As a mother of a child who was anaphylactic from 5 days old to 15 years old, I remember well struggling with foods for special occasions, especially at Christmas. I also know plenty of mums having a culinary crisis over a diabetic auntie or a coeliac brother-in-law.
If you are dealing with a last minute panic over gluten-free Christmas pudding or a dairy-free turkey stuffing, don’t panic! Whether you want to buy or to cook for your self, Foods Matter has 75 freefrom Christmas dishes for you to choose from.
The new freefrom food Foods Matter website has a whole section devoted to nothing but gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free and egg-free Christmas fayre.
The website features eighteen recipes include Victorian roast goose and Duck a la mode as well as the more traditional stuffed turkey roast in honey, alternative stuffings and vegetables such as celeriac and polenta purée with curly kale, Brussel sprout purée or Mr Pickwick’s Christmas salad. Traditional Christmas puddings and mince pies with alternative brandy ‘butters’ or light and delicious alternatives like expresso mocha mousse. All completely free of dairy or gluten or wheat or eggs or nuts – and usually free of them all!
But if you do not want to cook for yourself, the Foods Matter Christmas ‘tasting’ – part of the FreeFrom Food Awards 2010 checked out no less that 57 freefrom Christmas cakes, puddings, and mince pies – and has listed them all complete with ingredients, prices, where you can buy them and find out what they taste like at the Christmas section of the Foods Matter website.