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Free from food on a budget
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Tesco free from ready meals are on offer for 2.50 each there is a voucher in March magazine for £1 off.
So 1.50 each but the vouchers end today! Good selection available.
Pay separately if you want more than 1 as some sa only accept 1 coupon per transaction.
Hth.curl girl with a space - even though there is no space in my cupboard!!!0 -
Thanks Curl
I've now tried the two tesco ready meals that fit my needs.. they seem to have quite a spicy selection.. or add onions.. or meat i can't manage..sigh.
I hadnt thought to look for vouchers as £1.50 a meal is a good deal.
Last night i tried free from pasta (tesco brand) and it was really nice, my husband is happy eating it too which is a bonus to save cooking separately although harder on the budget.0 -
Re rice noodles, apologies I don't use Tescos, but sainsburys equivalents that my ex (who was allergic to almost everything including gluten) could eat are these:
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-rice-noodles-375g
They're the dry variety, the wet variety she couldn't eat due to nut allergy but you may be fine...
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/sainsburys-rice-noodles-300g
Hopefully tescos have an equivalent?
Btw, be aware that gluten is in lots of things I didn't realise previously, eg. she had issues with Worcester sauce, malt vinegar (barley gluten...), and some other things.
Also, don't know about tescos free from pasta, but I wasn't impressed with the sainsburys one. Dove's farm was much better, and she made lots of bread using their flour (and she couldn't eat eggs or nuts either).Peter
Debt free - finally finished paying off £20k + Interest.0 -
nyermen.. thank you
both those sainsburys products look like some in tescos... i'll try the dry ones.
as for hidden allergens..yes its hard i am used to checking for lactose and doing so regularly as some brands change ingredients without labelling packets 'new recipe'.. its just a case of starting again an dreading everything.
my next trick is going to be eating out options.. but most places seem to understand wheat and gluten free better than lactose. I am often offered GF cake when i ask for dairy free.
My favorite reply in a cafe was.. Excuse me please do you have soya milk.. no love its semi ... giggle.. but the price of a coffee is vital to get clean and usable disabled loo's.
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With your dietary restrictions, I wonder if you'd be better off making more of your own food. You can make batches and freeze it.0
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Thanks Rhemmings
we do tend to cook from ingredients rather than ready meals.. but need alternatives for the staples such as bread, pasta, noodles.
I think we will look into making some of our own 'ready meals' for me.. I am hoping this is short lived but it does appear to be making a huge difference.0 -
I use the Dove flour without adding anything to it, other brands have needed me to use xanthum gum.0
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This website is just what you need-Google 'How not to Die'-Dr Michael Gregor. The HNTD FB page has loads of recipes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/874450206005170/0
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happy .. thanks.. will have a go at baking soon. :-) didnt like the idea of xanthum gum as wasnt reallys ure what to do.
Emuchops.. thanks its not so much recipes i need as recomendations of alternative wheat products and which ones taste ok or are best value.
We do ok here for veggies and varied diet its just I'm a bit stuck with 'back-up' meals that i used to use ready meals for and bread that is affordable.0 -
Thanks Curl
Last night i tried free from pasta (tesco brand) and it was really nice, my husband is happy eating it too which is a bonus to save cooking separately although harder on the budget.
I have this pasta and my husband has ordinary (much cheaper) pasta. It's just become part of our routine - to put on 2 pans of water and now we're used to it.
The other thing I wanted to say about pasta was that, many years ago, I used to share a house with someone with coeliac disease and she had a pasta maker (maybe something to ask for as a present?) and made her own (I think most often she used gram flour - sorry I don't have the recipe, but you can probably fnd one?) I think she used to freeze surplus and then cook it from frozen.
Might be useful to find some good recipe books - I've got "the complete Wheat Free CookBook" by Gibson & Templeton - they've got quite a few recipes for things like scones and cakes (one of my favourites is scones made with mashed potato & barley flour!)
Good luck.0
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