Please find below a list of useful books, websites and apps available to help with cooking and day to day management of food allergies.
Recipe books
- 'Allergy free cookbook: no eggs, no dairy, no gluten, no nuts' by Alice Sherwood (2009).
- 'The Allergy-Free Family Cookbook: 100 delicious recipes free from dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soya, gluten, sesame and shellfish' by Fiona Heggie and Ellie Lux (2015)
- 'The Allergy-Free Baby and Toddler Cookbook: 100 delicious recipes free from dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soya, gluten, sesame and shellfish' by Fiona Heggie and Ellie Lux (2016)
- 'Allergy-free and easy cooking: 30 minute meals without gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish…' by Cybele Pascal (2012).
- 'Allergy-free cooking: a family friendly cookbook – no gluten, diary, eggs, soy, shellfish or nuts' by Victoria Mazur (2013).
- 'Great gluten–free vegan eats: cut out the gluten and enjoy an even healthier vegan diet with recipes for fabulous allergy free fare' by Allyson Kramer (2012).
- 'How to cook for food allergies: understand ingredients, adapt recipes with confidence and cook for an exciting allergy-free diet' by Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne (2007).
- 'I’m hungry …... easy family recipes free from milk, soya, egg, wheat, gluten' by Tanya Wright BSc Honours MSc allergy RD.
- 'The Easy Allergy-Free Cookbook: 85 Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy, Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Eggs, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, or Wheat' by Amanda Orlando (Author)
Other allergy management books
- 'Living with Allergies – Practical Advice for all the family' by Emma Amoscato
- 'Understanding Allergy' (Penguin Life Expert Series, 4) by Dr Sophie Farooque
Specialist food stores and websites
Cambridge area
Arjuna
12 Mill Road
Cambridge
CB1 2AD
Telephone: 01223 364845
Arjuna Whole Foods website (opens in a new tab)
Daily Bread Co-operative (sister store in Northampton)
Unit 3
Kilmaine Close
Kings Hedges
CB4 2PH
Telephone: 01223 423177
Daily Bread website (opens in a new tab)
Holland and Barrett
Cambridge locations at:
46 Lion Yard Centre
Cambridge
CB2 3ET
Telephone: 01223 315603
and
27 Fitzroy Street
Cambridge
CB1 1ER
Telephone: 01223 353524
Holland and Barrett website (opens in a new tab)
Websites
- NHS Patient Webinars – including children’s food allergy management (opens in a new tab)
- Itchy Sneezy Wheezy – general allergy management information
- Kids with food allergies – recipe ideas (opens in a new tab)
- Yummly – recipes customised to avoid certain ingredients (opens in a new tab) (also available as an app)
- Foods Matter – recipe ideas (opens in a new tab)
- BBC Good Food – recipe ideas (opens in a new tab)
- Veganuary - vegan recipes (opens in a new tab)
- Anaphylaxis Campaign (opens in a new tab)
- Allergy UK (opens in a new tab)
Most major supermarkets will also stock a range of free-from products and ingredients in the free-from aisle. Supermarkets and food manufacturers also may have recipe ideas directly from their own website.
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