When Warburton's sent me a pack of goodies in the post, in their swanky new branding and packaging, I knew I wanted to try and create some enchiladas with the wraps! My recipe makes enough filling to serve four. I typically make it for two and put the extra filling in a second dish topped with salsa and cheese and then pop it in the oven incase we fancy extra!

You will need:

• Two chicken breasts
• Half a red pepper
• One small onion
• One garlic clove
• Passata with mixed herbs (I used the Aldi jar one!)
• Chill powder
• Sour cream 
• Grated cheddar 
• Jar of salsa
• Warburton's Wraps (any flavour)

Firstly, pan fry the chicken breast. For the best result, as the top layer of chicken cooks, shred it off the breast with a fork until all the chicken is cooked and shredded. 

Then add the onion, garlic and pepper diced, season with salt and pepper and soften lightly. Then add the chilli powder to taste. I added about a teaspoon, which added flavour but not heat.  

Then add a cup to a cup and a half of passata, just so the mixture is lightly coated. You can always add more if you want it more saucy, but it's much harder to take it away! 

Put in a good handful of grated cheese and let it melt in the mixture. Then add four tablespoons of sour cream and stir well. 

Cut the wraps in half and fill with the mixture and wrap. Then line up in a dish until you have wrapped as many as you desire, or ran out of mixture. I use two wraps halved for two people, but this mixture will easily do four wraps. 

Smother the top in a salsa and generously cover in grated cheese before baking for 20 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbling!

Serve with a side salad, or nachos! 

Overall this recipe only takes 20 minutes and is delicious! Let me know what you think if you try it! 

Hannah x 

I have another Crumpet recipe today. I walked past a lemon meringue pie in M&S the other day and thought maybe I could use up a couple of nests I had left and make one. But when I got home I was missing a couple of ingredients for the pastry, which led me to raid the the freezer to see if I had another way of making one, and then the crumpets came to mind! So I experimented and this is what I came up with!

This two minute recipe takes seconds and it really hit the lemon meringue spot! 

• Hawskhead Lemon Curd
• Warburtons Newburn Bakehouse Crumpet
• Meringue nest  

Toast the crumpet in a toaster.

Add a tablespoon of Hawskhead lemon curd and spread on top on the crumpet.

Crush the meringue nest and sprinkle on top.

See it's really that simple! It is a great sweet treat! Let me know if you try it and what you think! 

Hannah x 

I'm back with another crumpet recipe today. When I first saw the sundried tomato paste in the hamper  I thought it would go well with some tuna. That led me to think about the tuna melts that I used to love to eat in coffee shops, and so I thought why not try and translate this onto a crumpet, with a sundried tomato twist!

With only four ingredients and minimal cooking and preparing time, its perfect with some mixed leaves for lunch!

You will need:

• One Warburtons Gluten Free Crumpet
• 1/2 Tin of Tuna
• 2 Tablespoon of Sundried Tomato Puree
• 25g Grated Cheddar

Toast the Crumpet lightly.

Mix the tuna and puree in a bowl. 

Put the crumpet onto a baking tray and place the tuna mixture and grated cheese on top. 

Put in an oven at 180 for 10-15 minutes to allow the cheese to melt thoroughly.  

Serve. 

Let me know if you try this recipe and what you think! 

Hannah x 

On Monday I received a very exciting package from Newburn bakehouse inviting me to partake in their #Crumpetchallenge this February! When they reached out saying they were sending a hamper to me to get creative with their crumpets, I just couldn't wait to see what would be inside and what I could create out of it!

When I opened the package it was all in a lovely wicker basket and I found lots of lovely goodies! Here's what was in my hamper!

Of course the foremost item in this box was a pack of the gluten free crumpets! There was also a voucher to get another pack so they don't expire, an avocado and a banana!

The next thing that caught my attention was a raspberry and vanilla jam from the Hawkshead Relish Company, which in all honestly sounds like something I would eat straight from the jar! I love raspberry jams and vanilla flavoured anything so I think this would be perfect for me! There was also a lemon curd inside the hamper which is also one of my favourite preserves. James loves lemon curd too so I am sure he will have a few ideas for this!

There is also a sun-dried tomato paste by Epicure. Crumpet pizzas come to mind straight away with this but I am also going to try and find something a bit different to do with it too!

The last and if not the best item was the hand stamped butter knife. I actually have a small collection of hand stamped spoons and items as a lady who lives near my parents does it! She even made me 'I Can't Say I Do Without You' keyring's with our wedding date for my bridal party crackers. This extra gift is completely me and I love it so much!

Thank you Warburtons Newburn Bakehouse for such a lovely hamper and I can't wait to share the ideas I create over the next few weeks!

Hannah x

*These products were sent to me to try, all content and opinions are my own 

Ham is a classic boxing day staple. If you are looking to mix it up this year but still want to serve pork and the typical roasted or boiled ham is becoming a bore, why not try pulled pork instead?

This super simple recipe doesn't even need much attention, so perfect for when you want to be socialising with friends and family, rather than standing over a stove all afternoon!

For the pulled pork recipe you will need:

• Boneless Pork shoulder, as this is the best for pulled pork as it's easy to shred
• Sweet Mandarin BBQ sauce, any will do but this one is gluten and nut free! 
• Warburtons Newburn Bakehouse seeded sandwich thins (to make into sandwiches)

For this recipe the only tool you need is a slow cooker so minimal mess too! 

Put the pork shoulder, if you don't have a boneless one, remove the bones first, and place in the slow cooker on low for 8 hours

Once cooked, remove the pork and shred, ensuring you remove all fat. 

Drain the slow cooker of any liquids, place the pulled pork back in, mix in plenty of the BBQ marinade and put back on low for another hour. 

Once the timer goes off, that is it! Simple no fuss food! Perfect for parties if you bought £5 worth of  meat, it could easily serve up to 8 people. 

To serve I love pulled pork with the Warburton's sandwich thins which are free from dairy and gluten so this whole meal is suitable for those with gluten and dairy allergies as the Sweet Mandarin Marinade is also free from these allergens! 

Cook up some chips, make a salad and bring out all the left over party food from christmas day and enjoy! 

Hannah x   

*Some products in this post were sent to me to try, all recipe ideas and opinions are my own

The colder months have well and truly hit us and so I have been after more warming, filling comfort food. When I received the Warburton's Artisan Cob with Orange and Sultanas, I just knew that this was calling to be used in a recipe!

With half of the loaf I am going to make a bread a butter pudding, but as my oven decided to break down and I am currently waiting for a new part, I have had to get creative with a slow cooker, microwave and cooking torch!

Apple crumble is one of my favourite warming puddings and I am always looking for ways to add a little twist to traditional dishes. So when I saw that this bread is more sweet than savoury, I wondered if making the loaf into breadcrumbs would make a more sweet topping for a crumble rather than the more typical use of breadcrumbs in savoury foods, so I gave it a go!

So here is what I did!

You will need:

• Two cooking apples
• Brown sugar
• Cinnamon 
• Warburtons Newburn Bakehouse Artisan Cob with Orange and Sultanas

Method:

This recipe would more than likely work better in a oven but as I only had a slow cooker at the time this is what I did!

Chop the apples into squares, I like mine rather small but this is personal preference. 

Put the apple in a small pyrex dish and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon through the apples to sweeten. I do this unmeasured and when it looks enough I stop, but I would say I put about half a cup of sugar and half a teaspoon of cinnamon per two apples. 

Cut a slice from the centre of the loaf about an inch thick and with a blender or food processor blitz this into breadcrumbs. 

Mix the breadcrumbs with about half a cup of sugar. I tried this recipe without adding butter to this mix to see if a dairy free version is possible, and it worked well as the sugar binds the topping slightly but you could always add butter or a dairy free spread and combine this to create a breadcrumb consistency if you wanted a richer flavour and a more bonded crumble.

I then put this is the slow cooker for 2 hours, if you were using an oven I would give the crumble about 30-40 minutes. 

If cooked in the slow cooker the top will not have crisped as you would typically expect from an oven cooked crumble. To create this crispiness, sprinkle some extra brown sugar on the top and heat with a cooking torch.

Enjoy with custard or cream, this winter warmer will surely put a smile on the families faces! 

Hannah x   

*This product was sent to me to try, all recipe ideas and opinions are my own 

If we cast our minds back a couple of months, at the free from show Warburtons were promoting their new and improved recipe for their sandwich thins. I know it's taken me a while to get around to blogging this product, but I feel they still deserve a post as they are so good!

Previously the thins were visibly smaller and were not half as soft to squish in the pack. Not that I recommend doing that around the shops though, you'll certainly get some funny looks! There are 4 thins per pack and retail at around the £2 mark. I loved the previous thins and had them regularly toasted. I found that the new ones are much softer and much easier to eat without being toasted, as although the previous recipe didn't seem chewy at the time, these make that more prevalent as they are so incredibly soft and fluffy.

I have tried these thins in a variety of ways:

Pizzas
For this I used the white ones. Just add some margarita sauce, mozzarella and any topping you desire then grill until the cheese has melted. That's all there is to it, a10 minute dinner! If you really want to you can even do some micro fries to go with it.

Toasted
I tried these thins just toasted and I added some peanut butter with a smoothie on the side. Perfect with both the white and the seeded thins!

Sandwich
As I was saying previously, you can happily eat these un-toasted, I just added some lurpak and grilled some sausages. I found that I could have eaten another one! There was no dry textures and I had added very little butter to the bread.

Nutella
I tend to eat the raisin and orange thins with just a tad of butter as toast, but I saw on twitter someone adding Nutella to make it like a chocolate orange, so I just had to try! I have to say it was rather fantastic!

The new recipe is so much more palatable than it's predecessor and I have enjoyed them so much more. I believe the guy at Warburton's also told me that these are less calories than the previous recipe, which for all you who like to watch the calories is great too! Plus you get more, tastier bread, what a bonus!

If you see these on the shelf I would recommend giving them a go, if you are only wanting to buy one pack and unsure of which to choose, I personally would recommend the white as they are so much more versatile than the other two varieties!

Hannah  x

*These items were gifted to me to try

I look forward to the Allergy and Free From Show every year. I love seeing all my favourite brands as well as finding new companies and products that become firm favourites. This year was no exception!

If you have never been to the show before, I would really recommend you pop along next year, the tickets are free and there are so many traders, samples to try and some great deals on a lot of products. Held in the Olympia, London, this show has very good public transport links so there is no fear of getting lost or stranded in London!

As usual I have really stocked up on bits so here is what I got!

Genius
Genius are one of my staple brands, they never seem to let me down and have a good range of products to try, from frozen pies to white loafs, they pretty much have you covered! They had a show deal which included 4 products and a tote bag for £10. Now I have a million totes but a Genius one was not one in my collection, so obviously I needed it! In the tote deal I also got their pittas as I had been searching for these for a while, plain bagels, lemon and poppyseed muffins (which may already be gone) and some vegetable quiches. Unfortunately my quiches had an accident so I can't try those but I recovered the rest, except the tote! We also all got a free pack of the cupcakes, which is always welcome!

BFree
Finding BFree at the show is always one of my priorities as finding their products in my local stores can be a nightmare. It is just easier to stock up at the show. They had released some sweet potato wraps, so I couldn't resist getting some to give them a go, as they had the 4 items for £8 I also got the chia wraps I loved from last year, the amazing pitas and their bagels, as bagels in general are my favourite!  The fajita kits were also £3 and as they are a staple in the cupboard for James and I, we picked one up!

WOW cake Company
Being a company I'd never heard, WOWcake make the nicest packaged packet mixes I have seen in the free from market, with all their mixes in little tins, which is so cute! The people behind the brand were fabulous too so I thought I would give the carrot cake a go as this is not a mix I have found in the free from market before! For £5.50 I felt this was quite reasonable for a small company with smaller buying power of ingredients.

Eat Real
If you have never had the Hummus chips from Eat Real, you should really try them, as they are hands down the best snack style crisps around. They had a pretty good deal at the show of two big bags for £2 so I got two of the tomato and basil as they are my favourite, the taste is so good and very authentic Italian seasoning!

Feel Free
Finally I found the large doughnuts! For £2 I picked up a 4 pack of large doughnuts. I love their small ones but nothing can beat a real sized doughnut!

Goodie Bag
As well as coupons and the normal leaflets, the goodie bag was very impressive this year, with a box of nutribix, a bottle of lime Zeo and an orange choc shot each! There was also rice dream available  but as I don't drink it I didn't take it!

Isabel's
After trying their dough balls on holiday, I knew I wanted to try more, so when we found their packets were 2 for £3 and the pizza mix was 2 for £5 I decided that the offer had to be taken! James and I love pizza so they will cover a couple of our fake-away pizza nights. Packet wise, of course I picked up the doughnut mix, in a bid to make my sorely missed jam doughnuts. I also found chocolate pudding pots which will be a lovely weekend treat!

Make it Gluten Free Ltd
We heard that Make it Gluten Free Ltd were going to be there this year on twitter, so we made it our mission to locate them too as we loved the Simple Mills mixes and wanted to try the cookies in particular. As these mixes are natural and free from so many things they are perfect for so many people. We got the chocolate muffin mix and of course the chocolate chip cookies! The guys at Make it Gluten Free have so many recipes online using their products and are super friendly with really good customer service, so if you have yet to try their products, I would recommend them!

Warburton's
Warburton's have a new and improved recipe for their sandwich thins, and I have to admit they are about a million times softer, which is great! They are currently on offer for £2 in the supermarkets too so even better for those of you who didn't get any or weren't at the show! I have got the white, seeded and raisin and orange ones to try! I loved the old ones so these can only be better!

Delicious Alchemy 
Delicious Alchemy is my favourite company for fail proof cake mixes. I find they are fab to have in the cupboard so I always have something ready incase somebody pops round for tea and cake. The team working there were lovely too.They had their normal 3 for £5 deal so I picked up the brownie mix, the Victoria sponge mix and the brown bread mix, which I have yet to try, but the white one was great so we thought we would change things up!

I would love to know what you picked up!

Hannah *

*Some products were given to me to try, all opinions are my own

I don't know if you remember a few months back that Costa came out with an egg mayonnaise wrap, which I really didn't enjoy. Since then I have just picked up my coffee and cherry bakewells and not looked on the shelf as to my dismay my local one no longer stocked the chicken wrap I loved. Last week I took a quick glance for some reason and noticed the gluten free wrap was not the egg one, but a coronation chicken one instead! Coronation chicken is a filling I love, which you don't see too often in a free from takeaway sandwich, as they tend to be more plain.

Not wanting to miss out I picked it up and thought I'd give it a try. Terrible I know but I didn't even look at the price through all my excitement, I would assume to be £3-£4 as this tends to be the rate of packaged sandwiches. At 375 calories, it is a reasonable wrap to have for lunch, I have taken a quick snap of the front of the box (above) so you can check nutritional information that may be of interest to you.

The wrap itself is filled with chicken, spinach, cucumber and coronation mayonnaise. Obviously having mayonnaise in this, it is unfortunately not suitable for egg or milk allergy sufferers. Like the wraps I have had before from Costa, I believe it is a Warburtons seeded wrap which are soft and quite thick in texture. I love these wraps so I'm pleased Costa do not try and create their own! This wrap is quite fluffy and has no odd aftertaste. Inside there is the coronation mayonnaise coating the wrap. There isn't too much of this but the favour is there, that sweet slightly mango flavour combined with the spinach and cucumber is a perfect pairing! The chicken was the same flame grilled style chicken pieces there was in the chicken and basil wrap, I assume this is present in all of their chicken flavoured wraps, sandwiches and toasties. There is not any raisins or sultanas in sight, which is an ingredient in a typical coronation chicken everyone may not be a fan of, so I think leaving this out was a good decision as it makes it more mainstream for children and those who just don't like wrinkly grapes!

My only grumble about the gluten free wraps from costa is the consistency. I am aware that the ingredients are more than likely weighed, but sometimes I find the wrap seems a little empty and they make sure from above they look full. I have had two of these wraps in the past week and the amount in them can vary slightly. I would prefer it if they packed them out with spinach, so you feel you get a good full wrap rather than a few bits rattling around. This way it will be more nutrious and wouldn't add many calories!

Overall I do really enjoy these wraps and I would most certainly continue to buy them, I am hoping and waiting to see if the Christmas wrap will make a comeback this year! I don't think I ever got around to blogging it, but it is by far the best wrap of the Costa gluten free wrap family! But then again I love all things Christmasy, so it is hardly a fair test!

What do you think of the slightly more adventurous flavour for gluten free? I think its fantastic. I find plain gluten free sandwiches quite a few places now, but having one with a twist, but isn't too out there is great for those of us getting a little bored of egg or chicken salad!

Hannah x

Happy Valentines! This What I ate is a special one! After eating out for the last couple of years and finding it hard to find food that is gluten free, I decided to cook this year.

I started my day by having a two egg omelette as this fills me until dinner!

This evening we decided upon fajitas which is mostly naturally gluten free anyway. I wanted to buy the Bfree mix but it was nowhere to be found, and although I could have brought all the spices I thought a packet would be easier and quicker in this case. I found that the Santa Maria and BBQ Old El Paso had no gluten containing ingredients so I thought I would give one a go!

We chose the smoky BBQ Old El Paso and I am pleased to confirm I was completely fine!

The next issue is the wraps need a substitute. Today I used the Warburtons free from wraps, which now have four in the pack instead of three! I also would recommend the BFree wraps or even little gem lettuce as a substitute if you want to cut down on carbs or just enjoy something a little lighter. I find little gem holds the contents well. But for a treat I chose to have wraps today.

Neither James or I like cooked pepper so the pan consisted of chicken, onion and the spice mix only. We then have a tonne of sides, I enjoy a lot of salad with my fajitas so we tend to make quite a bit!

On the table as sides we had:

• Iceberg Lettuce
• Tomato
• Orange Pepper
• Lime
• Avocado
• Grated Cheddar
• Sour Cream
• Guacamole 
• Tortilla chips
• Phileas Fogg Mexican taco rolls sour cream and onion
• Shloer Celebration 

We then finished the evening by watching one of the DVD's James brought me, it was a hard choice as he had picked up two of my favourite films we watched this year at the cinema, in the end we chose 'What if' and I did not regret it! And what's a better way to watch a film than with a load of salty popcorn in my new ceramic popcorn bowl and matching straw cups!

I hope you had a great day too!

Hannah x 

We all know gluten free food is expensive, this is why I stock up when there is some great offers and freeze what I can. I wanted to get this post up as soon as possible as I want to make sure you can still get hold of it!

Over the years I have found Tesco is fantastic for finding some great gluten free offers. and today they did not let me down! I managed to get around £7 of goods for 50p.

Here's what I got

• Warburton's plain sandwich thins. These are regularly around £2.50 and I have a recipe I want to use these for so when I saw these on offer for £1 I jumped at the chance to pick them up. 

• Udis plain bagels and Udis Cinnamon bagels.These are regularly £2.30 (I tend to pick these up in Sainsburys) but the offer price was £1 too! 

These are amazing deals by themselves but if any of you have any coupons lurking around from the free from shows you will be able to get an even better deal. My Udis £1 off bagels coupons were still valid, which meant I walked away with these costing me absolutely nothing! As for the sandwich thins I had a 50p coupon for any Warburton product so these only cost me 50p!

I hope you can take advantage of these deals!

Hannah x

Before realising I had to live by a gluten free diet, one of my go to lunches was Ryvita thins with vegetable batons, houmous, cheese and lettuce. Unfortunately those thins are now out of the question but whilst browsing in sainsbury's the other week I stumbled across these thins by Warburtons.

I have a very love hate relationship with Warburtons gluten free range, when things are good they are great but when its bad it's terrible, which is unfortunate but I never let that put me off trying something new from them. For a brand which are not 100% focused on gluten free living I feel many of their products are impressive.

This product is most definitely one of the hits of the range. The texture of the these thins have a great snap to them and considering how thin and long these are they are quite durable as none of them were broken which really surprised me as the mainstream alternative always had cracked ones in the box.

These have a great flavour, the sweet chilli is not too overpowering and the slight heat builds over time which I enjoy as I do not like a very spicy flavour to my food and this way I know when it will get too overpowering for me.

These are great with houmous as the warm of the chilli combined with the creamy texture and cool flavour of the houmous makes a pleasant experience. But then again I think I could eat houmous with anything!!

This box has made it's way into my work desk draw so I can nibble on them as and when I fancy a snack style lunch and at 25 calories each they won't break the dieting bank. I have seen on the box that there is also a blue cheese flavour so I am now on a hunt for those!

Hannah x

As an avid Couponer, I just wanted to give you all a quick heads up on the latest gluten free deals that are about this week!

Lets first look at what I got that everyone should be able to access!

Nakd Bars
You may have seen there is a coupon around for free nakd bars, I only picked up one but in Sainsbury's they are 5 for 4 so you could get a great deal on these. You receive one coupon per email address so as long as you have a few emails you can get as many as you'll like! But as I have TONS of food to get through I only went for one.

Warburtons Thins
These are £2 in Sainsbury's currently so thats a 50p saving but if you still have some coupons from the free from show floating about you are able to get these for £1.50. I've popped mine in the freezer.

Genius cupcakes
On Topcashback currently you are able to get 30p cash back on Genuis cupcakes at Sainsbury's they are currently £1 and if you have a 50p coupon from the free from show that is a mear £1.20 for two cupcakes! That is the best deal of the week I think. Unfortunately I cannot get hold of the lemon cupcakes and I'm getting bored of the chocolate ones as I have to be in the mood for chocolate, so I used my genius coupon on bread!

I then got some other deals by using some price promise's and other store discounts

Warburtons Wraps
I found some of these reduced to £1.49 in Waitrose and picked them up as they were on their best before date (I freeze these anyway). When I got to the till I remembered I still had some 50p off coupons for Warburtons that I was given at the free from show, so I asked the cashier if I could use coupons on reduced items and she said I could so I got the new 4 pack of wraps for 99p!

Ds gluten free Yorkshire puddings
I brought these the same day as the nakd bar, I needed them for my Sunday roast and where I had a £1.74 price promise which was expiring I got my Yorkshire puddings for 21p! Where I use coupons a lot the price promises typically are from items I've used with coupons so I haven't actually paid full price!

I also picked up some Natures Path cereal for £3 retail cost but had a £1 coupon and a Genius loaf for £2.90 retail cost and had a 50p coupon for that too. These are not great deals for these in terms of couponing but I needed them!

Hannah x

Saturday James and I decided to do something that we hadn't done in a few years and that was to have a picnic. Goodness knows why we didn't do this earlier since the biggest pain in our lives is finding something for me to eat without asking for a million alterations to the choice I make.

So we took a cooler bag and made our way to Sainsbury's to buy some bits and bobs to take with us. Now as I have said before I have never had an issue with food that states on the label may contain gluten or produced in a factory which handles gluten. This is normally put on a packet as they are in close proximity to products in production which do have gluten, so just bare that in mind when looking at our choices, some of these items may not be ideal for you if you are very severely affected by coeliacs.

So here is what we took (a little couponing may have happened too!)

• Warburtons Seeded Wraps
• Kettle Chips, lightly salted
• Tex Mex Mini Dips
• Cucumber
• Tomato
• Boursin Chive and Shallot 
• Evian Water
• Mixed Fruit

We also took the opportunity to take some photos, James is training in photography and is doing quite well (from the photos I've seen he has taken at weddings anyway!). He brought his camera along and we took some pictures for him to practice.

A little different twist on my normal post today!

Hannah x