COELIAC LIFE

Getting a coeliac diagnosis is the start of a big learning curve, and if you don't know any coeliacs IRL it can be even trickier to get to grips with how to manage the autoimmune disease. Until you or a family member are diagnosed, it's hard to understand the scale of the lifestyle change you have to make and how much is involved. Everything from your favourite breakfast cereal and Friday night takeaways to where you go on holiday and enjoying food at friends' houses all becomes a bit of a minefield. These are my top tips on how I've adapted to coeliac life over the last few years.

GLUTEN FREE LIFESTYLE

Find all the basics here to help make navigating coeliac life as easy as possible, including what the heck BROWS are (nope, not the ones on your head), how to make sure your kitchen's coeliac-safe, what to eat your first week as a coeliac, and more.

How to Share Your Kitchen with 'Normies' as a Coeliac

Have you recently been diagnosed with coeliac disease and now you’re wondering where to start? The more you read, the more you’re worrying about CC (cross-contamination) and accidental glutening, even inside your own home? It can feel a bit overwhelming to overhaul your kitchen to make it coeliac-safe - after all, most of our kitchens have seen a lifetime of gluten-containing foods! Complicating matters even further, many of us have partners, families, or housemates who may s

Gluten free flour and baking ingredients inside kitchen cupboard

The Ultimate Coeliac Kitchen Audit: How to Gluten-Free Your Home

POV: you’ve just been diagnosed with coeliac disease, and overnight your kitchen suddenly feels like it’s become a danger zone. OK, maybe danger zone is a little dramatic. 😂 But suddenly you're side-eying every crumb and gazing at the jars and packets in your cupboard thinking, can I still eat this? Maybe you’ve been diagnosed for a little while now and haven’t been able to face what feels like the final step in cementing your gluten free future - so you keep spotting that

Graphic showing the acronym BROWS with the 5 grain names: Barley, Rye, Oats, Wheat, Spelt

Decoding the BROWS acronym: the easy way for coeliacs to remember which grains contain gluten

So what actually are BROWS? (Nope, not the ones on your head... 😊) This handy acronym has been designed to help coeliacs remember which grains to look out for when reading food labels. Why the BROWS acronym is so handy The BROWS gluten acronym is one of the first things I learnt after my official coeliac disease diagnosis, and was a gamechanger for me as a newbie coeliac. It's pretty straightforward: the acronym acts as a quick reminder of which grains you can't eat and can

EATING OUT GLUTEN FREE

For me, eating out has been one of the trickiest parts of adapting to coeliac disease. Eating at home becomes much easier over time as you gain confidence, but a spontaneous dinner or even an ice cream while out and about can be much harder. A bit of research beforehand goes a long way! These are my top tips on eating out as a coeliac.

GLUTEN FREE TRAVEL

Travelling as a coeliac, particularly internationally, can be a real challenge without planning ahead. I mean, managing coeliac in your own language and in areas you're familiar with can be hard enough at times! Plus when you're on holiday, you want to relax and have fun - not stress about where you're getting your next meal and whether it'll be safe. These are my top tips on how to keep your holidays stress-free, and places I've personally travelled to and would rate as a coeliac.