Showing posts with label Mince Pies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mince Pies. Show all posts

Saturday, September 20, 2014

The first gluten free Mince Pie of the season

Seeing in the start of the festive season quite a bit earlier than before!

We Love Cake Gluten-free Mince Pies by Bells of Lazenby
We Love Cake Gluten-free Mince Pies

For the past two years I've blogged about the first gluten free Mince Pie I've seen on sale and this year it's even earlier!

We Love Cake Gluten-free Mince Pies by Bells of Lazenby
Gluten Free Mince Pies come in packs of 4, rather than packs of 6 like 'normal' people generally get the choice to buy. These Mince Pies cost £1.99 a box

On Saturday 20th SEPTEMBER I was shopping for some provisions in Hastings while in town for some minigolf tournaments and spotted the 'We Love Cake' Gluten-free Mince Pies from Bells of Lazenby in the Free From section of the town's Morrisons.

We Love Cake Gluten-free Mince Pies by Bells of Lazenby
The Mince Pies are Best Before Christmas 2014

We Love Cake Gluten-free Mince Pies by Bells of Lazenby
The Mince Pies are fairly full of filling and not too crumbly. They didn't taste dry either, so get a thumbs-up from me

I hadn't heard of Bells of Lazenby before, but looking at their website they have some sub-brands and also produce a number of products for supermarket own labels. Their free from products are made in a dedicated Gluten Wheat and Dairy Free site.

In 2012 the first Mince Pies I found were the Genius Gluten Free Mince Pies in Asda on the 5th October, while last year I bought some of Udi's Gluten Free Mince Pies in Tesco on the 10th October.

Merry Christmas all.

Links:
- Bells of Lazenby
- Morrisons

Related blog posts:
- My first gluten free Mince Pie of the festive season
- Seeing in the start of the 'festive season' with a gluten free Mince Pie

Friday, October 11, 2013

My first gluten free Mince Pie of the festive season

Seeing in Christmas a bit too early with a new Gluten Free Mince Pie from Udi’s.

While shopping at our local Tesco last night Emily and I spotted the new range of food from Udi’s Gluten Free. We hadn’t heard of them before and so bought some of the items to give them a try.

The new Udi's Gluten Free Mince Pies - one product in the brand's new range of gluten and wheat free food for Coeliacs

One of the range is Udi’s Rich n’ Fruity Mince Pie and they are the first Gluten and Wheat Free Mince Pies I’ve seen on sale yet.

One of the four Rich n' Fruity Mince Pies

Although it is a bit later than the first Mince Pie of the season I had last year – that was on the 5th of October!

The Udi's Mince Pie is opened up with a pastry fork (my nephew thinks it's hilarious to use a fork to eat dessert)

The Udi’s Mince Pie was rich and fruity and of the more ‘flatter and home-made’ look type of mince pies, rather than the more identikit look. At first glance it didn’t look too full of filling, but it was full of flavour and the icing dusted pastry did hold up well – always a good sign with gluten and wheat free pastry.

I’d recommend them to fellow Coeliacs.

May I take this opportunity to wish all the readers of the Ham & Egger Files a very Merry Christmas.

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Monday, December 03, 2012

I’m a Genius Gluten Free ‘Christmas Hero’!

Appearing on the Genius Gluten Free Advent Calendar!
 
I was nominated by a few people as a Christmas Hero as part of Genius Gluten Free’s ‘Christmas Hero Advent Calendar’ promotion and I appear behind today’s door (3rd December)!
What a lovely surprise it was this morning to see a tweet from the team at Genius Foods telling me I was picked as a winner.
 
You can see my nomination and photo at “Christmas Hero - 3rd December”
 
I’m looking forward to receiving the Genius Gluten Free Mince Pies and other goodies!
 
Merry Christmas :-)
 
 

Friday, October 05, 2012

Seeing in the start of the 'festive season' with a gluten free Mince Pie

May I be the first to wish you a very Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and all the best for 2013.
 
Why am I doing this on the 5th of October? Well, I had my first Mince Pie of the 'festive season' after buying a pack of four Genius Gluten Free Mince Pies in Asda this lunchtime!
 
 
Very tasty they are too.
 
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