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Get about 1 kg of hearts (so you can freeze some), cut out the ventricles by cutting round inside the top of the heart with scissors. Leave the fat on. Cut the hearts in half lengthways, then in half again. Get a pan with some lard nice and hot and brown the heart pieces quickly. … Read more
My gluten free haggis hunt is over! Oh how I wailed when I was diagnosed coeliac – no more haggis! I have to admit, I love haggis. I would eat it every week if I could. And now maybe I can! Because, just in time for Burns’ night, I’ve found and ordered gluten free haggis … Read more
Gluten free fish and chips from the Real Food Cafe, Tyndrum, Scotland If you’re anything like me, any time you hear a chip shop offering ‘gluten free fish and chips’, your ears prick up. Then, if you’re anything like me, you start to think “Hmmm… do they really know what they’re doing? I mean, there’s … Read more
I’d seen the ‘Look What We Found‘ range of gluten free ready meals on the supermarket shelf for several months. As usual, I’d checked the ingredient list and had been impressed at the simplicity, and impressed that they didn’t need a fridge. A handy stand-by to keep in the car glove box I reckoned. (Note: … Read more
Along with gluten free haggis, gluten free black pudding (blood sausage) has been the holy grail of my food explorations. I’ve gone as far as to make my own gluten free sausages, but sourcing and handling all that blood is beyond me. They are a small bore sausage. Much spicier than any other black pudding … Read more
If you’re looking to eat out gluten free, Indian restaurants are one of the safer bets. Much Indian cuisine is naturally gluten free, with the use of wheat flour being confined mainly to breads such as naan. But then there’s always the danger of cross-contamination (check that the tandoori isn’t made in the same tandoor … Read more
The first time we came to Mallorca, we rented a villa so I could ensure that myself and other family members would have reliably gluten free food. But you know, 3 weeks cooking 3 meals a day, plus snacks, didn’t feel much like a holiday so this year we decided to try going half board … Read more
Tarpas restaurant in Palma, Mallorca isn’t a gluten free restaurant in that it only serves gluten free food. Let’s face it, that’s a rarity if it exists at all. What Tarpas is though, is a high quality restaurant where that staff are highly knowledgeable about the gluten free diet and experienced in catering for coeliacs. The … Read more
Does a high protein diet cause osteoporosis? If you’re coeliac like me, you’re probably aware of the increased dangers of osteoporosis due to impaired calcium absorption. And indeed, my BMD scans (bone mass density) have shown that I am osteopoenic in certain areas of my body. At my (youngish) age, low bone density is somewhat … Read more
As winter draws ever closer here on the West Coast of Scotland (and appears to have started, actually), my thoughts have turned to escape to Mallorca where we often go at this time of year. This year, we’re taking a bit of a punt on going half board – mostly to get a real holiday without all … Read more