Nama Restaurant Update 31 March Oh cruel fates! Nama closed permanently as of 31 March 2018 very shortly after this review was published. First the reasons to be sorrowful. Nama was possibly *the* destination restaurant for gluten-free, vegan, raw foods in London and beyond. Big loss! No more Truffle Pasta! No more Blueberry Cheesecake! Now the reasons to be hopeful and joyous! ...
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Gluten Free Vegan Protein Bar Nutrition Comparison
Are you going to eat Protein Bars? Great, me too. I follow a majority whole foods plant based diet but protein bars still carve out a niche. Convenience, fallback whilst travelling, sometimes nutritious, sometimes delicious! If you care about more than just the flavour which are the best gluten free & vegan protein bars though? To answer that read this Protein Bar Nutrition Comparison ...
Best Gluten Free Vegan Easter Eggs 2018
Looking for gluten free Easter Eggs? Lots of them. Dairy Free or Vegan Easter Eggs? There are many of those too. How about Gluten Free Vegan Easter Eggs? Ah, now we have a real egg hunt challenge! This is not a complete list of all the gluten free vegan Easter Eggs that might exist. These are special eggs. Two of the eggs are not only gluten free vegan but also nut free. One is genuinely sugar ...
Best Gluten Free & Vegan Protein Bars
Why eat Protein Bars? Food on the go? Post workout snack? Meal replacement? Faithful fallback whilst travelling? Convenience? Once you have your reasons to eat them which should choose? Which are tastiest? Which have the most protein and fibre to fill you up for longer? Which are packed with sugar? Which are best value? Which have real food ingredients? Find the answers to all those questions ...
London 100% Gluten Free Lu-Ma Cafe
What is wonderful in Wimbledon? Without a doubt the list includes Lu-Ma Cafe which offers a 100% gluten free and dairy free menu with plenty of veggie and vegan options. Dishes are mostly simple, mostly healthy and not at all pretentious. There are LOTS of treats available too including pancakes and some very, very lovely raw desserts. This is another place with an Instagram feed you must NOT view ...
Treat Guiltfree Essentials Low Carb Bread Mixes
Treat Guiltfree Essentials are a little known craft producer of gluten free bake mixes. After celebrating the Ocado Free From own brand launch I feel the need to sing the virtues of this tiny enterprise and personally recommend their products. Products I will very happily incorporate into my regular gluten free, low carb healthy diet rather than treat as exceptional indulgences. Treat Guiltfree ...
Free From Food Awards 2018 Top Picks
The Free From Food Awards 2018 are the thing you should follow for discovery of tremendous foods free from the things you do not want and full of the things you do. Gluten and other allergens go into that first bucket. Taste, texture, appearance, nutritional virtues and innovation fill the second. I have the pleasure of being part of the judging team for the awards. The quantity of free from ...
Vive Protein Bars Review & Interview
Vive Protein Bars are vegan, gluten free, soy free and free from refined sugars. They are bars designed for active, health conscious people who also expect pleasure from their food. The protein bar market is however rather well served with other bars that can say the same. If bars could talk. Do Vive Bars bring something new? Yes they do! Two things in particular are welcome. First are some ...
Elizabeth D Bakes Review & Interview: GF & Vegan!
Elizabeth D Bakes is a Great Taste Award winning London based artisan baker. Her American South inspired range of Brownies, Blondies, Breads & Cakes is 100% gluten free, often vegan and sometimes genuinely low sugar. Together with 4 tough to please non gluten free, non vegan friends I sampled most of the Elizabeth D Bakes range. Spoiler alert! Elizabeth's bakes were some of the most ...
Rubys of London Vegan & Gluten Free Bakes
Rubys of London offers a very wide range of Gluten Free & Vegan baked delights. Gluten Free and Vegan bakes and baking have exploded in popularity, availability and quality in recent years. *Just* being gluten free and vegan is not enough to impress. We are not starved of delicious things. A great gluten free and vegan bake needs to be first of all GREAT then also gluten free and vegan. Rubys ...
Allergy Show London 2017: Best Five Deals
Are you attending the Allergy Show London 2017 at Olympia on Saturday 8th or Sunday 9th July? I attended on Friday and showcase below the very best deals not to be missed. Read these together with my Allergy Show Guide for maximum benefit & enjoyment! These are not simply the products with the biggest discounts. These are my picks of truly great products which are worth buying at their ...
Naturbit Bakes Review & Interview: Gluten-Free & Vegan!
Naturbit is a craft, artisanal bakery with a fully gluten-free range also featuring many vegan options. Naturbit also offer bakes that are ‘Free 14’ meaning free from all 14 major allergens. No gluten, no dairy, no eggs, soy or nuts. Most important of course, none of that demon celery. I sampled a lovely basket of Naturbit bakes for this taste test report. It was my *first* time tasting ...
Krakow Gluten Free & Vegan Wielopole 3
What is WieloPole 3? By virtue of boasting a 100% gluten free menu which is also entirely vegetarian & very vegan friendly WieloPole 3 is a rare gem in Krakow. Krakow has a booming foodie culture but venues catering for gluten free and vegan diets remain scarce. Some venues that do offer gluten free have only a few suitable dishes and significant cross contamination risk. WieloPole 3 joins ...
Wild Food Cafe London: 100% Gluten Free & Vegan
What is Wild Food Cafe? Wild Food Cafe offers a vegan, gluten-free, organic and raw-centric menu in a bright & buzzy 1st floor location overlooking Neals Yard in Covent Garden, London. Everything about Wild Food Cafe is bursting with vibrant colour from the exterior, to the menu itself, the food, even the restroom doors. Many of the dishes are rainbows on a plate that look custom designed ...
MiiRO Icecreams: Gluten-Free Vegan Magnums!
I discovered MiiRO icecreams as a very lucky Free From Food Awards judge. They were cleverly scheduled at the end of a list of products to sample. If they had come first it just would not have been fair on everything else. When they were finally served the normally brief wait as samples got passed around the table appeared to take stretch on forever. Finally, I got to taste a MiiRO Salted Caramel ...
