Becky

The People Who ‘Get It’

In coeliac circles there is often quite a lot of frustration with people who just don’t get it. Don’t get that we can’t just cheat and have a cheeky bit of gluten. Don’t get that foods that are every day and even boring for others, such as bread and pasta, come with huge levels ofContinueContinue reading “The People Who ‘Get It’”

Gluten Free Bread

I remember one of the first gluten free breads I bought from the supermarket after my coeliac diagnosis. It was expensive – about 3 times the price of normal glutenous bread – but it looked very promising and delicious. I hoped this lunchtime would be the moment that my children realised life was not goingContinueContinue reading “Gluten Free Bread”

Vanilla Cupcakes (Gluten-Free)

Cake flour (by which I mean wheat-filled, gluten-filled cake flour) is a low protein flour that is great for making cakes because overmixing flour in cake batter can result in harder, less fluffy cakes. That means less gluten can actually be better for cakes. As a coeliac that makes me think that going gluten freeContinueContinue reading “Vanilla Cupcakes (Gluten-Free)”

Socialising as a coeliac

The tag line for this blog used to be something like “faith, food and photos”. Then Child 1 came along, blogging became more erratic, photography of anything other than children became even more erratic and I changed the tagline to something like “faith, food, family and photos”. As I am lurching slowly back into blogging,ContinueContinue reading “Socialising as a coeliac”

Chocolate Bliss Balls

Well, one would think that all that time at home in lockdown would result in lots and lots of time to blog and a blog overflowing with new material…but, all that time at home in lockdown with an essential worker husband and lots of children with lots and lots of energy and not a lotContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Bliss Balls”