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About Category "Life Without Gluten"

Whilst Smiffy is not himself gluten-intolerant, he cooks and eats out with his wife, who is. Life Without Gluten is a series of observations, recipes, resources and notes on his own gluten-free cooking experiments that will hopefully show that Life Without Gluten isn't as bad as it might sound.

Smiffy's Madeira Fruit Cake

Smiffy's recipe for a gluten and dairy free fruitcake, with Madeira.

Published:

Saturday, 30th June 2007

Gluten Free Fruitcake, Simplified

Smiffy believes that cooking should not be rocket-science, and tries to simplify his gluten-free fruitcake recipe.

Published:

Friday, 4th May 2007;
last updated on Sunday, 6th May 2007

Parade Thai Restaurant, Norwood

We have always liked the food at the Parade Thai, but had been unaware at just how well this establishment caters for gluten-free diners.

Blogging Against Disablism

What About Food?

Musings on dietary requirements and disablism.

Published:

Tuesday, 1st May 2007
Photograph of the bread disaster.

The Perils of Gluten-Free Baking

Smiffy reproduces a previously good gluten-free recipe with disastrous results.

Published:

Sunday, 25th March 2007
Photograph of Smiffys Gluten Free Fruitcake

Fruitcake!

Smiffy bakes a gluten and dairy free fruitcake, with a reasonable degree of success.

Published:

Saturday, 24th March 2007;
last updated on Sunday, 25th March 2007

Waffles Are Go!

After the previous days disasters, Smiffy gets waffles working.

Published:

Sunday, 18th March 2007

Smiffy Waffles On

Gluten-free waffles - how hard could it be? Smiffy tries it out and finds that a non-stick waffle maker can be anything but, and discovers a good naan bread recipe in the process.

Published:

Saturday, 17th March 2007

Food-Info.net

A very useful resource from Wageningen University which includes a multi-lingual food allergy dictionary and numeric food additives data (E numbers).

Published:

Saturday, 17th March 2007

Coconut and Strawberry Frozen Dessert

Recipe for strawberry ice cream, dairy and gluten free.