{"id":4191,"date":"2017-09-13T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T09:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2017-09-13T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T09:05:46","slug":"things-can-only-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/things-can-only-get-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Things can only get better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pie2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"cooking pastry in a Remoska\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pie2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pie2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pie2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pie2-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pie2.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coeliac Daughter was talking at a conference yesterday, about what it&#8217;s like to be a free from Millennial. Odd: I don&#8217;t think of her as a Millennial! <\/p>\n<p>But it did make me think about how much things have improved since the days when I made her gluten free look-a-like &#8220;tinned spaghetti&#8221; and chicken nuggets to go to nursery with, so she would have food that looked vaguely similar to what the other children were eating&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Just in the last few months we&#8217;ve tried:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ready rolled gluten free puff pastry \/ flaky pastry \/ pizza bases from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croustipate.com\/produits\/fiche\/28\/Feuilletee-sans-Gluten\">Croustipate<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerelia.com\/fr\/categorie\/pates-sans-gluten.8.html\">Regain<\/a> (French manufacturers) &#8211; we cooked all three in our Remoska, while camping. You can see the results in the image above &#8211; look how the pastry has shrunk away from the sides of the tin, just like it&#8217;s meant to&#8230; Imagine: ready rolled gluten free pastry, and not just that &#8211; a choice of flaky, puff or shortcrust pastry!<\/li>\n<li>vegetarian gluten free Heidi pie from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pieminister.co.uk\">PieMinister<\/a> (hot water crust style pastry, like a pork pie) &#8211; delicious, but so filling, we could only eat half<\/li>\n<li>gluten free cheese and onion rolls (flaky pastry) from M&#038;S &#8211; these were fab<\/li>\n<li>olive oil and rosemary foccaccia bread from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesco.com\/groceries\/en-GB\/products\/297171935\">Tesco<\/a> &#8211; quite the best gluten free version of foccaccia I&#8217;ve tried, and they come portioned in individual baking trays (so sensible)<\/li>\n<li>protein wraps from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newburnbakehouse.com\/supermarket-products\">Warburton&#8217;s<\/a> &#8211; these were not only tasty, but they do actually wrap&#8230; and given that we are not alone in our efforts to eat more protein, it is interesting that the Free From market has picked up on this trend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coeliac daughter has come home in a state of high excitement with bags full of new finds from several shopping expeditions over the summer to big supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsbury&#8217;s and M&#038;S. Sadly, where we live, they have to be deliberate expeditions, as it seems to be only the bigger stores that stock a good range of products; the smaller ones locally sometimes seem to have problems maintaining supplies of gluten free foods. <\/p>\n<p>However, there are some amazing new and imaginative gluten free options around at the moment; it&#8217;s so wonderful to have a choice that&#8217;s not between two boring white sliced loaves.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coeliac Daughter was talking at a conference yesterday, about what it&#8217;s like to be a free from Millennial. Odd: I don&#8217;t think of her as a Millennial! 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