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What do you eat? Just back from Tesco and found a great offer for those of us that can only eat gluten and dairy free bread.  Tesco has  Udi's Products on offer for £1.00, till the 13th July.  It's a better than half price offer with most Gluten free breads retailing from £2:00 - £3:00 for a loaf.  So it's a good time to stock up and save some money.  Check out more Tesco special offers  on Gluten free products xxx

Or more correctly Where do you eat?     Spent the weekend in Aberdeen recently. Before we had even booked it my mum asked Where can you eat?  Planning for a trip for me now includes Restaurants, Deli's and Cafe's.      Re-cap: - Currently I'm lactose intolerant, wheat intolerant and following a Low Fodmap diet to maintain my IBS symptoms.  I'm also a Pescatarian , not just for ethical reasons.  I discovered my IBS symptoms got worse when I ate meat or poultry.        Basically this makes eating out really difficult. Lucky for me I love Jacket potatoes, since I seem to be eating a lot of them lately.    If you are from Aberdeen or lived in the area then you will know what a Fly Cup is. A fly cup is basically the same as going out for a Coffee.  Traditionally there is a morning and afternoon fly cup, and refers to a cup of tea on the fly during your day.     T...

This week for What do you eat? I decided to share the foods I buy.   Porridge  - I start each day with a bowl of porridge, it's one of the cheapest super foods you can buy.   How you eat yours has sparked many an argument, I like to make my simply.    - 2/3 cups of Rolled porridge Oats - 2 Cups of Cold water - Pinch of salt   I put my saucepan on a low heat and cook for 10 min's, stirring occasionally.   Once it reaches the thickness I like, It comes straight of the heat and into my porridge bowl. I keep the porridge simple as I like to pimp it up with fruit and yogurt.        Amoy Gluten free Ribbon Rice Noodles Clearspring Miso - wheat free I used these to make my own pot noodles,  only a lot healthier and tastier.   Home made healthy pot noodle Stir fry some mushrooms, then add the noodles and miso paste.   Pour in boiling water as per the miso soup instruc...

  Sorry Iv not blogged for a while, my laptop died on me.  Tried using my kindle, just wasn't the same.  So invested in a brand new one today x I'm trying out the Low Fodmap diet , to see if it will help manage my IBS symptoms.  So far it's going well Iv had no severe stomach spasms for 2 months now.  I already don't eat a lot of the foods on the list, so it was relatively easy to switch.  I love to bake so my biggest problem was giving up Wheat and Gluten. Iv tried out a few Gluten free flours -    Dove Farms  being the best one I have found so far. There great for making cookies, but I am not so keen on them for cakes and Muffins.  You still get that bitty texture of the rice flour that's part of the mix.  After some research my solution was to add Oat Flour. I use Oats a lot in my baking, especially in Muffins and Scones.  Finding out how easy it was to make Oat Flour was a revelation for me. ...

Top 5 Tips For managing IBS Managing IBS is not all about avoiding certain foods. Sometimes other basics changes can help just as much.  These small changes helped both my mum and I lessen our symptoms.  1: Caffeine Avoid caffeine, it's a stimulant and not great if u have a sensitive digestive system or bladder.  Switching to decaffeinated really does help reduce IBS symptoms.  2: Soft drinks Avoid soft drinks. Carbonated drinks are gassy and either overloaded with sugar or made with artificial sweeteners.   Artificial sweeteners can also be an IBS trigger. Consuming too much of them can have a laxative affect.  3: High fat food Ditch the deep fried food, and oven bake instead.  Too much fatty food isn't great for any diet. However it have a worse effect on those of us with IBS.  Baked instead of fried food might take longer but it tastes just as great.   Try chopping a large potato or sweet potato int...

When your avoiding Dairy and Wheat Iv excluded gluten and wheat products from my diet for 2 months , to see if it improves my IBS symptoms.  The problem with Food intolerances is that the sometimes the only way to find out if they have an adverse effect on you, is too exclude. Instead of being Yeast Intolerant, I think I may be Wheat intolerant instead. My symptoms improved when I cut out Yeast, I stopped eating bread and products coated in bread crumbs. The same products also contain yeast.  There are two foods that I have missed the most, are bread and cheese. Dairy free Cheese isn't that great, I would rather do without. However Iv discovered that Wheat free bread is just as delicious as traditional variety's.  Breakfast - Poached eggs on toast. Gluten free, lactose free bread. Bread was from Marks and Spencers Free From Range, slices where small but pretty tasty and filling. - Banana Lunch Baked Potato with beans. Instead of a tin of baked beans I...

I don't like to write bad reviews. Anyone can have an off day and I do not believe in judging a place based on one visit alone.  However this is now the Third  visit  that I have been less than impressed. Okay the positives first: It's one of the few places that I can go with my friends and family and find something I can both eat and drink.  - They have a great selection of Suki Teas , I especially love the herbal ones. - They Stock Lazy day foods Gluten free, Wheat free, Dairy free, egg free and vegan products.  My favourite is the Belgium dark chocolate Tiffin. - They have soya milk available. Negatives:   Last time I was there and ordered hot chocolate with soya milk, the cup I was given wasn't filled to the top and the saucer had a chip in it.  It also took them a long time to serve both my mother and myself. Then finding a clean table was a bit difficult.  Things happen I work in the catering sect...