Ask the Experts: ‘Healthy’ Foods and Weight Gain

Q: So what’s the deal with healthy eating? What exactly is it? And why are some people switching their diets to contain ‘healthy’ foods, only to find themselves gaining weight?! It may be that you find yourself with an intolerance (gluten for instance), that you find you no longer like the way you feel after […]

Morning Coco Green Smoothie

A lovely refreshing and healthy morning drink that you can drink any time you like!   By Mira Manek. I absolutely love smoothies but I often find them quite heavy, especially when they contain too much banana, yogurt or milk. So here is my morning smoothie, which uses coconut water as the base, blended with […]

Gluten-Free Jammy Dodgers

Fancy making your own gluten-free treats? Have a look at this gluten-free take on a childhood classic! By Michelle of Gluten Free and All Things Nice. This recipe is gluten-free, egg-free and vegetarian (can be made dairy-free). Makes about 20 cookies (depending on size of cutter) Ingredients 90g oat flour (certified gluten free) 50g brown rice […]

Raw Carrot Cake With Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot cake is such a good recipe when trying free-from baking as it is already dairy-free (apart from the frosting depending on which recipe you’re using) and it is much easier to replace any other ingredients to adapt it to your dietary needs. Plus it’s delicious! Have a look at this incredible vegan, gluten-free AND […]

Gluten-Free Veggie Burgers

gluten free burger recipe

Fire up the barbies! We’ve got another excellent free-from barbecue recipe for you just in time for the weekend – as long as the weather holds! This time it’s delicious gluten-free veggie burgers… By Dhanistha of The Vegetarian Blog. Last week in the US we started a new month, celebrated freedom and the 239th birthday of the United States of America. The […]

Ask the Experts: Gluten-Free or Sugar-Free?

Q: Why can I never seem to find gluten-free and refined sugar-free goodies? It only seems to be one or the other… Both gluten and sugar replacement ingredients tend to be more expensive than sugar and wheat flour, which are basically used as cheap fillers in a lot of goods. Free-from products already have a […]

Oro – Barbecued Aubergine Curry

Here’s a delicious spicy summer curry to excite your taste buds! All natural ingredients with plenty of spices means this barbecued aubergine curry is naturally gluten, dairy and sugar-free but still with all the flavour! By Mira Manek. I went to a new Gujarati restaurant while I was in Dubai recently, nothing flamboyant or extravagant, […]

Free-from advice: Ask the experts

Do you need help with your free-from cooking, or do you have a nutritional query? Email your question to nick.gregory@anthem-publishing.com to ask the experts for advice. Q: How would I know if my child has coeliac disease? Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease that can develop in anyone, at any age, and can be easily diagnosed by […]

Vegan Coconut and Strawberry Ice Cream

We’re all very excited about Wimbledon this week at Free-From Heaven and have high hopes for Andy Murray! If you fancy getting into the spirit of things, instead of the more traditional strawberries and cream, how about some delicious vegan coconut and strawberry ice cream? Perfect while the weather’s still (vaguely) warm – and for eating […]

Light and Delicate Gluten Free Pancakes

During our recent trip to the Allergy and Free From Show we saw some amazing free-from cooking demonstrations, including how to make gluten free pancakes. There were many different suggestions for how to make them, including American style and blinis – here’s a brilliant recipe for light and delicate gluten free pancakes. By Donna of Eighty […]