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I suffer from food intolerance and am currently experimenting with different recipes so i can have some decent meals. I was wondering whether there any other folk out there who can give me some tips/ideas for recipes. I would like some ideas for packed lunches to take to work with me as I am sick of tinned tuna and oatmeal biscuits! I am currently dabbling with making a cheese sauce (ewes milk and soya milk which curdles but tastes nice) and pastry making. I would love to be able to make some decent bread too. It would be great to hear from someone in a similiar situation!

Dont know if it helps, but you can get Soya margarine and cheese, try Holland and Barrett, the stuff they do in there for different things is amazing. What about nuts and seeds for a snack? My parents swear by pumpkin seeds!

I too am on an intolerence diet at present, off wheat, dairy yeast (which i'm inclined to think the biggest culprit) as well as a whole host of other things. Have you discovered Doves Farm gluten free flour?, can make scones with that soya marg and non dairy milk, in fact most cake & cookie recipes can be used in that manner. Can buy gluten free pasta, cook and moisten with dairy free mayonnaise, and add chopped veg, tuna, chicken etc Brown rice can also be used. Love Val

It might be a good idea, if you don't already have one, is to buy a breadmaking machine. You will find all sorts of recipes, and I'm sure gluten-free bread. Make extra and freeze in. Sylvia

i know that iceland have got a list of intolerances to certain things.my friend got one from them

Hi Sally I am wheat free and my Mother-in-Law is gluten free so there are certain things that we both can't eat and some things one of us can eat and the other can't. You will have to watch out and read labels carefully as manufacturers can use gluten without using wheat and vice versa. Supermarkets are a lot more aware of these differences now and a lot of them put warning labels under the ingredients saying which they use. Have you tried Quinoa or Quorn? Lynne

Sorry I meant to say that I gave up on trying to make decent bread with wheat free flour but would love to know if anyone has a recipe that works. I have a some wheat free veggie recipes if you would like them (veggie shepherds pie and bean burgers). I too struggle with making interesting lunches. At the moment I am eating huge amounts of different fruits and big salads with plenty of sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and pine nuts. Lynne

Watched the programme You are what you eat, last night, and it was mentioned about a type of bread made from Quinoa grain, might have to end up buying the book to find out how to make it!! Val