myalgic muslimah’s halal wheat free blog

In recent years, I’ve noticed that supermarkets are catching on to the fact that there are an increasing number of people with food intolerances, so there are more alternative foods available than there used to be. Alhamdullilah many of these foods don’t even taste like cardboard:P I still don’t like some of the ‘gluten free’ products which list ingredients or E numbers that seem better suited to a science lab than a food list. The biggest change I’ve noticed in my diet is that I can’t order take aways as I used to because most fast foods contain or are coated with breadcrumbs or some other wheat product so these are some ‘quick foods’ I use:

Quick fix easy meals:

- most supermarkets sell wheat free fish fingers so I bake those in the oven with crinkle cut chips (I use the shops own brand of chips and it’s worth bearing in mind that many brands of frozen chips are coated with wheat so check the ingredients list if you want to avoid that)

- Spelt pasta or gluten free spagetti with stir in sauce or pesto (the variety of stir in sauces is endless but my personal favourite is roasted red pepper pasta sauce)

- I make ‘topless’ sandwiches using toasted “Stamp Collection New York Deli Bread” which is available from Waitrose or select branches of other supermarkets (I normally top the toasted slices with omlette or cream cheese, tuna and cucumber)

Quick fix snacks (bad habits but nice as an occassional treat):

- Poppadoms/Crisps
- Dried fruit/nuts and seeds
- Chocolate mousse
- Flapjacks (not suitable for a gluten free diet though)
- There are nice wheat free, gluten free ice cream cones available in the shops these days, so I really enjoy those on a hot day with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

I’m sure there’s loads of other stuff that can go on the list but I can’t think of any at the moment. I do intend to post up tasty wheat and yeast free recipes though- honest!

In case the title isn’t obvious, I’m a Muslim woman who has been diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. In my case this also means I have multiple food intolerances and have to stick to a strictly wheat and yeast free diet. This blog is my way of sharing many of the recipes that have helped me to still enjoy food even though I can’t eat most of the foods which I grew up on. ALL recipes on this blog will be wheat free and yeast free. There will also be some Gluten Free recipes (GF) and some Dairy Free ones (DF).

I suggest that anyone who wants to make such a drastic change in their diet should first consult a doctor. I am not qualified in any field of medicine so anything that I say on here regarding health issues is just my personal opinion. Ironically with an illness as controversial and politically battered as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, it turns out that a patients personal opinion will often carry more weight and stand more strongly under scientific scrutiny than the opinion of many doctors who take their advice on treating the condition from vested interest groups rather than genuine medical research.