Fresh & Fruity Take Bouquets To Another Level!

  Fresh & Fruity are a Melbourne based company putting a spin on traditional hampers and bouquets. Divine fruit creations are their specialty and Christmas is their time to shine! Add a delectable fruit bouquet  as a center piece to a festive table, or give a gift of fabulous fruit to friends, family and colleagues without even having to … Continue reading

Wheat & Dairy Free Shortbread

Grandmas sweet treats grace the Christmas table but this time there not there just to tease the intolerant! Ingredients: Wheat Free Soy Free Dairy Free Fructose Free Lactose Free EVERYTHING Free! Serves 20: 290 g rice flour 55 g ground almonds 225 g nuttlex (olive or original) 110 g cane sugar 2 eggs Directions: Beat sugar & … Continue reading

Christmas Pumpkin Pie

An Exotic Twist on a Traditional Canadian Recipe A good Canadian friend of mine introduced me to Pumpkin Pie for Christmas one year. Since then it has become a fascinating contribution to our traditional banquet, as family continue to be surprised by the once perceived savory vegetable sharing a place with the deserts! I have made a couple of … Continue reading

Non Friendly Fructose Foods

This is a pretty substantial list of fruits and vegetables that have had proven ‘problems’ with my fructose free family members. I recommend eliminating all potential problematic foods and slowly re-introducing each at a time to confirm the related symptoms and dietary complaints. Fruits – Sadly almost all stone fruits have naturally produced fructose and therefore the following list … Continue reading

Frustrating Fructose… The Intolerance Exposed!

Of my experience with food intolerance fructose malabsorption has definitely proven to be the most challenging and somewhat limiting, but what is it? Fructose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that the body can use for energy. Evidence shows that a small amount in our daily diet can help to processes glucose, however our consumption has changed somewhat over the … Continue reading