Showing posts with label Lactose Free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lactose Free. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Dairy Free Chocolate Coated Banana Chips and Raisins


If you love chocolate and you love banana chips then why not try them together.  I spotted these on the Holland and Barratt website, had no idea that they even did these in chocolate let alone dairy free chocolate.


So the next day I went along to my local H&B store and bought two packets, everything is on offer at the moment at but one get one half price, but they are £2.99 each.


These are absolutely delicious and have fast become my new favourite treat! I subsequently polished of half of the pack (the pack is fairly small) before putting the rest away for later.  Needless to say I couldn't resist any longer.

The soft sweet chocolate over the crunchy sweet banana chip is a match made in heaven, even though I describe them as "sweet" they are not sickly sweet, just moreishly delicious treats.

I will be stocking up with every opportunity I get, I just don't know how long they will sit in the cupboard without me touching them!



Unfortunately I did not find these in my local H&B but luckily found them in another branch when I was out at the weekend.  A slightly smaller packet than the banana chips costing £2.49 each.


They don't compete with the banana chips but are still a good sweet treat, for me the soft sweet raisin just doesn't seem as moreish as the crunchy sweet banana chip.


I will definitely stock up on both and add them to my snack rotation for both home and on the go. Thumbs up to H&B for thinking of their lactose intolerant customers.





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Saturday, 14 June 2014

Snack - Oatcakes


A quick and easy gluten and dairy free snack!

What you will need:

- Oatcakes (Angelic Gluten Free)
- Cream Cheese (Lactofree)
- Cucumber
- Baby Plum Tomatoes


Step one
Lay out 6 oat cakes (if using larger oatcakes I would suggest a serving of 2) and top with cream cheese

Step two 
Slice the cucmber and place on top of the cream cheese

Step three
Slice the baby plum tomatoes and place on top of the cucumber

Step four
Season/garnish as desired


Tips and Variations
Try playing around with the toppings to suit your taste. Maybe added some smoked salmon!

These would be great as hors d'oeuvres at a dinner party for your gluten/dairy free guests




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Thursday, 12 June 2014

Bessant and Drury's - Strawberry flavoured Coconut Ice Cream


I first tried the chocolate flavour of Bessant & Drury's icecream which is dairy free as it is made with coconut milk.

So when I found more flavours in Wholefoods I opted to try the strawberry one.


Compared with the chocolate flavour you get more of a coconut flavour coming through with the strawberry flavour.


I have tried it on its own, with some granola and then also in a smoothie!  I love it!


I'm about to go back to Wholefoods to try another flavour!



Monday, 9 June 2014

Smoothie - Banana and Strawberry


What you will need:


- Banana
- Strawberries
- Lactofree Semi Skimmed Milk
- Udi's Gluten Free Au Naturel Granola


Step 1
Chop up your strawberries and add to the blender

Step 2
Peel and chop your banana and add to the blender

Step 3
Measure 1/4 cup of granola and add to the blender

Step 4
Measure 1 cup if milk and add to the blender

Step 5
Secure the lid in the blender and blend until smooth

Step 6
Pour into your favourite cup/glass and enjoy!


Tips and Variations
You can add 3 or 4 ice cubes and blend to get a thicker and colder smoothie.

Or try adding some strawberry yoghurt or ice cream (dairy free of course!) for a creamy texture.

Play around with the fruits according to what you prefer.

The granola is optional, I added this as I was making the smoothie for breakfast, as it makes it more filling.




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Sunday, 8 June 2014

Breakfast - Eggs, Ham and Spinach


Have been enjoying my breakfasts recently because I actually have time to sit down and eat, rather than grabbing something as I rush out the door to get to work.

So one of my favourites so far is egg, ham and spinach with a sprinkling of hot pepper sauce and some bread/toast (Genius Brown Bread with Pure Sunflower Spread).

It is very filling and helps to make your eggs go that little bit further making it a more substantial meal.

Like they say "breakfast is the most important meal of the day"!




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Saturday, 10 May 2014

COYO - Coconut Milk Yoghurt - Raw Chocolate

There is so much hype surrounding coyo at the moment that i thought I would definitely have to try it in order to find out what all the hype was about.  I did my research and was desperately seeking shops which stocked coyo.



I had been meaning to go in to Wholefoods for a while as I knew that would be the only place to stock coyo in my area and I was right.  I found all of the flavours but finally opted for the raw chocolate flavour hoping that it would be a bit more decadent than the others.

The price took me by surprise because the tub was so small, but i thought "what the hell" and went ahead to the till.  Surprisingly enough I managed to have this small tub in my fridge for a week before I finally decided to try it - I don't know how I managed to resist considering I had been waiting so long to try it.


So on Friday night I went ahead and opened up the tub, it looked appealing and I noticed that there were little chocolate pieces as well - all looked good.


The consistency when I put my spoon in was nice and thick and I suddenly thought "this is not something that I will devour, I will savour it"


However upon tasting it I was disappointed, it was bitter and flavourless, ok yes I did choose raw chocolate, but I thought there would have been a bit of a chocolatey taste.  I tried again thinking maybe I got it wrong, but sadly no.

This product is not for me, well maybe just the raw chocolate flavour, it seems like it has a natural/greek yoghurt vibe to it - which I was never a fan of, I prefer the sweetened yoghurt - so choosing something as bitter as raw chocolate was definitely the wrong combination for my taste buds!

Saturday, 3 May 2014

Asda and Wholefoods Haul


So I managed to get out of the house, with the help of my mum and brother, as I really needed to get a few bits and pieces.

Above is my GF and DF friendly purchases from Asda.

Cheese Crackers - 1st time buy so will do a seperate review
Nairns Biscuit Breaks - these were on offer at 2 for £3 (they don't stick my favourite chocolate flavour)
Genius Bread - £2.80
Pure Sunflower Spread - £1.50
Nature's Stores Tomato and Basil Soup - 1st time buy so will do a seperate review
Lactofree Yoghurt
Udi's Chocolate Chip and Toffee Muffins -  Yum!!

Then I went into Wholefoods with the intention of picking up 2 things!


Proper Corn Sweet and Salty - £1.99
Bessant and Drury's Strawberry Ice Cream - 1st time buy so will do a seperate review
Trek Protein Bar (Banana Bread, Oat Raisin and Cocoa Oat) - 99p each on offer at 2 for £1.49
Coyo Coconut Milk Yoghurt Raw Chocolate Flavour - £1.99 - 1st time buy so will do a seperate review

Sorry I can't remember all of the prices and I have already thrown out the receipt!




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