Gluten-free Foods from Deddington Farmers' Market - Saturday, 25th July 2015 - Good summer eating

Its Saturday again, the 4th Saturday of the month so OMG its Deddington Farmers' Market day again and we're going to bag ourselves a basket of fresh market goodies for home eating...

I'm also going to collect that adorable Merrythought teddy bear for my youngest grandson Marcus, for his Christening present I've just bought from Sue Jeffries Antiques.  Sue regularly hosts her delightful antiques stall at Deddington making it a much favoured venue for finding that most particular present for someone special.

In June we climbed to the top of the church tower of  St. Peter and St. Paul in the heart of Deddington, where Deddington's craft market is held each month and here, occasionally, the tower is open for visitors who come to inspect the tower, climbing to the top up a steeply winding stairway to view the surrounding countryside from a most advantageous height.

the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Deddington

So we're here in July to purchase regular food buys, coffee and something delicious to nibble on as we meet friends  and, quite  possibly, find and chat to new stallholders.   Luckily this is just what happened when we found AR Gill Pottery,  Handmade in the Cotswolds, England, for their most attractive terracotta Flower pots.....

AR Gill Pottery - find them thru' Deddington Farmers' Market website - http://www.deddingtonfarmersmarket.co.uk

Also found today, Organic No Added Sugar Chocolate from The Chicken Shed and find them at - www.thechickenshed.eu -  we tried their cinnamon spice Glorious Chocolate and found it truly glorious!!!.....

A new product today from old friends The Green Grosser was their Tayberry Vinegar, a delicious fruit vinegar useful as a base for refreshing drinks, in meat and game cooking and in salad dressings or as a dressing for ice-cream or  plain yoghurt.  It has a most delightful flavour.....

Tayberry Vinegar from The Green Grosser at - carlanngross@aol.com or t/phone: 01869 34701

Our gluten-free market bag included –

Cavollo Nero, Red Swiss Chard, Spinach and Cherries from – Styan Family Produce and find them on – 01386 860597 

New season’s dark red plums and English apricots from Chris of New Creation Farm at – www.newcreationfarms@gmail.com or contact team at
Deddington Farmers’Market – market@deddingtonfarmersmarket.co.uk

Gorgeous Pies – like our mini Caramelised onion, aubergine and mild goats cheese from Nathan of Pie and Mighty Pies at – www.pieandmightypies.co.uk - 

Not perhaps strictly gluten-free but certainly good to eat and I find by avoiding most wheat gluten I can occasionally indulge my taste for pasty - which I just love to eat!!!

Carrots, Salad onions, Vine tomatoes, Red onions, Broad beans, Courgettes, Rhubarb – from Mr, Anson’s Vegetables – find them at – 01608 683289

Here's a few photos for you to feast your eyes on...

At home I prepped the vegs for soup making or for side-dish veggies, made soup with vegs. already in the 'fridge and added the fruit to the fruit bowl for easy access - the cherries were too delicious to last long and were all gone by Sunday morning!   I also made up a large bowl of cabbage slaw for lunch with cabbage, carrots, apple, toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds then added grated Arla Lactofree Mature Cheddar Cheese on top, making it an easy, quick meal to eat after a busy market morning!

Daisy xxx

PS....!  hi what do  you think of my Market Cabbage Slaw with cheese.....

And here's my Market Day Soup...

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   NB - please note the Cheese ........again...!  well you see, I've just discovered this other and second cheese I CAN EAT!.....AND.......its Lactofree cheese by ARLA as in....ARLA LACTOFREEE MATURE CHEDDAR CHEESE ...which means I can eat it without any nasty side-effects which is simply great.....

see you!!! x

Summer Living in the Garden and beyond ....Saturday, 18th July 2015

A new approach to gluten-free food - eat your greens, purples, reds, yellows and orange veggies.

Eat a little organic bread, eat less - it becomes easier as the days become sunnier and warm, drink plenty of  liquids and cut down on the sugar...Easy peasy, ,hey!!!!

Get out and about more, exercise, walk, dance, swim or garden, even housework done vigorously, will help keep you fit and slim - well, that's the theory I believe!

OK so far?  Still it's not easy to become fitter or slim but it is easy to eat the food that could be right for all of us.

Variety is the answer with less red meat, much less sugar and definitely very much less of any sugary drinks your children may encourage you to buy; or less wine, less white wheat bread and cakes and biscuits.  Instead eat organic bread, gluten-free breads or biscuits, if you need some bread in your diet - well, we all do now and then, or some really good wholemeal or wholemeal/white mixtures with seeds,  Just eat less of most items and much less of the really bad-for-you items - like cakes, biscuits, red meat, wines and spirits, sugary drinks - even potatoes and dairy products should be eaten in moderation.

OMG I remember my Nan telling me, years ago, how she used to eat just one ounce of cheese per week, while my Grandmother told me there comes a time in every woman's life when she simply has to eat less, much less of everything, because she has reached an age when she just doesn't need so much  food!!! Really, truly we all don't.  The appetite decreases and then one can't eat so much because the appetite has lost that edginess and enthusiasm for food.  Simply put, food fills one up much more quickly, satisfying those hunger and food needs very quickly which frankly is a little depressing.

Well, not really since for simply ages your body has been demanding food on a very regular basis making it almost routine to eat at particular times or seasons of the day or for a whole range of emotional needs and experiences.  Meal times become routine as the body demands its needs are met.

Food is so necessary. so delicious. so comforting, so fattening, so messy and ultimately so gorgeous I find it very hard to resist:  frankly, any lessening of those old hunger pangs and cravings is an absolute blessing!

And there's no  photos in this blog because they just remind me how good food can look, particularly the two chocolate cakes I made earlier for a friends function today...... hehehe!

Well, that's how I feel about food and its presence  in my life - comforter, fuel, satisfier, pure enjoyment, intense delight and happiness tool......

So what about you?  Do you have food thoughts to share?   Lets chew the fat over our combined foodie thoughts and feelings and maybe we could each help one another with the food and eating hang-ups we share!!!

Daisy xxx

PS one photo only and one which may be happily shown ...

a recent supper of own garden grown purple dwarf beans, baby tomatoes, Richard's cucumbers, baby potatoes and green salad