swirled within the cheesecake topping of the gluten free cheesecake brownies too. Of course you might not want to spend so much time making this for just a few swirls (though I recommend you do as you will never look back after consuming it!), so you could always use a shop bought dairy free chocolate spread instead.

I decided to bake the gluten free cheesecake brownies in a round loose bottomed tin. I wanted it to look like an actual cheesecake where you can cut slices. This worked really well and I would recommend you doing it like this as well It is definitely a perfect dessert or a cheeky afternoon snack with friends.

Anyway, enough waffle here is my tasty recipe for gluten free cheesecake brownies… DAIRY FREE TOO

Gluten Free & Dairy Free Cheesecake Brownies

2015-03-24 15:15:02

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Ingredients

1. - Brownie Mix (I use Delicious Alchemy Brownie Mix but you could use another or make your own Gluten / Dairy Free Brownies from scratch)
2. - 100g Dairy Free Margarine, melted (for the Brownie Mix)
3. - 2 Eggs (for the Brownie Mix)
4. - 225g Dairy Free Cream Cheese (I use Tofutti)
5. - 60g Sugar
6. - 1 Egg
7. - 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
8. - 2 Tbsp Dairy Free Chocolate Spread (I make my own using Deliciously Ella"s "Nutritious Nutella" recipe)

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 160 degrees celsius.
2. Grease a baking tin, or like I did a loose bottomed round tin.
3. Firstly make your brownies.
4. For me - with my mix this meant pouring the mix into a bowl and adding the melted dairy free margarine, stirring to form an almost batter. Beat the eggs and stir them into the mixture thoroughly. Pour the mixture into your greased tin ready for baking.
5. Next, make the cheesecake topping!
6. Use an electric mixer to beat the Tofutti until smooth and creamy.
7. Next, beat in the sugar and vanilla extract for about a minute.
8. Beat in 1 egg to the mixture until fully blended.
9. Pour the cheesecake mixture over the top of the brownie mixture in the baking tin.
10. Make sure you chocolate spread is fairly soft and swirl a few few splurges of it around your mix. (I love the Nutritious Nutella recipe from Deliciously Ella & would highly recommend it.. healthy nutella made out of 3 ingredients!)
11. Place in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until the top has fully set.
12. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
13. If you are using a loose bottomed tin remove from tin by pushing it up away from the sides, if not gently ease it out.
14. Cut a slice whenever you fancy it & enjoy!

Notes

1. We often have a slice with a scoop of vanilla soy ice cream but really it is perfect on it"s own too!

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RECIPE: Gluten Free Cheesecake Brownies (Dairy Free)

RECIPE: Raspberry & Coconut Slice - Gluten Free & Dairy Free

These Gluten Free & Dairy Free Raspberry & Coconut Slices are simple to make & taste amazing. The melt in the mouth base alongside the sweet jam & soft, yet crisp coconut topping is the perfect combination. Everyone will love them, trust me!

I haven’t done much baking the past week or so. We’ve been doing a few DIY jobs around our home & had my parents come to visit. But this week I wanted to get bang on it again! I bought a huge bag of desiccated coconut last week with the idea of making some coconut macaroons. We had some absolutely amazing fresh coconut macaroons back in December at the Manchester Christmas Markets and have been craving fresh, warm ones ever since! But instead of making them straight away, I had an urge to do something slightly more with my coconut! 

I love making different types of tray bakes. I also love biscuit bases. So I went about trying to devise something that was both gluten free and dairy free. A tray bake, or any cake for that matter that offers a few layers, with different textures is a winner for me. I always prefer bakes that have something with more of a biscuity, crunch texture to go alongside a softer texture such as coconut. This raspberry & coconut slice tray bake seemed the perfect combination of flavours and textures to me.

This recipe for the raspberry & coconut slice is really easy to follow as well, and requires minimal ingredients – basically it’s just store cupboard items so you can make it anytime. It would be perfect if you wanted to make something for when friends come round… or just something you can sit & scoff on! (They are very moorish!)

The biscuit base is made and very lightly cooked first to give it structure. It also allows the biscuit to turn slightly golden. I highly recommend this simple biscuit recipe for anything. It is very versatile and although it works great in the raspberry & coconut slice recipe it would make for a great gluten free biscuit dipped in chocolate too!

Perfect Spring Time Recipe hey Spring Chicken?!

I am a massive fan of raspberries within cakes and biscuits as you might have noticed from my gluten free & dairy free Bakewell loaf cake recipe I put up recently, click here to view it. Any flavour jam would do in this instance but I just have a thing for a good quality raspberry jam!

The coconut slice topping is incredibly easy to create as well for this recipe and is basically the mixture you would make coconut macaroons from if you wanted them plain. It tastes amazing and the smell from the coconut as you pour it into your mixing bowl is incredible (thats if you like the smell of coconut I guess!).

Anyway, as I have said, this recipe for my gluten free & dairy free Raspberry & Coconut Slice is really straightforward so I do hope you give it a go!

Raspberry & Coconut Slice (Gluten Free & Dairy Free)

2015-03-31 16:05:50

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Ingredients

1. 250g gluten free plain flour
2. 220g golden caster sugar (when measuring split this into 2 separate 110g portions)
3. 125g dairy free hard margarine
4. 3 eggs
5. 1 tsp vanilla extract
6. raspberry jam
7. 180g desiccated coconut

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius.
2. Grease a rectangular baking tin (around 12 x 10 inches - it wouldn"t matter if you had a bigger or smaller tray really, or if it was a different shape, you will be able to judge).
3. Mix together your gluten free flour, 110g of sugar & your dairy free hard margarine until it forms a breadcrumb consistency. (I used an electric whisk for this)
4. Add your vanilla extract and 1 egg to your mixture & mix until it forms a dough like consistency. (I used an electric whisk for this)
5. Bring together the dough into a lump with your hands.
6. Press the dough into your prepared baking tin evenly and bake in the oven till slightly golden.. this will take about 15 minutes.
7. After 15 minutes take the baking tin out of the oven and put to one side briefly.
8. Whisk together for 2 remaining eggs & your other 110g of sugar.
9. Stir in your desiccated coconut. (This is now ready to spread)
10. Spread your raspberry jam all over your base as evenly as you can (it should be slightly warm still, no worries if it isn"t this time though).
11. Spread your coconut mixture over the jam & base evenly.
12. Place back in the oven for a further 20 - 25 minutes or until golden.
13. Allow to completely cool in the baking tin before removing and cutting into slices.
14. Enjoy!

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RECIPE: Raspberry & Coconut Slice - Gluten Free & Dairy Free

PRODUCT REVIEW: Amy"s Kitchen Gluten Free Soup - Chunky Tomato

Finding comforting, convenient & quick lunches that are good for you & take minutes to prepare can be tricky. Fortunately Amy’s Kitchen have done much of the hard work for us by creating a beauty of a gluten free Chunky Tomato Soup. It’s organic & lower in fat than many other tinned soups, plus it tastes as fresh & flavoursome as any fresh soup out there. 

Homemade Gluten Free Croutons & a lovely slice of gluten free toast are the perfect combo for this tasty little number!

Recently the weather in Manchester has been fairly turbulent to say the least. I’ll wake up one day to bright sunshine & then other days I am welcomes with torrential rain & wind that quite literally could blow you away. The one thing that hasn’t changed in Manchester over the last few months, is the fact that in the Wintery & very early months of Spring, it is always cold.

When it’s cold I always want to eat warm comforting meals. This is never a problem in the evening whether its a steaming bowl of Thai Green Curry or a Gluten Free Pasta Bake, we nearly always have a hot meal. However at lunch time I often struggle for a hot meal choice. I am not a huge fan of having a jacket potato for lunch or yesterday’s leftovers… I generally just like to have a sandwich or at least bread of some kind! I am a massive fan of the gluten free bread brand, Just: Gluten Free Bakery & just want something to go alongside my tasty roll. When at work this tended to just be a cold sandwich but I’ve had a few weeks off recently which has meant I can have hot food at lunch time!

Lunch for me is a very quick meal that I have to keep me going throughout the afternoon. I don’t want to be slaving away for hours preparing it, neither do I want to spend hours eating it. For me, soup has always been the perfect saviour.

Most tinned soup & a lot of fresh soups contain gluten. This was initially a nightmare for me a few years ago. I was a massive chicken noodle soup fan, I loved all the Heinz Big Soups & I enjoyed grabbing the soup of the day when I was out. That all changed when every single tin I picked up contained gluten on the back. Over time I found a few fresh soups that I liked that were gluten free, however I always end up wasting them as they don’t often have the longest life.

For me soup is all about convenience. Of course if I had guests round I would make my own fresh soup but sometimes I just want to throw open the cupboard and have something staring at me that I can put in the microwave & eat within minutes.

A while ago I started eating Amy’s Kitchen Soups on quite a regular basis. I loved the Mushroom & Rustic Italian flavours. Somehow Amy’s Kitchen made tinned soup taste fresh, something that most tinned soups fail to do. I have cut down on eating the Rustic Italian soup these days due to my IBS. The vast amount of vegetables in the Rustic Italian Vegetable soup is just too much for my digestive system unfortunately. But for those of you who don’t have problems with your veg I would highly recommend getting a couple of tins for the cupboard! The mushroom soup is insanely delicious too, I would definitely recommend giving this a go. I know mushrooms are not everybody’s cup of tea, but this soup might just change your mind!

The reason I am writing this post however is that I have just come across and realised the awesomeness that is the Amy’s Kitchen Chunky Tomato Soup! Why did I never try this one before? I think I have always opted for Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup but I am not sure I will ever go back to it again after trying this. Not only does it have so much more texture than the Heinz Tomato Soup (unsurprisingly!), but it just tastes more like tomatoes. It tastes fresh & healthy! Another great thing about this soup is that it is actually so much lower in fat than other tinned tomato soups. I am still really surprised that after trying so many of Amy’s Kitchen products in the past I have overlooked this little convenient treasure!

I have been warming up my soup and serving it alongside some delicious gluten free bread and some home made gluten free garlic infused croutons. It has been going down a treat these past few weeks! Have you tried any of Amy’s Kitchen gluten free soups? Or any other Amy’s Kitchen gluten free products? (There is quite a range!) Let me know on Facebook or Twitter what you think of them… I might have missed out on another great product!

If you haven’t already you must give the Amy’s Kitchen Breakfast Sandwich a try… it really is delicious… gluten free, vegan & dairy free. It might look a little strange when you first get it out the box but keep going with it and you will love it. Check out a little more about my thought on it by clicking here.

The Amy’s Kitchen Breakfast Sandwich is amazing too!

So a massive thumbs up from me for Amy’s Kitchen. Thanks for making my lunches at home recently so delicious and comforting!

Thanks for reading,

Becky xxx

PRODUCT REVIEW: Amy"s Kitchen Gluten Free Soup - Chunky Tomato

Pizza Express Dairy Free Update 2015! Also Gluten Free

Pizza Express has definitely rocketed up my list of places to visit recently after I discovered there are in fact Pizza Express dairy free options, as well as gluten free.

Yes, we are in Pizza Express & Yes, there is Dairy Free Cheese on this Pizza!

Of course we all know by now that Pizza Express have provided us with Gluten Free Pizza Bases for a few years. For many people this has been a life saver. It might not be your absolute favourite gluten free pizza base but it is definitely up there & is great when you are out with friends and want to eat normally alongside everybody else. I will still forever wish they would serve me some gluten free dough balls or some gluten free cheesy garlic bread like they do at Dough in the Northern Quarter, Manchester… but we can dream!

Pizza Express do have a stupidly delicious gluten free starter on the menu at present however, that made me not care ‘so’ much about the lack of gluten free dough balls. The Risotto Fresco is insanely good and is the perfect amount to still give you enough room for your gluten free Pizza! The Risotto Fresco is creamy & full of tasty oak-roasted salmon & Gran Milano cheese, it is seasoned perfectly & I would highly recommend it. (I am not usually a starter girl as I never want to spoil my main but this totally hit the spot)

Obviously in terms of main I couldn’t choose anything except my favourite gluten free pizza.. The American. Simple as, the classic pepperoni was and still is my favourite in Pizza Express!

My delicious Gluten Free American Pizza

However, for once, ENOUGH ABOUT GLUTEN FREE! This post was for me to mention a new discovery for me in terms of the Pizza Express Dairy Free offerings! Now don’t get too excited, there isn’t any dairy free cheese just yet in Pizza Express… but in the past the only way for Mark to eat at Pizza Express was to ask for his pizza without cheese. Pizza Express still state this on their website: “Unfortunately we don’t have a dairy / lactose free cheese but you can leave the cheese off any pizza of your choice.” However upon reading further on their site under the Pizza Express Dairy Free FAQ I found this:

“You are also permitted to bring in your own cheese to top a pizza provided it is in a sealed pack, in date and the date is clearly visible.”

Now I know bringing your own vegan/dairy free cheese might not be for everyone and isn’t always the most convenient thing to do, but for us this was amazing news! We always have vegan/dairy free cheese in the fridge so for us it was very easy to just bring some along with us in a bag. On this occasion we chose to bring some Violife which is definitely one of the very best vegan cheeses around, there are so many different flavours of it I cannot wait to try. On other occasions however I think we would be tempted to take MozzaRisella; I absolutely love MozzaRisella on a pizza, it works amazingly.

When we ordered our meals at Pizza Express it was very straightforward and they understood exactly what we were asking for with the dairy free cheese. I ordered my gluten free risotto starter & pizza and then Mark ordered his pizza. He asked for the mozzarella cheese to be removed and replaced with his Violife dairy free. The waitress was very helpful and made sure we felt happy with the ‘dairy free procedure!’ She explained that it would all be done very separately so to remove any cross contamination. When our main courses arrived our waitress went through each of our orders once more just to make sure everything was correct. This was really positive and made Mark and I very reassured.

Pizza Express Pizza covered in delicious Violife Dairy Free Cheese

Mark’s pizza looked amazing with the Violife Cheese covering it. Violife is a great melting cheese and the guys at Pizza Express had definitely taken the time to scatter it across the pizza perfectly and allowed it to melt. Mark was over the moon being able to eat a pizza with cheese on it at Pizza Express. Let’s face it a pizza without cheese just doesn’t quite hit the spot!

Maybe in the future Pizza Express might jump on the Dairy Free Cheese Wagon, but for now, this is a great option and I thank Pizza Express for this. I love the Gluten Free American Pizza & we live 5 minutes away from our local restaurant so this is perfect news for us.

What do you think about the Pizza Express dairy free option of allowing you to bring in your own cheese? Let me know on Facebook or Twitter.

Thanks for reading,

Becky xxx

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Pizza Express Dairy Free Update 2015! Also Gluten Free

RECIPE: Gluten Free Singapore Noodles (Dairy Free / Onion Free)

Singapore Noodles is one of the nations takeaway favourites. My Gluten Free Singapore Noodles recipe allows everyone to enjoy it at home – plus it’s so simple & quick to make! (It’s also Onion Free – Bonus!)

Singapore Noodles has always been one of my favourite dishes at Chinese restaurants and for takeaway. I can’t deny that I miss eating a big portion of Chow Mein when we have takeaway with big thick egg noodles, but I have always enjoyed the slight curried spicy flavours that so often come in a good Singapore Noodle dish. Gluten Free Singapore Noodles are not uncommon in some Chinese restaurants, though in my opinion  and experience it can often be very risky even ordering them. Most Singapore Noodles are cooked with a small amount of soy sauce & the char siu pork is not gluten free either.

For me, a night of cooking my own tasty Gluten Free Singapore Noodles that I know are safe to consume and are very delicious is so much better than worrying about the consequences of potentially being glutened in a restaurant. This dish is incredibly quick to make as well, as noodle dishes always are!

This Gluten Free Singapore Noodles recipe is also free from onions. As you may or may not know, onions highly disagree with me and I have a zero tolerance with onions – if they are on my plate I won’t eat it… the discomfort onions put me in is just not worth it. I honestly no longer miss onions in dishes, and a dish like this has so much flavour it really doesn’t need to contain onions.

Equally, you will see that the only vegetable in this recipe is carrot. I have a lot of issues digesting vegetables, due to my IBS, especially green veg, so I don’t tend to put them in my food. However if you would like to, you could easily add in some peppers, tender stem broccoli or mange tout and it would work great.

Sometimes Mark and I make these Gluten Free Singapore Noodles in a smaller quantity as part of our very own Gluten Free & Dairy Free home made Chinese takeaway! (This is one of my favourite dinners!) We will make Gluten Free prawn toast, fried rice, satay skewers, marinated chicken wings, breaded sweet & sour and my personal favourite Honey (Agave) Chicken with Cashew Nuts – click her for my recipe. Gluten Free Singapore Noodles goes perfectly with all of these dishes!

Anyway, back to today’s dish the Gluten Free Singapore Noodles… here it is!

Singapore Noodles (Gluten Free, Dairy Free & Onion Free)

2015-03-20 16:55:12

Serves 2

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Ingredients

1. 1 carrot sliced
2. 300g chicken breast chopped
3. raw prawns (deveined & butterflied ideally - you can have as many or as few as you like!)
4. 1 slice of ham chopped (this is instead of a char siu pork & isn"t necessary if you don"t want it!)
5. 2 tsp turmeric
6. 2 tbsp gluten free soy sauce
7. 2 tbsp gluten free oyster sauce (you could use a fish sauce or like we do, the Blue Dragon Oyster & Spring Onion Stir Fry Sauce - which is gluten free)
8. 1 tbsp rice vinegar
9. a dash of sesame oil (a dash is an 1/8 tsp)
10. pinch of chilli flakes (depends on how hot you want it!)
11. 1 egg
12. 1 tsp minced ginger
13. 2 tsp mild curry powder
14. rice noodles (we use around 350g - you can buy fresh or dried but if dry you will need to soften them first)

Instructions

1. Heat a wok with a small amount of oil
2. Add the minced ginger & sliced carrots and fry until slightly softened (softer veg is easier for me to digest!)
3. Add your chicken & turmeric, make sure the turmeric is mixed in and coats the contents of the wok
4. When the chicken is nearly cooked, add your raw prawns (these don"t take long to cook and will do so whilst you are doing the rest of the steps)
5. Add your soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil & chilli flakes.
6. Then add your cooked rice noodles and curry powder, again make sure everything is thoroughly mixed and coated.
7. Make a gap within your noodles and crack an egg into the centre of the wok, allow this to fry on one side before mixing it into the noodles.
8. If you wish to, you can add the chopped up ham at the last moment. Allow it to heat through.
9. Serve up & enjoy!

Notes

1. If you wish, you could add a variety of different vegetables to this dish. For instance, peppers, tender stem broccoli and mange tout would all work perfectly and give the dish some great colour!
2. You could also add some shrimps into the dish to give it that really strong fishy flavour if you like!

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Let me know what you think of the recipe if you give it a go. I really enjoy being able to eat Singapore Noodles once more, entirely worry free. I love knowing exactly what is in my food, there are no nasties in this one. Using a variety of spices is perfect for bringing out great flavours in a healthy way. I love cooking this type of food so if you have any other recipes you would like to share that are similar to my Gluten Free Singapore Noodles, let me know!

If you do make this recipe share it with me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram… a picture would be great!

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Becky xxx

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RECIPE: Gluten Free Singapore Noodles (Dairy Free / Onion Free)

Tesco Free From Update 2015 (Gluten Free & Dairy Free)

I was only saying the other day that I was thoroughly bored of all the Free From (Gluten Free & Dairy Free) options in the frozen sections of the big supermarkets. They seem to make some new additions once a year and none of them are very exciting… Tesco‘s latest additions to their Tesco Free From frozen range however have brought slightly more mixed thoughts for me.

When Tesco released an even larger batch of Tesco Free From Frozen products last year I did a little article on them, check that out by clicking here.

This was a very exciting discovery I came across in my local Tesco Store today. Granted, I love making my own Sweet and Sour Chicken, but to be able to have this in the freezer and ready to eat within 15 minutes, from frozen, is amazing news when you are short of time! It is of course Dairy Free too which means Mark & I will definitely be grabbing this to try out very soon with some steamed rice – perfect, tasty, easy dinner! Who doesn’t like Sweet and Sour Chicken?! Let me know if you get the chance to try this I would love to know your thoughts

This is the product that I am most pleased about. Essentially a gluten and dairy free Cornetto! It’s the perfect thing to have in the freezer for a summers day. I often find that family and friends struggle to know what exactly to buy when Mark and I go round with our gluten and dairy issues so these tesco free from strawberry & vanilla cones would be perfect. Whilst Mark and I are happy to search the internet and local health food shops for different gluten free & dairy free brands, I don’t expect our families to have to do the same! It’s great that they can just pop into Tesco and grab these. I’ll definitely be trying these out soon; but in the mean time let me know what you think!


For those of you fortunate to be able to eat onions then these are for you! If you can eat onions, I am very jealous right now. I love onion rings so much and would always order them as a side in restaurants. However, I haven’t been able to eat onions for a long time now and so unfortunately I won’t be trying these. (Neither will Mark as he faces the same problem!) Onion rings are definitely a favourite amongst many and I’m sure a lot of you have missed eating them when your gluten eating  friends do! I used to love them alongside, or even inside, a massive cheese burger. They would actually work amazingly alongside my gluten & dairy free burger recipe, which you can view if you click here! I would love to know people’s thoughts on these Tesco free from onion rings so if you get the chance to try them, give me a shout


Another new addition to the Tesco free from range looks to be these Southern Fried Crispy Potato Skins. Although I will always be a fan of my own gluten and dairy free sweet potato fries (which are baked not fried), click here for the simple recipe. Sometimes a busy day is on the cards and cooking all our dinner from scratch has to take a back seat. These would perfectly alongside any dish by the looks of it. Steak, burger, fish, chicken! They would also be perfect if you had friends round and wanted a few ‘party food’ type dishes. I’d love to make my home made guacamole and dip these Tesco free from crispy potato skins into it! As always though, the proof is in the taste so if you get there before me… let me know what you think!

Finally I noticed that in the Tesco free from section they are also selling Tesco free from cheesy garlic dough balls.  These are sadly not dairy free but they are completely gluten free. I always find this a shame as it is nice when Mark & I can enjoy free from foods together! I will make an exception for these though and delve right in! I used to love ordering dough balls at Pizza Express and to have some pre-made, ready to chuck in the oven, is perfect; especially for those times when I’m peckish but don’t have time to make my own!

I’m always excited when one big supermarket brings out some new free from goods as it usually means that the other supermarkets will follow – I will try and keep you posted if any of the others do soon!

What do you guys think of the own brand free from products that supermarkets provide like the Tesco free from range? I know not everyone is a fan & it would be interesting to know your thoughts.

I will definitely be giving the Tesco free from ice cream cones a go, how could I not?!

Thanks for reading,

Becky xxx

Tesco Free From Update 2015 (Gluten Free & Dairy Free)

PRODUCT REVIEW: My Favourite Gluten Free Bread Brand - Just: Gluten Free Bakery

When it comes to being Gluten Intolerant, bread is one of the first things that affects you. Many folk give it up entirely, but I love bread & I wouldn’t want to live without it. A few years ago gluten free bread was definitely not the most appetising thing. For some brands this is still very much the case but other gluten free bread brands have started popping up in more recent times and provided us with quality bread that everyone would enjoy. My favourite bread brand at the moment has to be ‘Just: Gluten Free Bakery‘.

I first came across Just: Gluten Free Bakery last year at The Allergy and Free From Show North, in Liverpool. They had a very understated stall and I almost missed them; I’m so glad that I didn’t as it was my favourite new discovery of the show! Just: Gluten Free Bakery do a variety of different gluten free bread rolls & loaves. From white and tiger rolls – perfect for sandwiches, to brioche & seeded buns – perfect for a homemade, gourmet gluten free burger! They also do gluten free loaves of bread which would be perfect for toast, lunch boxes or even for a delicious bread and butter pudding!

What is even better about Just: Gluten Free Bakery is that all their gluten free bread is additionally dairy free, egg free & is suitable for vegans. It definitely isn’t always the case that brioche & tiger bread is suitable for everyone but Just: Gluten Free Bakery have done an ace job making it available for all.

Delicious Gluten Free Bread Roll filled with Coronation Chicken

As I said, Just: Gluten Free Bakery gluten free bread rolls make amazing lunches. Mark has tried my rolls on numerous occasions & would quite happily eat them every single day even though he can eat regular bread! They don’t have that strange gluten free taste that much bread of the past had. They are really soft and actually taste fresh… thats right, gluten free bread that tastes fresh! When I am at home I will always make myself lunch in one of these. If I am going out to a cafe for a light lunch I very often take one of these with me, even if they provide gluten free bread! It’s all well and good that cafes these days do provide gluten free bread, but if it is that strange, artificial, dry, crumbly loaf then I’d rather bring my own bread along! I’ve purchased all the different types of gluten free bread that they produce and I actually could not put a bad word in about any of them. I’m often more of a fan of seeded and granary gluten free bread than standard white, but the white roll in delicious, its so soft within and has a great crust; it’s almost muffin like and would definitely work well toasted with breakfast as well as with lunch.

Just: Gluten Free Bakery make specific burger buns as well as rolls. The burger buns are slightly bigger than the rolls so provide space within them for the ultimate gourmet burger! The first time I tried one of their burger buns it was topped with sesame seeds, it definitely made me feel like I was having a McDonalds… until I realised the burger bun was 1000 times nicer than any McDonalds burger bun I’ve ever tried & also my burger was much tastier too! But seriously in terms of a great burger bun this is the closest I’ve ever had to a classic one. The brioche burger bun which I had most recently is equally amazing. I’ve never really had a brioche bun before, I’m not sure they were much of a thing before my gluten intolerance, but I have been told that the Just: Gluten Free Bakery brioche bun is on point, and is very similar to the real thing. Mark often finds he cannot have brioche buns in many restaurants so he equally loved being able to have a brioche bun with his homemade burger!

Gluten Free Brioche Burger Buns are the one.

Just: Gluten Free Bakery’s gluten free bread range is available online through their own website. Click here to go to their shop. I have bought gluten free bread from the online shop a few times now; it comes really quickly and is all freshly baked. I often buy extra rolls and freeze them as it’s always great to have more rolls than I need. Whenever its burger night… I just get one out the freezer!

You can also buy from a few shops in Glasgow, such as Whole Foods. You can find out about these stores by going to the Just: Gluten Free Bakery homepage.

I really wish these gluten free rolls & burger buns were available in more places. It would be amazing if I could visit cafes and restaurants and order sandwiches and burgers which come with this delicious gluten free bread. Smaller brands like Just: Gluten Free Bakery need to be supported so if you too enjoy their delicious gluten free bread why not let your local cafe know about them? I have decided I am going to do this more from now on. If we want to keep our favourite free from brands going we have to support them in every way that we can – it is so worth it!

I highly recommend giving the gluten free bread of Just: Gluten Free Bakery a try. Whether you fancy a tasty lunchtime sandwich in a seeded roll or an authentic homemade gourmet burger in a brioche burger bun, their is something for everyone to try! Who really deep down wants a naked burger when you can have a delicious bun facilitating that juicy burger filling?!

Let me know your thoughts if you do get the chance to try Just: Gluten Free Bakery’s gluten free bread & also let me know what your favourite gluten free bread at the moment is. Where do you buy it from? Or do you make your own?! 

Website: http://www.justglutenfree.co.uk

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Thanks for reading,

Becky xxx

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