Udi's Sponge Cake Mix

This sponge cake mix is very easy to use and all you need to add in with the mix is -

1/2 cup of dairy free spread,

2 eggs,

1 teaspoon of vanilla flavouring,

1/2 cup of water of you can use soya milk etc. (I used water)

I decided to leave the cake plain as that is how I love to eat cake. It tasted delicious and was very light and fluffy. (I used a petal shape sponge mould if you are wondering about the shape of my cake!) It literally melted in my mouth. It tells you on the back of the box how to make the sponge cake but you can basically make it how you want to and even add different ingredients. 

To find out more about Udi's you can head over to their website. 

Check out these delicious brownies I made using the Udi's Chocolate Chip Brownie Mix.

Udi's Chocolate Chip Brownie Mix

I was so excited when I received this box of chocolate chip brownie mix from Udi's. I have a massive weak spot for chocolate brownies! What makes this one even better is that it is gluten, what and milk free. I followed the instructions on the back of the box to make these delicious brownies. I added the bag of brownie mix in a bowl with 2 eggs and 1/3 cup of melted dairy free butter. I then mixed it all together and popped in a baking tray which i greased with coconut oil and put in the oven for about 25 minutes. These brownies are very quick and easy to make.

The texture of these brownies is perfect, the centre is lovely and soft and the taste of them is just so delicious. As the box says "Rich and Delicious." I can't wait to bake some more of these.

They have so many more yummy products that they do. Check out my other post on Udi's products http://clemloves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/udis.html  

Coming soon - Blog post on Udi's Pastry Mix and Udi's Sponge Cake Mix.

Why not try these delicious Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Squares 

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Squares | Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free

I am obsessed with peanut butter, I can't get enough of the stuff!

These peanut butter and chocolate chip squares are dairy, wheat and gluten free. They are super easy to make and taste delicious.

To make these I used:

200g of dairy free margarine,

200g of sugar,

200g of gluten and wheat free flour,

2 eggs,

100g of peanut butter.

1 pack of dairy free chocolate chips.

I just mixed all of the ingredients together and then popped on to a greased baking tray. I greased the tray with some coconut oil. I then popped the tray in to the oven for about 15-20 mins until golden. Once cooked I then cut them in to squares and left to cool.

Why not try this delicious Spaghetti Bolognese 

Spaghetti Bolognese | Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free

This spaghetti bolognese is quick and easy to make and tastes so good.

Here is what I used:

Turkey Mince (From Morrisons.)

Coconut Oil.

Tin of chopped tomatoes.

Mushrooms.

Dairy, wheat and gluten free spaghetti.

First I heated up some coconut oil in a pan. I am obsessed with coconut oil and it really does make  food taste good. I always use it when cooking. After the oil has heated I added the turkey mince to the pan. After the mince has part cooked I added the tin of chopped tomatoes and also added the mushrooms. I like to add some salt and herbs as this adds lots of flavour. When the bolognese has almost finished cooking, usually I cook it for about 45 minutes, I then pop the spaghetti in a pan with boiling water. When the pasta is cooked after about 10 minutes thats when I take everything off the heat.

It tastes so delicious. 

Turkey Lasagne | Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free

This lasagne tasted so good that I'm making another one for my tea tonight! I love that there are still so many different types of meals I can make even though I can't have dairy, wheat and gluten. 

For this lasagne I used -

• Turkey Mince (I got mine from Morrisons)
• Dairy, wheat and gluten free Lasagne sheets (The ones I used was from Sainsburys)
• Tomatoes
• Mushrooms
• Dairy, wheat and gluten free cheese (I used Violife Original sliced cheese)

Firstly I popped the turkey mince in a saucepan for about 10 minutes to part cook it, I also added in the tomatoes and mushrooms. I had to improvise when making this as I usually I like to use tinned chopped tomatoes, but I couldn't find any. So For the lasagne in the photos above I found some cherry tomatoes in the fridge and chopped them up and mashed them a little with a fork and then added some water. I added some salt and herbs and mixed in with the mince to add some flavour. After doing this I grabbed the dish that I was going to be cooking the lasagne in and placed one of the lasagne sheets at the bottom of the dish. I did have to break the lasagne sheets up first so they fitted in, due to the shape of he dish I was using. I then added some of the mince and veg on top of the lasagne sheet and placed another sheet on top of the mince. After this I placed one slice of the Violife cheese on top and then added the next layer of mince. I finished off by placing another lasagne sheet on top and some more of the cheese and then using a little of the juice left over from the tomatoes, I poured on top, this helps the lasagne sheet on top stay moist and not go all crunchy. I popped the lasagne in the oven for about 30 minutes, but checked after 20 minuted to make sure it was ok. I added some spinach on the side to eat with the lasagne, as I'm a huge fan of spinach. 

If turkey mince isn't for you or you don't eat meat, alternatively you can make a vegetable lasagne, which I have done before and tastes so yummy. Or if you eat beef then you can beff mince. I only eat chicken, turkey and fish as beef, lamb and pork is too rich for me with my ibs. I also make sure that all my food doesn't have onions, onion powder and garlic in, as they don't agree with me. 

Please let me know in the comment section below if you have any tasty dairy, wheat and gluten free recipes. 

Stuffed Peppers With Cous Cous | Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free

As you may know by now i am a huge lover of food. With my previous food posts I am always on the hunt for new ideas being dairy, wheat and gluten free.  I love experimenting and finding new foods to try. 

Above is stuffed peppers with cous cous. Everything here is dairy, what and gluten free. I got the cous cous from Tesco in their free from range. I do find it a lot better though if you season the cous cous with some salt and herbs as this really brings out the flavours. It is completely up to you what you want to put with the cous cous. In the photo above I used a yellow pepper and cut in half and popped in the oven. I then chopped up some cherry tomatoes and mushrooms and added to the pan of cous cous once it had soaked up the water. I usually keep my peppers in the oven till they go a little soft. This doesn't take long at all to make and is very yummy and filling. On the side I added some spinach and some dairy, wheat and gluten free cheese, cut into small pieces. 

Homemade Guacamole | Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free

I recently decided to make my own Guacamole and was so pleased with the outcome. It tastes delicious and is very quick and easy to make. 

Ingredients - 

Avocados,

Cherry Tomatoes,

Coriander,

You can also add peppers and  lime/ lemon juice to the guacamole. 

Told you its easy to make!

First of all I mashed the avocados up in a bowl, you can use however many you like depending on how much guacamole you want to make. I used two in the photo above. I then got the cherry tomatoes and chopped them up in to tiny pieces. Next I popped in some some fresh chopped coriander. You can also put in some chopped peppers and add some lime/lemon juice.

This is delicious and is dairy, wheat and gluten free. 

Quick and Easy, Healthy Packed Lunch

In this blog post I wanted to share with you my quick and easy, healthy packed lunch. This is great to take to work with you or school, college and university. The great thing about this salad is that you can put so many different things in it. For example in the photos above I have - 

Spinach, 

Tomatoes,

Mushrooms,

Olives

Walnuts,

Almonds,

Cranberries,

Dairy Free Cheese.

I have quite a few different ingredients in this salad but it tastes so good together. You can also add fish to this which is what I also do sometimes, usually I put mackerel with this salad. Its super quick and easy to make and its also very healthy. This salad is also dairy, wheat and gluten free.

Smoothie Ice Lollies - Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free

These ice lollies are super easy to make and taste delicious.

You can use whatever ingredients you want to make these but here is what I used to make mine -

Strawberries,

Banana,

Blueberries,

Soya Yogurt,

Rice Milk.

Depending on how many ice lollies you want to make, it is completely up to you how much of the ingredients you want to use. I used enough to make 6 ice lollies. I bought my ice lolly moulds from The Factory Shop, I think they were about £1.50. All I did was put all of the ingredients in to a blender and blend together then pour in to the ice lolly moulds. In mine I used plain soya yogurts but flavoured soya yogurt also tastes really good. I also used rice milk, I prefer to use rice milk as I love the taste of it and also it's not as think as normal soya milk. 

I love having these as a snack or even as a dessert especially on those warm days. These ice lollies are dairy, wheat and gluten free an are Vegan. They taste so good. There was also enough left over to have a smoothie drink.

Booja - Booja Hunky Punky Chocolate

I always get super excited when I find a new product that I am able to eat that is dairy, wheat and gluten free. I recently went to my local Holland and Barrett store and as I was browsing I came across these gorgeous little pots of chocolate ice cream. I have actually come across this brand before but have never actually tried anything from their range. As you can see on the pot it says 'Luxuriously rich, truffley smooth, dark chocolate.' Let me tell you these little pots of deliciousness stay true to their word. I mean, I cant get enough of these. If I could I would most likely eat a whole freezer of these, minus the freezer of course. Just thinking of these now is making my mouth water!

Booja-Booja is based in Norfolk and have a wide range of delicious products (highly recommend checking them out) that are dairy free, gluten free, raw, soya free, sugar free and organic. They are also vegan.
You can check Booja-Booja out over at their website boojabooja.com  
Booja Booja  also now give 5% of profits from the sale of their Keep Smiling Vanilla M'Gorilla Alternative to Dairy Ice Cream to support the conservation work of Fauna & Flora International, which is part of the Interantional Gorilla Conservation Programme. You can find out more on the following link - fauna-flora.org 

Free From Breaded Fish

This free from breaded fish is great for if you love fish in bread crumbs but are unable to have dairy, wheat and Gluten. You can put whatever you want with the fish, i personally enjoy having fish with potatoes and salad. This is super quick and easy to make and tastes delicious. Below I am going to write what i used in the photo above.

Ingredients

Free From Bread,

Cherry Tomatoes,

Fish (Your Choice, i used Salmon)

New potatoes,

Tomatoes,

Sweetcorn,

Packet Salad. 

(Told you it's quick and easy to make!)

Firstly i get a couple slices of free from bread and crumble them in to a bowl. Next i add some little chopped up cherry tomatoes to add to it. You can also add some chopped up olives and pop in to the crumbs to, which i love to do. Next i get the piece of fish and pop on to a tray then sprinkle the crumbs on top. Sometimes the crumbs may not stick very well but what i like to do is leave the crumbs that don't stick to the fish on the tray and then let them cook and crisp up then the pop them on to the fish when everything is cooked. Whilst the fish is in the oven i then get the potatoes ready and boil in a pan until soft. (I usually keep the potatoes cooking until the fish is done, you can keep them on a  low heat heat if they are done before the fish.) Usually i cook the fish for about 30 mins or its up to you really how long you like to cook fish for. Next i start to prepare the salad. I used packed salad for this and then added tomatoes, cucumbers and sweetcorn to it. (The little purple bits you see in the salad isn't onion it is purple cabbage, as everything i make and eat has to be onion and onion powder free.) Once the fish is cooked i then just take it out the oven and pop on to a plate with the salad and then add the new potatoes. 

Homemade Free From Fish Pie

My mum and myself have recently been thinking of different recipes we can try that are dairy, wheat and gluten free. I have always loved eating fish pie, but since having to cut out dairy, wheat and gluten i haven't had one of these for so long. This is super easy to make and tastes so delicious. 

Ingredients -

1 pack of Fish Pie Mix. (We got the one from Morrisons which has Cod, Salmon and Haddock in.) But can use whichever Fish Pie Mix you want.

Potatoes. (You can also use sweet potato if you want, or even cauliflower.)

Rice Milk. (You can use soya milk.)

Herbs. (We added some mint, parsley and coriander to gibe the fish pie some flavour.)

Free From Chesse.

Firstly we add the Fish Pie Mix to the bowl and pop in some rice milk, this makes it moist so it doesn't dry up whilst cooking. It also adds some extra flavour. Next we pop some potatoes in to the microwave, this just softens them up so they won't take long to cook in the oven. We then chop them up ready to put on top of the pie. Before we do this though we pop in some of the herbs that i listed above in the ingredients. This adds even more flavour to the pie. Then we pop the chopped up potatoes on top. We like to keep the skin on the potatoes as this makes them go nice and crispy in the oven. Lastly we get some of the free from cheese and put on top of the potatoes so it melts in the oven. With the Fish Pie we cooked some kale and put with the pie. This is a nice healthy meal to have and its also dairy, wheat and gluten free. As i said its super easy to make and you only need a few ingredients.

My Super Easy, Yummy, Healthy, Free From Breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, they say. And its true, it really is. Breakfast helps to fuel the brain and body and gives us energy. Breakfast also can provide us with calcium, iron, vitamins, fibre and protein. 

Research also shows that people who eat breakfast every morning are less likely to put on weight as if we skip breakfast we are more likely to snack more and go for the sugary treats to give us the energy.

I for one love to have breakfast every morning and i always feel so much better after eating my breakfast.

Recently i have been trying to eat a lot more healthy and have been on the hunt for a yummy healthy breakfast that will gee me the energy i need and fills me up. In the photos above i have used the following for my breakfast -

1 Banana,

Plain or flavoured Soya yogurt,

Udi's Almond and Vanilla Granola.

This is all i use and it is super yummy and quick and easy to make.

Bananas are a good source of potassium, this mineral is essential for maintaining proper heart function and helping to regulate normal blood pressure. Bananas also aid in digestion, give you energy, they are particularly high in vitamin B6 which is important for creating hemoglobin for healthy blood. They have good levels of vitamin C, magnesium and manganese. 

All i do is pop the banana in to a bowl pour some soya yogurt over top, my favourite is the Alpro Soya Lemon and Lime flavour yogurt, as its very refreshing. Then after that i use sprinkle some Granola on top. This breakfast is dairy, wheat and gluten free. 

POTW - Peanut Butter & Co

My product of the week are these yummy goodies above. I am obsessed with Peanut Butter and seeings as my blog is about all the things i love, i just had to include these in it. I have not been asked to write this post, I have written this purely because i love their Peanut Butter. 

It was only about a year ago that my love Peanut Butter came about. One of my friends put some in a sandwich for me with some strawberry jam after months of trying to get me to try it, and after that i was hooked. I do also love it on its own but nothings beats having peanut butter and strawberry jam on toast for breakfast! They are also great for cooking with, i love making a sauce using them and tastes so good on chicken and pasta. I have also used the crunchy one in a smoothie and it tasted so nice.

This Peanut Butter is by 'Peanut Butter & Co' and i especially love their products because they are vegan and are gluten free and all they contain is peanuts and salt. There is no palm oil and no added sugar. This Peanut Butter is also made from USA grown Peanuts. I also recently see that they now do dark chocolate and white chocolate flavoured ones. I cant wait to try them. I bought these two products in the photos above from Sainsbury's and what is even better is that they are currently on offer at £2 at the moment.

I have tried many Peanut Butter products and this is by far the best. I love the texture of these and they taste so delicious. I highly recommend checking these out. 

Free From Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Vegetables

Pasta is such a simple dish, but there is so much you can add to it.

Its quick and easy to cook and you can just add just about anything thats sitting in your fridge.

Ingredients

• Free from pasta, (Dairy, wheat and gluten free) 
• Courgette,
• Mushrooms,
• Tomatos
• Spinach,
• Smoked Salmon,
• Dairy, wheat and gluten free cheese,
• Tomato puree.

Firstly I prepare my veggies, (Tomato, mushroom, courgette.) I pop some baking parchment on to a tray and place them on top to roast. I don't add oil or anything, I just have them plain. Whilst they are in the oven cooking i then trap a saucepan fill it up with water, leave it on the heat to boil then add the past. I usually cook my pasta for about 10 minutes. Usually by the time the pasta is done the veggies are also done. When the pasta is done, I like to add tomato puree to it and mix it in. I used to love tomato ketchup on pasta when I was little, but a lot of tomato ketchups that you but have ingredients in that I can't have. As tomato puree is just tomatoes I use this. Its also stronger so you don't need to use much, just enough to give the pasta some flavour. What I sometimes do is to add a tin of chopped tomatoes to the pasta this gives it a sauce. So after i have got the pasta sorted, I place some spinach on the plate first and then pop the pasta on top. I then take the veggies out of the oven and place these on top of the pasta. Lastly i place the smoked salmon on top and then add some free from cheese.

This is just a simple recipe of what I use when making a pasta dish. Its something different and as I said you can add just about anything really. It makes food a bit more interesting if you are unable to have dairy, wheat and gluten like me.

Homemade Vegetable Soup - Dairy Free, Wheat Free and Gluten Free.

If your like me and can't have Dairy, Wheat and Gluten, you will know how hard it is to find certain foods that you love.

I also can't have onions and onion powder, which is in everything!

I have been on the hunt for ages now for a soup in the supermarkets that doesn't contain any of these ingredients. I haven't had any luck so far.

So i decided that i am just going to have to make my own. I had it in my head that making soup even though it looks simple to make was still going to be hard to make, but with these few ingredients and a blender! You are able to create the perfect soup :)

Ok so im not a chef and no expert when it comes to making food, but having to cut out dairy, wheat, gluten and onions/onion powder, I have had to experiment.

You may make soup a lot differently and might not like how i made mine. But all i can say is that this soup is delicious and when you have waited a very long time to have soup again, its so good :)

Ingredients

1 tin of Chopped Tomatoes

Mushrooms

Peppers (Yellow, Red or Green can be used)

Spinach

Herbs

Water

I literally stuck everything in to a blender and blended it until i was happy then poured it in to a saucepan and cooked for about just under 10 minutes, or until happy with it.

I put a couple of slices of free from bread on the side too to dip in the soup. 

It is super easy to make and tastes so good. You can add whatever ingredients you want to yours, but this is something that i just put together. I haven't stated how much of everything i used because well that is up to you depending how much you want to make. I made enough for two people.

It might not seem much, but to me i felt so happy whilst eating it :) because i am sometimes quite limited to what i can eat, which you will agree with if you have to be on the same diet as me.

This is just a quick, easy recipe to use to make soup.

Please let me know in the comments section below if you have any free from recipes :) I would love to check them out. 

My day in food!

My day in food

It's so difficult to find things you can eat when you are unable to eat certain foods.

As i am unable to have dairy, wheat and gluten, i wanted to sure with you some of the foods that i eat.

I am definitely getting used to all of the free from food, to be honest i actually prefer it because most of it tastes so yummy and i haven't got to worry about it making me not very well.

I usually go to Sainsburys as they have the largest free from range. They have a lot of different things to choose from. I also get bits from Morrisons and also Asda have now got a bigger free from section. I also go to my local health shop to get certain bits like cereal, biscuits and dairy free cheese (which is so yummy) you can also get a dairy free cheese spread too! Hollanad and Barret also do these cheeses and they usually have some great offers on too. 

I forgot to take a photo of my breakfast, oops! But i usually have a bowl of gluten free porridge or some free from bread with jam and peanut butter. I also sometimes have a bowl of free from cereal.

Here i hava a dairy, wheat and gluten free bread roll, which are so nice, with a salad. In the roll i just have some of the dairy free spread and cheese with tomato and on the salad i have tomato, cucumber, cheese and olives.

For dessert i just fancied a pancake! random i know! 

I use the wheat and gluten free flour to make pancakes, with soya milk and eggs. I also usually cook my pancakes in coconut oil which is delicious and smells so good :) or i use extra virgin olive oil as i am unable to use any other oils. I put some maple syrup on mine.

For my tea, which may look like a strange mixture, i had mackerel in olive oil with wheat and gluten free macaroni pasta, which i got from Morrisons, with homademade cheese sauce. I made the sauce using my free from flour, dairy free cheese, soya milk and some dairy free butter. I also had some salad and broke up some free from bread that i toasted on top.

The hardest thing i have found is going out for meals, but there are some local pubs and restaurants that are amazing at making me something that i can eat. For example plain salmon with potatoes and veg, plain jacket potato with prawns and salad or maybe just a mixture of different items off the menu. Everything just has to be plain, no sauces and dressings. I also have to be careful and ask what they cook there food in and make sure there is no dairy in anything.

It would be wonderful though if more places would cater for people who can't have certain foods. I am unable to have onion powder and onion powder is in EVERYTHING! so i have to be really careful. My dietician is amazing and she helped me loads in finding out foods which i can and can't eat.  I also only eat fish, chicken and turkey as i no longer eat red meat. At least i can still eat chocolate, dairy free chocolate that is :) although its not the same and does taste slightly different its still yummy, and biscuits too!

Please let me know in the comment section below if you are unable to have dairy, wheat and gluten. Also do you struggle finding foods that don't have onion powder in? 

Please let me know what foods you enjoy eating and where you get yours from.

Lifestyle: - The Spirit Of Endeavour - Review

It's been a while since i last went to The Spirit Of Endeavour in Boston, UK.

I went with my boyfriend Shane as we like to try and go out for something to eat at least once a week. It's nice to go out together and go out for a meal.

As i have had to change my diet and cut out a lot of foods, it has been really hard recently when i have gone out to find something that i can eat!

A lot of restaurants will not let me have something that it plain or no sauce on because that is how it comes!

So anyway i looked at the menu and found they had prawn cocktail for starters :) my favorite as i love prawns! I asked if i could just have plain prawns and salad with the slice of brown bread, which they said would be fine. I enjoyed it so much i forgot to take a photo of it before i ate it! But here is a photo below of an empty dish to show you how much i did like it As you can also see in the photo below Shane had Nacho's which is all he ever eats for starters! At least he enjoys them! I looked at what i would be able to have for main course and i found, Sweet Chili Salmon Salad. I asked if i could have no dressing on the salad and they said that was fine, although i did try a little bit of the sweet chili on the salmon. To drink i had a glass of orange juice which was really refreshing.

The Salmon was lovely, you also got a lot for your money, as the offer was by 2 meals for £10.

It was presented on the plate really nicely and was very yummy.

Shane had the chicken melt for his main which is the chicken covered in bbq sauce, bacon and cheese. He loved this. Again all he eats when he goes out! :)

Unfortunately i am a bit stuck when it come to desserts as everything usually has dairy in, but i was very full to even think of dessert as the starter and main meal was lovely.

The staff here are very friendly and are always there to help and the food doesn't take long at all to come out, i have had to wait nearly an hour before at some places just to get my meal.

They have a wide range of different meals to choose from, and the dining area is huge so there is plenty of space for everyone. The also have a long bar with a lot of different choices for drinks.

It is also very very clean.

I will definitely be going back there real soon to have the salmon again, i thoroughly enjoyed it as did Shane with his meal.