Dietary management of food allergy: useful resources

Please find below a list of useful books, websites and apps available to help with cooking and day to day management of food allergies.

Recipe books

• 'Allergy free cookbook: no eggs, no dairy, no gluten, no nuts' by Alice Sherwood (2009).
• 'The Allergy-Free Family Cookbook: 100 delicious recipes free from dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soya, gluten, sesame and shellfish' by Fiona Heggie and Ellie Lux (2015)
• 'The Allergy-Free Baby and Toddler Cookbook: 100 delicious recipes free from dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soya, gluten, sesame and shellfish' by Fiona Heggie and Ellie Lux (2016)
• 'Allergy-free and easy cooking: 30 minute meals without gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish…' by Cybele Pascal (2012).
• 'Allergy-free cooking: a family friendly cookbook – no gluten, diary, eggs, soy, shellfish or nuts' by Victoria Mazur (2013).
• 'Great gluten–free vegan eats: cut out the gluten and enjoy an even healthier vegan diet with recipes for fabulous allergy free fare' by Allyson Kramer (2012).
• 'How to cook for food allergies: understand ingredients, adapt recipes with confidence and cook for an exciting allergy-free diet' by Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne (2007).
• 'I’m hungry …... easy family recipes free from milk, soya, egg, wheat, gluten' by Tanya Wright BSc Honours MSc allergy RD.
• 'The Easy Allergy-Free Cookbook: 85 Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy, Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Eggs, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, or Wheat' by Amanda Orlando (Author)

Other allergy management books

• 'Living with Allergies – Practical Advice for all the family' by Emma Amoscato
• 'Understanding Allergy' (Penguin Life Expert Series, 4) by Dr Sophie Farooque

Specialist food stores and websites

Cambridge area

Arjuna

12 Mill Road
Cambridge
CB1 2AD

Telephone: 01223 364845

Arjuna Whole Foods website (opens in a new tab)

Daily Bread Co-operative (sister store in Northampton)

Unit 3
Kilmaine Close
Kings Hedges
CB4 2PH

Telephone: 01223 423177

Daily Bread website (opens in a new tab)

Holland and Barrett

Cambridge locations at:

46 Lion Yard Centre
Cambridge
CB2 3ET

Telephone: 01223 315603

and

27 Fitzroy Street
Cambridge
CB1 1ER

Telephone: 01223 353524

Holland and Barrett website (opens in a new tab)

Websites

• NHS Patient Webinars – including children’s food allergy management (opens in a new tab)
• Itchy Sneezy Wheezy – general allergy management information
• Kids with food allergies – recipe ideas (opens in a new tab)
• Yummly – recipes customised to avoid certain ingredients (opens in a new tab) (also available as an app)
• Foodsmatter – recipe ideas (opens in a new tab)
• BBC Good Food – recipe ideas (opens in a new tab)
• Veganuary - vegan recipes (opens in a new tab)
• Anaphylaxis Campaign (opens in a new tab)
• Allergy UK (opens in a new tab)

Most major supermarkets will also stock a range of free-from products and ingredients in the free-from aisle. Supermarkets and food manufacturers also may have recipe ideas directly from their own website.