I'm Kirsty, I'm 26, I live in Edinburgh (Scottish capital city for those not in the know) and I started this blog because I am a fussy foodie! This is not due to me being choosy about foods but because for the last five years I have been intolerant to dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, yoghurt, cream etc.) including those from cows, sheep, goat... and therefore it kind of restricts me from eating the things I love. I know there are a lot of other people out there with intolerances too and therefore I just wanted to show what it's like being me, what I've tried, what's failed and most of all, where you can get a good meal in Edinburgh without too many problems! I'll also write up a few recipes I've tried too.
I'm afraid also that sometimes I cheat, and although it does make me ill, the one thing I really miss is chocolate. I do like plain chocolate best since discovering my intolerance, but it does have "traces" of milk. I have tried all sorts of alternate milks too and there is a lot out there. I get weird effects from soya so that's out. I've tried hazelnut, almond, rice and coconut too but don't really like the taste. Rice milk also floats in tea - yuck! So for the past year or so I've been having oat milk, or "oatly" as it's called in supermarkets. I also cook with it, but only for sweet things like pancakes (which because it's oat milk, for some reason this makes thicker pancakes, yum!). I would love, one day, to be able to make white sauce again. I tried this once for lasagne, and it was literally like having bolognaise sauce with custard!! AVOID!
Recently other things have made me ill and at the doctors last week, I had a blood test for celeriac and gluten. I sincerely hope this is not the case as it will limit my diet even more and I don't want to have to take multiple supplements to be healthy. My younger sister is gluten and wheat free, I am dairy free and my older sister is now vegetarian. We do have meals together but it can be hard finding recipes that combine all three.
Let's start out with a simple recipe, for banana milkshake. I had this this morning and it was lovely and filling, and if you are on any diet, fits in with all three said above!
2 large bananas or 4 small ones, peeled and mashed with a fork
1 pint milk (any, I used oatly)1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
Mash, blend, pour into a jug and serve!
It's best if the milk is cold from the fridge as it's not brilliant warm, as I'm sure you can guess, and also because it's not a good idea to but the shake in the fridge as the bananas will go brown! There is no need for sugar either, this is something that is very good for you, don't ruin it by adding sweetener!
Okay, I stole this picture online from http://cdn.barbadostoday.bb but I'm afraid I didn't manage to take a picture of my own shake as I finished it too quickly!!
So, reviews and comments welcome, next time I'll add somewhere good to eat!!
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