Having spent a year in America, frozen yogurt grew to become a rather big addiction of mine and I've been disappointed by the lack of frozen yogurt shops in the UK, Scotland specifically. However it's slowly becoming more popular and a friend told me that Tutti Frutti on Princes St in Edinburgh did gluten free frozen yogurt. I was a bit sceptical since it's self service and it didn't say anything on the machines about them being gluten free ... Read the Post...
The Gluten Free Festival Experience
I went to popular Scottish music festival, T in the Park about four days in to my gluten free diet. I tried to be prepared and armed myself with a backpack full of food - gluten free crisps (pom bears), some gluten free bread and some tuna to make sandwiches, some pepperamis, and a range of gluten free biscuits. Sadly, you can't live on crisps, pepperamis, biscuits and sandwiches for a weekend! Well, you might, but not if you're barely in the ... Read the Post...
Eating Out: TGI Fridays
DATE: 5th of July (two days after diagnosis) LOCATION: Braehead, Glasgow My local TGI's is a staple place for the family to get some good food and we knew they had a gluten free menu so we decided it would be the first place we'd try after my diagnosis. I asked for the menu on arrival and was pleased that they had a separate menu instead of just pointing out stuff on the main menu that had a G next to it. It just makes life easier! I'll admit ... Read the Post...
“You might have Coeliac Disease…SURPRISE!”
Until a few months ago, I didn't even really know what Coeliac Disease was. I knew the basics from working in a restaurant but was unsure of the details and was extremely unaware of the symptoms. It was never something I'd even considered having. Being told I might have coeliac disease came as a huge shock to me. I have had problems with mouth ulcers since I was little, but in the past year these had been becoming increasingly worse - I ... Read the Post...