The Fat Duck

The infamous restaurant The Fat Duck run by Heston Blumenthal in Bray is known for it's menu of unusual dishes. Bookings are extremely hard to come by, but there is a brilliant review about how they cater for food in tolerances can be found here.

After 53 attempts to call The Fat Duck, I eventually managed to secure an online booking at 09:41 1st March - keep checking for updates on the food!

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I had an absolutely amazing time at The Fat Duck - photos to be published shortly!

Claridges Afternoon Tea

Who knew! I've managed to book a table for Afternoon Tea at Claridges and they assured me that they can cater for dairy free diets - I will report back in a few months once I've tried it!

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What a brilliant afternoon tea, we arrived at Claridges at 17:30 and didn't leave till gone 21:00!

Scones and chocolate mouse were to die for! - Note the closest plate is dairy and almond free, middle plates are the normal afternoon tea and the far left plate is dairy free.

We left Claridge's ridiculously full having gorged on plates of sandwiches and cakes accompanied by an array of tea.

What is Dairy?

Dairy products are generally defined as those that are a by-product of mammary glands of mammals i.e. sheep, goats and cows.

Eggs are not within the dairy product category and is often misconceived as it is an animal by-product. They are also not a derivative of any dairy products. However, many people who are allergic to dairy products are also allergic to eggs - I am allergic to dairy products (& almonds) and not eggs.

Pret A Manger

Lunch today was a welcome grab-and-go stop that can be found all around London. Pret A Manger conveniently list all their ingredients online.

I had a tasty Crayfish & Thai Noodle Salad and a slice of Apple Cake for dessert. Yum!

Why go Dairy Free?

For me it's a no brainer - I'd most likely flare up in an anaphylactic shock, require a dose of adrenaline and be rushed to hospital.


For others, there are great benefits to a dairy free diet too.


See this link for more information.

Konditor and Cook

I absolutely love this cake shop - the dairy free carrot and pineapple slab cake is to die for. It's so nice to be able to just buy a really good cake off the shelf.

http://www.konditorandcook.com

I've even made my own version and just as it says on the website, "everyone I've given it to says it's lovely." Try it yourself!
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/8747/carrot-and-pineapple-cake.aspx

Creation of the Moo Juice Free Blog

This blog has been inspired by my beautiful cousin who has recently developed an allergy to dairy products.


As a person who suffers from a milk allergy, I'm starting a blog to help others in the same situation as me - I often find myself wasting hours in supermarkets scanning all the products looking for dairy free foods that I can eat!

It hasn't always been so easy to source dairy free alternatives. As a child my Mum used to mix powdered soya milk (for babies) for my breakfast! I used to detest the lumps mixed up in my cereal. I very rarely ate cake - unless it was cooked at home and we seldom ate out as people never seemed to understand the seriousness of my allergies. Holland and Barrett was always a welcome treat where I had could buy carob, a dairy free alternative to chocolate.


I now happily wine and dine in restaurants with careful discussion with the staff and I'd like to think I live a normal life!


Please follow my dairy free journey...