Love Erika
29 November, 2017
Coffee and cake
Today I'm in Petersfield for a little bit of shopping. I popped into One Tree Books, not only to look in the shop (I do love book shops, something wonderful about the smell) but I also had another mission - a coffee related one. Last time I was here there was hardly any gluten-free options in Petersfield, but that seems to have changed. The café, hidden away in the back of the book shop, is called Madeline's Kitchen and serves light lunches as well as delicious cakes, tea and coffees. I was just about to ask the chap behind the counter if they had any gluten free cakes when I saw that the labels were clearly marked with GF. I had a choice between a chocolate brownie, a lemon and polenta cake and a French almond cake. In the end I went for the almond cake. Absolutely perfect. Rich, perfectly moist, not at all dry and of course gluten free! Can highly recommend a visit here if you're in the area.
Love Erika
Love Erika
26 November, 2017
Hungry at Arlanda Airport
I've done this silly mistake once again, so here I am hungry, with a headache and no gluten-free food to be found... So stupid of me not to get something to eat before going through the passport control.
Anyway, to you fellow gluten-free travelers, and for my self as reminder, keep in mind to eat before going through the final passport control on terminal 5 by gates 58-69. Otherwise you'll might have to settle for this gourmet lunch for 70 sek (don't get me wrong I like cottage cheese, bit for a snack perhaps and not lunch) and also you could find some fruit as well if you feel like it.
Happy travels!
Love Erika
Anyway, to you fellow gluten-free travelers, and for my self as reminder, keep in mind to eat before going through the final passport control on terminal 5 by gates 58-69. Otherwise you'll might have to settle for this gourmet lunch for 70 sek (don't get me wrong I like cottage cheese, bit for a snack perhaps and not lunch) and also you could find some fruit as well if you feel like it.
Happy travels!
Love Erika
20 August, 2013
Before going to Asia
First and
foremost, translation cards are a good help in any Asian country, but you can’t
totally depend on them. Some people might not understand what an allergy is, and
not in the least an intolerance. Some people might not be able to read. And
some people might not simply care.
One translation card I didn’t find was one in Khmer, the language most commonly spoken in Cambodia. Although many people in Cambodia are very good in English, an intolerance to gluten is a hard thing to describe… My solution to this was pictures and so I made my own “translation card” with pictures from google. This actually worked very well!
Love Erika
I had a
stack of printed translation cards on A4 papers. In my experience a big piece
of paper is easier to read for the people who want to try and help you and it’s
easier for you to get it back when they have finished with it. Also, leave the
paper on your table even after you have ordered your food, they might what to
check something again, or even double-check it.
Find free
translation cards for printing here:
Available
in 51 languages.
OR
A
Swedish website with “cards” available in 41 languages.
If you
are one of those gluten free people who can’t eat soy, it might be quite
difficult for you to find things to eat, me on the other hand has been fine
with all the soy sauces I have tried so far. However, I tried to eat as little
soy sauce as possible just to be on the safe side. If you want to read more
about soy sauce and wheat take a look here: https://glutenfree.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/safety-of-asian-soy-sauce-in-gf-diet-janssen-et-al.pdf
AND http://www.celiac.com/articles/23061/1/Is-Soy-Sauce-Gluten-free/Page1.html
One translation card I didn’t find was one in Khmer, the language most commonly spoken in Cambodia. Although many people in Cambodia are very good in English, an intolerance to gluten is a hard thing to describe… My solution to this was pictures and so I made my own “translation card” with pictures from google. This actually worked very well!
One thing
you can be almost certain of when you travel to Asia is that you will not feel
100% all the time. Don’t worry! Just because your stomach is upset it doesn’t
mean that you have eaten gluten. So relax, and don’t let your tummy destroy
your trip!
Love Erika
It is time for me to start to update this blog…
Oh, I’ve
got so much to tell you since I last wrote!
I have travelled a lot this year, Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia; Germany,
Canada, and a few places in Sweden, and because of this I have many things to
write about and share with you.
I hope I’ll
have time to post some of my stories later today.
Love
Erika
30 March, 2013
Still in Asia!
Hi you all!
I'm still on my backpacking trip in southeast Asia, and right now I'm in Manila, Philippines. Tomorrow my friend and I will continue to Vietnam. We'll fly with Thai airways this time, so it'll be another company to test how gluten free friendly they are!
I'm really enjoying myself on this trip, and I have so many things to tell you all about when I come back home - it's a little difficult to write all posts on my phone, so I just write down notes and then I'll have a lot to do on my computer later ;)
Love Erika
I'm still on my backpacking trip in southeast Asia, and right now I'm in Manila, Philippines. Tomorrow my friend and I will continue to Vietnam. We'll fly with Thai airways this time, so it'll be another company to test how gluten free friendly they are!
I'm really enjoying myself on this trip, and I have so many things to tell you all about when I come back home - it's a little difficult to write all posts on my phone, so I just write down notes and then I'll have a lot to do on my computer later ;)
Love Erika
15 February, 2013
Koh Tao - Thailand
I know I should try to keep my posts in somewhat chronological order, but I just have to warn you about this a place on Kho Tao, Thailand. It's a restaurant and dive shop, and I can't say anything about the diving part, oh the food and especially the SERVICE I can say one or two things about...
To all my fellow coeliacs: don't eat at Big Blue Diving, Koh Tao! The staff there was stressy and very rude, and didn't even try to read/listen to me and my dietary requirements. Since our waiter's English seemed okay, I tried to ask what kind of wrapping they had on their spring rolls (I've heard that if they use rice paper they are gluten free). Anyway, I just about managed to ask my question and say that I can't eat wheat, rye or barley, before our waiter, whilst walking away from our table, says that he doesn't know about the spring rolls and that if I have allergies I should choose something I know I can eat. Then he was gone again. I was SO annoyed! How am I supposed to be sure about what I can eat if I can't ask questions and make requirements?! If there's something a waiter/waitress don't know they ought to be able to ask someone who do! And the fact that he just ran off without letting my friend or me to order is just unacceptable.
Eventually he came back so we could order our normal "safe" meal - fried rice - which you can easily get a tastier and cheaper version of in several restaurants on Koh Tao...
Based on the service, or perhaps I should say the LACK OF SERVICE in this place - I will NEVER go back to this place and I would NEVER recommend it to anyone, coeliac or not!!!
Oh dear what an angry post, but both my friend and I were very upset after this. And also there are so many much nicer places on the island - like Simple Life for example!
The manager at Simple Life is the only one there who read Thai (the others didn't understand my restaurant card) but he is a lovely person, and so helpful when it came to find me something I could eat that wasn't fried rice ;)
So leave Big Blue Diving to its own destiny and head to Simple Life to eat!
Love Erika
To all my fellow coeliacs: don't eat at Big Blue Diving, Koh Tao! The staff there was stressy and very rude, and didn't even try to read/listen to me and my dietary requirements. Since our waiter's English seemed okay, I tried to ask what kind of wrapping they had on their spring rolls (I've heard that if they use rice paper they are gluten free). Anyway, I just about managed to ask my question and say that I can't eat wheat, rye or barley, before our waiter, whilst walking away from our table, says that he doesn't know about the spring rolls and that if I have allergies I should choose something I know I can eat. Then he was gone again. I was SO annoyed! How am I supposed to be sure about what I can eat if I can't ask questions and make requirements?! If there's something a waiter/waitress don't know they ought to be able to ask someone who do! And the fact that he just ran off without letting my friend or me to order is just unacceptable.
Eventually he came back so we could order our normal "safe" meal - fried rice - which you can easily get a tastier and cheaper version of in several restaurants on Koh Tao...
Based on the service, or perhaps I should say the LACK OF SERVICE in this place - I will NEVER go back to this place and I would NEVER recommend it to anyone, coeliac or not!!!
Oh dear what an angry post, but both my friend and I were very upset after this. And also there are so many much nicer places on the island - like Simple Life for example!
The manager at Simple Life is the only one there who read Thai (the others didn't understand my restaurant card) but he is a lovely person, and so helpful when it came to find me something I could eat that wasn't fried rice ;)
So leave Big Blue Diving to its own destiny and head to Simple Life to eat!
Love Erika
Airplane food - Qatar airways
We had already eaten at the airport, because we didn't know when or if we were supposed to get any food on this first flight to Doha. And Another reason was that I've read so much about coeliacs who got the wrong food on the plane, or that there was something wrong with the order, and to end up without anything to eat for 5 hours is not my idea of fun...
Never mind, we started and just a few minutes after take of the flight attendants walked around handing out refreshing towels, and after that they came with drinks for us before they started giving us food. My tray was clearly marked with my name, chair number and allergy information. Though you have to be alert so they don't give you one of the "glutenated" bread rolls!
The food was okay, the chicken a little dry, but pretty much what you can expect when it comes to airplane food... I got fruit for dessert, and the others got carrot cake, which was a bummer because a gluten free carrot cake would have been nice, but hey I'm not going to complain about that.
After we had eaten the staff were walking around offering us a variety of drinks for the rest of the flight. I tried to get some sleep, but I was too excited about my backpacking trip, so I watched a couple of films instead.
All in all, it was a very pleasant flight with Qatar airways to Doha.
Love Erika
Never mind, we started and just a few minutes after take of the flight attendants walked around handing out refreshing towels, and after that they came with drinks for us before they started giving us food. My tray was clearly marked with my name, chair number and allergy information. Though you have to be alert so they don't give you one of the "glutenated" bread rolls!
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| My tray was marked with a sticker saying it was gluten free. |
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| The dish it self was also clearly marked with my name and seat number and dietary needs |
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| This is what the food looked like. |
The food was okay, the chicken a little dry, but pretty much what you can expect when it comes to airplane food... I got fruit for dessert, and the others got carrot cake, which was a bummer because a gluten free carrot cake would have been nice, but hey I'm not going to complain about that.
After we had eaten the staff were walking around offering us a variety of drinks for the rest of the flight. I tried to get some sleep, but I was too excited about my backpacking trip, so I watched a couple of films instead.
All in all, it was a very pleasant flight with Qatar airways to Doha.
Love Erika
08 February, 2013
On my way to Asia!
Okay, I'm going to start at the beginning;
Our flight with Qatar Airways was to leave Stockholm Arlanda 15.15. I met my friend, who came with another flight from the North of Sweden, at 11, which left us with plenty of time to check in our bags and find some lunch.
Wended up at a place (can't remember the name tight now...) were they had ready made salads, which had allergy information on the label. Just double check so you don't get any bread with it. There was a dressing that game with the salad as well, but i didn't dare eating that and I'm not to fond if dressingar anyway, so i left that...
Our flight with Qatar Airways was to leave Stockholm Arlanda 15.15. I met my friend, who came with another flight from the North of Sweden, at 11, which left us with plenty of time to check in our bags and find some lunch.
Wended up at a place (can't remember the name tight now...) were they had ready made salads, which had allergy information on the label. Just double check so you don't get any bread with it. There was a dressing that game with the salad as well, but i didn't dare eating that and I'm not to fond if dressingar anyway, so i left that...
03 February, 2013
Backpacking in Asia
Hi everybody!
I'm backpacking in Southeast Asia with my friend, and we've been away for a little then a week and I have not been glutenated once. So far so good :)
I will try to post some pictures and about the things I've been eating so far.
Love Erika
I'm backpacking in Southeast Asia with my friend, and we've been away for a little then a week and I have not been glutenated once. So far so good :)
I will try to post some pictures and about the things I've been eating so far.
Love Erika
09 January, 2013
Füssen
In Füssen, a lovely little
town in south Germany, there is a cute crêperie which has gluten free buckwheat
crêpes :) It's across the street from the Rathaus, and easy to find.
Füssen is very close to Schloss Neuschwanstein (the castle which looks like an inspiration for Walt Disney's castle) and if you are in the area take a tour to the castle and take a walk around Füssen and stop for a crêpe by the Rathaus.
Read about the castle here: http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/tourist/index.htm
Love Erika
Füssen is very close to Schloss Neuschwanstein (the castle which looks like an inspiration for Walt Disney's castle) and if you are in the area take a tour to the castle and take a walk around Füssen and stop for a crêpe by the Rathaus.
Read about the castle here: http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/tourist/index.htm
Love Erika
More from my travels last year - Prague
After leaving Berlin I decided to make a two-day-stop in Prague, just because I basically was so close to the Czech capital on my way from Berlin to München (Munich). I arrived in the evening so I wen directly to a hostel I had looked up online - Traveller's Hostel Dlouhá. I hadn't booked anything but I was lucky and got the last place in a 4-bed-room for 20 euro per night, breakfast included (if I could eat anything I knew I would be lucky...)
I left my things in the room, lucky for me there was a locker for each person, and I went out to find someplace where I could buy something to eat. I had passed a shopping mall on my way to the hostel, so I decided to try there first. There was a food hall in the mall, and there i bought yogurt, cheese and rice cakes (which had the gluten free symbol on - the crossed-out wheat) I also went to a Starbucks and bought myself a large latte before heading back to the hostel, where I had a picnic in my bed.
The following morning I was happily surprised. I was one of the first to get to the breakfast room and there the ladies who worked in kitchen had prepared everything. There were bowls with different kinds of cereal in (no gluten free ones), there were plates with two or three pieces of ham and cheese, there were small pots of yogurt, there were a big basket of bred (not gluten free) and two large bowls one with butter and one with strawberry jam, there were tea, coffee, juice and milk. I had brought my own breakfast cereal and bread (just to be on the safe side and so I would have anything to eat for breakfast). So what I did was just ask for an empty bowl (these ladies didn't speak English, but they understood what I meant) I took a plate with ham and cheese and a pot of yogurt, then I moved to the butter where I found a nice and "clean" corner and the same with the jam. So in the end I had a really nice breakfast!
After such a good star on my day I walked to the old town square where I joined Sandeman's free guided tour at 11 o'clock. It was three and a half hours of a very energetic guided tour of the city. I can highly recommend doing one of these tours, but bring a sandwich and a snack... in the middle of the tour there's a 25-minute-lunch break at a bagels cafe, and nothing there is gluten free, apart from things to drink. It was a great tour and if you're in Prague - do it!
(Sandeman's has these free tours in several European cities check it out here: http://www.neweuropetours.eu/ )
Directly after that I went on Sandeman's Castle tour which also is very good value for your money (250 czk for students). However, if I were you I would do this tour on another day, and not the same as the free tour... To walk around Prague for more then six hours can be quite challenging, and in my case I was starving (!) by then. Lucky for me I had my small rucksack with water, snacks and fruit, otherwise I wouldn't have survived.
The Castle tour finished at the Strahov Monastery and from there I searched my way to my next goal, the restaurant for the evening - Na Zlaté krizovatce.
It took me almost an hour’s walk to get there from where the tour ended. We got a bus ticket from our guide, but i was unsure which bus to take, so I thought a walk was a better option. It was a little difficult to find, but if you're good with a map and read the signs carefully (or use a GPS) it's no problem, and trust me it's worth the effort!
I got a warm welcome by an English speaking waitress. I was there early for dinner so it was no problem in getting a table. In the menu it says that EVERYTHING which is cooked and prepared in this restaurant is gluten free! The waitress puts bread (that they baked at the restaurant), butter with herbs and tapenade on my table. I turn to the menu, so many (ALL) things to choose from... This is not a luxury I have ever experienced in a restaurant in my gluten free life! Eventually I manage to decide to have a Pâté for starter. Then I have a Schnitzel for the main course and it is served with a potato cake rolled in puff pastry. I'm stuffed, but I know this is my chance to try as much as I possibly can so I have an Apfelstrudel for dessert - thinking this might be my only opportunity to try it. And I don't regret my decision, it really is divine!
Completely stuffed and very pleased with my day I took a bus back to my hostel...
If you're in Prague don't miss to have dinner at Na Zlaté krizovatce!
Check it out here: http://www.nazlatekrizovatce.cz/en/index.php
Love Erika
20 October, 2012
Long time no see...
I might be the worst blogger ever, but I blame it all on my busy life and the fact that I haven't had that many extraordinary gluten free experiences in a while.
Never mind, I'm now living in Norway, about as far north you can come on the European main land. You might ask "Why?!" and to be honest I would like someone to tell me that myself. Ha ha, no but seriously, I'm up here because of a new job. This autumn I'm working in an abattoir. Again you might ask "Why!?!!"... If you're Swedish you probably know why, perhaps not about the choice of work place, but about why go to Norway. For all the rest of you, I can tell you that the salaries are much better in Norway, and a lot of young (and old) Swedes go to Norway. I can also say that for people who doesn't have an education it's much easier to find a job in Norway than in Sweden. But you need to know Norwegian to be able to work here! (Swedish and Norwegian are very much alike.)
I don't think this is the most glamours job in history, but I'm trying to save up enough money to be able to go on a long vacation this upcoming spring. Hopefully I'll be able to get some nice stories to this blog (and post them while they're still fresh)!
I have however one really good gluten free tips for you :) - Peppes Pizza! This is an Norwegian pizza chain, and listen to this - they make one of the best gluten free pizza bases I've ever tasted! They have a notice on their menus that you can order almost all of their pizzas with a gluten free base. But they only make them medium sized (which I thought was more then enough for one person... more than a foot across)
I was at Peppes Pizza in Alta last Saturday, and the staff was really helpful and when I asked about a certain topping, they went and checked that it was okay - I picked a delicious Stars and Stripes pizza, half with salami and half with ham. One thing which I thought was very good is that they had a sticker on the paper, which the pizza was on, saying "this is a gluten free pizza". I should also say that this is the place for you if you like the pizza base thick, like I do, and if you're in the mood for a freshly baked pizza!
Check out their website so you can plan a visit! www.peppes.no
Love Erika
A little update on this post after my second visit to Peppes.
Again I had a Stars and Stripes Pizza - I love that pepperoni - but I had the topping mixed over the whole pizza this time.
(Sorry about the bad quality of the pictures, I so need a new phone!)
Never mind, I'm now living in Norway, about as far north you can come on the European main land. You might ask "Why?!" and to be honest I would like someone to tell me that myself. Ha ha, no but seriously, I'm up here because of a new job. This autumn I'm working in an abattoir. Again you might ask "Why!?!!"... If you're Swedish you probably know why, perhaps not about the choice of work place, but about why go to Norway. For all the rest of you, I can tell you that the salaries are much better in Norway, and a lot of young (and old) Swedes go to Norway. I can also say that for people who doesn't have an education it's much easier to find a job in Norway than in Sweden. But you need to know Norwegian to be able to work here! (Swedish and Norwegian are very much alike.)
I don't think this is the most glamours job in history, but I'm trying to save up enough money to be able to go on a long vacation this upcoming spring. Hopefully I'll be able to get some nice stories to this blog (and post them while they're still fresh)!
I have however one really good gluten free tips for you :) - Peppes Pizza! This is an Norwegian pizza chain, and listen to this - they make one of the best gluten free pizza bases I've ever tasted! They have a notice on their menus that you can order almost all of their pizzas with a gluten free base. But they only make them medium sized (which I thought was more then enough for one person... more than a foot across)
I was at Peppes Pizza in Alta last Saturday, and the staff was really helpful and when I asked about a certain topping, they went and checked that it was okay - I picked a delicious Stars and Stripes pizza, half with salami and half with ham. One thing which I thought was very good is that they had a sticker on the paper, which the pizza was on, saying "this is a gluten free pizza". I should also say that this is the place for you if you like the pizza base thick, like I do, and if you're in the mood for a freshly baked pizza!
Check out their website so you can plan a visit! www.peppes.no
Love Erika
A little update on this post after my second visit to Peppes.
Again I had a Stars and Stripes Pizza - I love that pepperoni - but I had the topping mixed over the whole pizza this time.
On the sticker it says "This Pizza is baked according to our strict routines for gluten free food."
(Sorry about the bad quality of the pictures, I so need a new phone!)
05 August, 2012
I Love Lemon Curd
Today I found a recipe I really like.
4 Eggs
170 g Sugar
2 Organic Lemons (juice from both + zest from one of them)
50-75 g Unsalted Butter
1 Gelatin Leaf
Place some water in a saucepan and warm until it's simmering.
Mix eggs, sugar, lemon juice and zest together in a heat proof mixing bowl and place the bowl over the water. Keep stirring the mixture until thickened.
When the mixture is thick remove the bowl from the water and add the butter. Mix it until the butter is completely melted. Add the gelatin leaf, which has been laying in cold water for a few minutes, and mix thoroughly.
Pour the lemon curd in jars and put the lids on before leaving it to cool.
Enjoy!
Love Erika
29 July, 2012
Back in Berlin
After a couple of terrific days spent with Pauline I headed back to Berlin to see another friend Annegret, who is living and working in Berlin. We did some more sightseeing (there's so much to see!) and were just browsing around.
We went to a Thai take away restaurant and had dinner - I love Asian food and they are always so good at making gluten free alternatives! After that we wanted to go see a movie (in English) so we went to the biggest cinema in Berlin. Unfortunately the cinema was closed to the public because of a big premiere of "Männer Herzen", and all we got to see that evening was a big bunch of German movie stars on the red carpet - bummer.
My Berlin stay was ended in the best of ways, at a cafe - Eis voh! This is an ice cream cafe, but for all you gluten free people out there (and the rest of you as well of course) this place is not to be missed if you're in Berlin! I went there in hope of having maybe one or two gluten free cakes to choose from, Never I said NEVER had I expected to find what I did - a gluten free HEAVEN with.... wait for it.... 12 (!!!!) different kinds of cake all gluten free and organic. The slices were big and the price very good. The owners, an older couple, were very sweet and spoke English very well and they told me a lot about their cafe and I got to write in their guest book and all :) I will definitely go back here next time I'm in Berlin!!!
Check out their website, it's all in German, but you don't need to know the language to read the pictures :P http://www.bioeis-berlin.de/index.html
EisVoh
Bundesallee118
12161 Berlin
It's not exactly in the city centre, but the underground station is only a block or so away, and I've said it before - GO THERE!
Love Erika
We went to a Thai take away restaurant and had dinner - I love Asian food and they are always so good at making gluten free alternatives! After that we wanted to go see a movie (in English) so we went to the biggest cinema in Berlin. Unfortunately the cinema was closed to the public because of a big premiere of "Männer Herzen", and all we got to see that evening was a big bunch of German movie stars on the red carpet - bummer.
My Berlin stay was ended in the best of ways, at a cafe - Eis voh! This is an ice cream cafe, but for all you gluten free people out there (and the rest of you as well of course) this place is not to be missed if you're in Berlin! I went there in hope of having maybe one or two gluten free cakes to choose from, Never I said NEVER had I expected to find what I did - a gluten free HEAVEN with.... wait for it.... 12 (!!!!) different kinds of cake all gluten free and organic. The slices were big and the price very good. The owners, an older couple, were very sweet and spoke English very well and they told me a lot about their cafe and I got to write in their guest book and all :) I will definitely go back here next time I'm in Berlin!!!
Check out their website, it's all in German, but you don't need to know the language to read the pictures :P http://www.bioeis-berlin.de/index.html
(The pictures are borrowed from Eis Voh's website.)
EisVoh
Bundesallee118
12161 Berlin
It's not exactly in the city centre, but the underground station is only a block or so away, and I've said it before - GO THERE!
Love Erika
Arriving in Germany
Last autumn I decided to go on a trip to visit some of the friends I made when I was an au pair in England. And as I promised before, here are some of my experienses from when I was travelling around in Germany and the Czech Republic. My trip lasted for more then three weeks, and altough I did all the travelling on my own I spent most days with my lovely friends!
Berlin was my first stop and I got there really early in the morning. Nothing really was open yet, so I sat down on a bench and ate my breakfast sandwiches that I had brought with me from home. After a while a coffee shop opened and I bought myself a cup of tea to go with my breakfast.
After 9 my dear friend Pauline came and we went around in Berlin doing some sightseeing, before we went to Bernau - a lovely little town outside Berlin - I loved it! Paulie had to go to work, but I stayed in Bernau to run some errands, important things like buying a German Sim-card and checking out the range of gluten free products.
I went to a supermarket EDEKA center close to a shopping mall. At first I had some difficulties in finding were in this big supermarket I could find what I was looking for. But then, a BIG shelf full of gluten free goodies! I filled my basket. Then I continued to look around in the shop and after a while I realised something that made me very happy, as a coeliac person, on the price tags there was a gluten free symbol on the products not containing gluten!!! VERY helpful to me who doesn't speak any German at all, especially when it came to sausages, yoghurts and other things where they might hide gluten. Why can't supermarkets have that everywhere?!??
Happy with my gluten free findings, I went to a cafe and had a coffee before I took the bus to Lobetal where Paulie and her family lives. I was shown to where I was staying, in an overnight apartment close to the church where Pauline's parents work, I was so tired I had to take a little nap.
I had a lovely home cooked gluten free dinner with Paulie and her family. When I went to bed that night I was dead tired, but very pleased with my trip so far!
To be continued...
Love Erika
Berlin was my first stop and I got there really early in the morning. Nothing really was open yet, so I sat down on a bench and ate my breakfast sandwiches that I had brought with me from home. After a while a coffee shop opened and I bought myself a cup of tea to go with my breakfast.
After 9 my dear friend Pauline came and we went around in Berlin doing some sightseeing, before we went to Bernau - a lovely little town outside Berlin - I loved it! Paulie had to go to work, but I stayed in Bernau to run some errands, important things like buying a German Sim-card and checking out the range of gluten free products.
I went to a supermarket EDEKA center close to a shopping mall. At first I had some difficulties in finding were in this big supermarket I could find what I was looking for. But then, a BIG shelf full of gluten free goodies! I filled my basket. Then I continued to look around in the shop and after a while I realised something that made me very happy, as a coeliac person, on the price tags there was a gluten free symbol on the products not containing gluten!!! VERY helpful to me who doesn't speak any German at all, especially when it came to sausages, yoghurts and other things where they might hide gluten. Why can't supermarkets have that everywhere?!??
Happy with my gluten free findings, I went to a cafe and had a coffee before I took the bus to Lobetal where Paulie and her family lives. I was shown to where I was staying, in an overnight apartment close to the church where Pauline's parents work, I was so tired I had to take a little nap.
I had a lovely home cooked gluten free dinner with Paulie and her family. When I went to bed that night I was dead tired, but very pleased with my trip so far!
To be continued...
Love Erika
06 July, 2012
Back in my home town...
Hi everybody!
I'm very sorry I haven't written anything lately, but there is not much going on at the moment... I've left Brighton an England and are now back in my home town in Sweden - where there is a lack of gluten free experiences. Sad, but true.
To make up for this I will try to give you some of my goodies that I've saved from before I started this blog, what do you say about hearing something about the time I spent in Ireland, the trip I took to Germany, or what I found in Prague? I might also tell you a bit about the cafe I've been in charge of during my home town's festival week :)
Love Erika
I'm very sorry I haven't written anything lately, but there is not much going on at the moment... I've left Brighton an England and are now back in my home town in Sweden - where there is a lack of gluten free experiences. Sad, but true.
To make up for this I will try to give you some of my goodies that I've saved from before I started this blog, what do you say about hearing something about the time I spent in Ireland, the trip I took to Germany, or what I found in Prague? I might also tell you a bit about the cafe I've been in charge of during my home town's festival week :)
Love Erika
16 June, 2012
New favourite...
This is an absolutely lovely place for a coffee and homemade cakes - even gluten free ones. I've been here a couple of times this last week, and both times they've had something I can eat. The first time I had a wonderful orange cake and the second time I could choose between three different cakes, but decided to take one with lemon and poppy seed.
The staff is all very nice and friendly and just ask what's gluten free today, and they'll tell you!
Next time I'm in the Brighton area I will most definitely visit again!
Why don't you check it out?
http://igigigeneralstore.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=62
Love Erika
05 June, 2012
Crêperie Angélie
On Saturday
when I was in town I decided to go to this nice little crêperie that I've passed
so many times. They have a big sign outside the shop where it says "gluten
free" so I thought I really have to check it out then - for your sake ;)
When I got
in I saw that it's really tiny, only a couple of tables so best for a take
away, which was perfect for me. Oh, but then I started to read the menu and I
tell you: I could eat everything! So many yummy combinations... After 10
minutes or so :P I finally decided to treat myself with a milk chocolate and
banana one. And I was not disappointed. After five minutes I was on my way out
in the sunshine with my crêpe and a can of coke (only £3.50 for the whole
thing!) and I couldn't even contain myself - I had to try a bite before taking
a picture... yum yum yum! I'll definitely go back there!
Love Erika
14 May, 2012
Erika's American Pancakes
Today I made some really yummy American pancakes. I like to make them with different flavours and blueberry and banana are two favourites, and today I choose banana :)
Sorry about the bad quality on the picture, I took it with my mobile and I don't have one of these fancy ones...
If you'd like to make these yourself here comes the recipe:
300 g Gluten free flour mix (choose white or brown - you decide if you like fibers or not)
2½ tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Salt
3 tbs Sugar
200 ml Milk
3 Eggs
50 g Butter (melted)
if you like, add:
2 Bananas (mushed) and 1 tsp Vanilla essence or Vanilla sugar
or
80 g Blueberries
or something else you like...
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add milk, eggs and butter and blend it together to a thick mixture.
Fry in the seize you like them.
Enjoy!
Love Erika
Sorry about the bad quality on the picture, I took it with my mobile and I don't have one of these fancy ones...
If you'd like to make these yourself here comes the recipe:
300 g Gluten free flour mix (choose white or brown - you decide if you like fibers or not)
2½ tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Salt
3 tbs Sugar
200 ml Milk
3 Eggs
50 g Butter (melted)
if you like, add:
2 Bananas (mushed) and 1 tsp Vanilla essence or Vanilla sugar
or
80 g Blueberries
or something else you like...
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add milk, eggs and butter and blend it together to a thick mixture.
Fry in the seize you like them.
Enjoy!
Love Erika
13 May, 2012
Sunny day in London
I've had a lovely, gluten free, day in London today. My friend and I was up for shopping and headed to Oxford street (a bit of a nightmare on my side, but Maddie loved it!) After a couple of hours I could feel my tummy rumble - a cup of tea and a small yoghurt simply isn't enough for breakfast... Anyway, I went to the foodhall at John Lewis (Waitrose) - I LOVE foodhalls! There I found Gluten free readymade sandwiches - free range egg and salad - and they were delicious! It's by far the best sandwich I've had, and I've tried a few; tuna sandwich from Starbucks, chicken sandwich from Sainsbury's, ploughman's sandwich and ham and mustard sandwich from M&S. They are all okay, but nothing I would like to have too often, apart from my newly found sandwich delight, of course!
In the late afternoon Maddie and I went to Covent Garden, wich is a lovely place just to stroll around in, and we came across a cafe with a big sign in their window saying: GLUTEN FREE MUFFINS. I had to go in, of course! So there at Muffinski's I had the pleasure to by the last of their blueberry and white chocolate muffins. Yummy!
Muffinski's
5 King Street
London
WC2E 8HN
In the late afternoon Maddie and I went to Covent Garden, wich is a lovely place just to stroll around in, and we came across a cafe with a big sign in their window saying: GLUTEN FREE MUFFINS. I had to go in, of course! So there at Muffinski's I had the pleasure to by the last of their blueberry and white chocolate muffins. Yummy!
Love Erika
Muffinski's
5 King Street
London
WC2E 8HN
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