Food allergies and intolerances are pretty common nowadays and those who have to pick their way around the obstacles often have a ‘free from’ section in a local supermarket to scour their way through. Often, but not always, these foods can be dissapointing and depending on what you need to avoid they can also be pretty limited.

I grew up in a household where nothing went to waste. What was served for dinner is what you ate, if you didn’t, there was nothing else to have. Don’t get me wrong, I’d still put up a fight when my least favourite meal was dished up like any other kid and claimed I was full up when really I was just fed up. At this point my Dad would ‘help me out’ by having a few mouthfuls once my Mum had left the room. Probably not the best habit for him to have but they didn’t want food going to waste.

I’ll start with a little about me.