Christmas survived – and on to 2019
So, we appeared to have made it out to the other side… 400+ miles of driving, 18 or so members of family visited, too many presents received, just enough presents given out, not nearly enough sleep accumulated (although far more down to parental behaviour than Piglet’s mischief), one sitting room floor covered in pine needles…
The twelve days of reaction
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me,The hope of continuous sleep On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me,Two soothing meds,And the hope of continuous sleep On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me,Three eczema sores,Two soothing meds,And the hope of continuous…
Chocolate Christmas Tree
From an off-hand comment about Christmas being based on a Pagen festival; we ended up celebrating the sun rising on the shortest day of the year with a Chocolate Christmas tree. The winter equinox marked by pastry and candelight, what could be better? Chocolate Christmas trees are quite popular at the moment but likely to…
Pho Pho Pho! A Christmas Treat!
Well this is an interesting one. I’m hardly a diplomatic journalist but for the first time, blogging about allergy management has thrown up a potential conflict of interest! Let me explain… You may have seen my previous post about eating at Pho in Oxford. I really enjoyed the food but we had a slightly mixed…
I love my son – it’s a 10 from me!
I love my son. Very much. It’s more difficult to write about that than it is to write sarcastically about the joys of waking up at 4am or trying to reason with a mauling, screaming toddler who just wants to embed their fingernails into your chin. But I do love him very much, every day.…
Chocolate Ginger Bundt Cake
This is a recipe that we’ve ‘adjusted’ to be dairy and soya free from the Sainsbury’s magazine. As part of our targeted survival tactics for Christmas we’re agreed with my in-laws that we’ll bring a pudding that we know we can eat. They’re great at getting suitable food in and checking things with us but…
Christmas Gift Suggestions
I’m the worst person in the world to be advising on Christmas presents, just ask any of my friends or relatives! However there are a few things that we’ve seen or have that are great for aiding parents with (or managing) milk and soya allergies: A bread maker – lets start big, eh? The first…
Christmas Stocking Fillers
The following are worth looking into if you are looking for stocking filler treats that are dairy and soya free. You might even choose to share some of them with children! Iceland Kuchenmeister Stollen – one of the best brands of stollen happens to be suitable and if you go to Iceland you can pick…
Managing Christmas
Depending on your family, your outlook, your desire to gorge on turkey or your tenancy to sit in a Victorian money-lenders snapping at your single employee, refusing to allow him enough coal to fend off a bitter Christmas Eve – you may look forward to Christmas with abandon or edge closer to it with caution……
Surprisingly Suitable – Christmas
The run up to Christmas can see a sudden increase in chocolates/cakes/pies and even liqueurs – all highly likely to contain milk, soya or both. A lot of stuff just obviously isn’t suitable but there are always a few surprises hidden away… Let’s play a game. Have a look at the photo below and see…