Gluten-free and getting on with it
I'm Susan: 50s, coeliac since 2014, and still working out how to eat a decent croissant. This is where I write about the bits nobody warns you about: eating out without the awkward waiter conversation, what actually happens to your body in your 50s on top of all this, and the recipes that made it feel normal again.
- Coeliac since 2014
- Based in KENT
- 200+ recipes tried & tested
- Still mourning proper pub pies
Four things I write about
Eating out & travel
Where's actually safe, what to say to staff, and the gluten-free wins from holidays that went smoothly.
Recipes & product finds
What's genuinely good (not just "edible"), and which supermarket own-brand swaps are worth the extra pound.
Coeliac life admin
Diagnosis, prescriptions, appointments, the paperwork nobody explains properly. The boring-but-essential stuff.
Real talk: coeliac + midlife
Energy crashes, hormones, socialising when half the room doesn't get it, and why "just have a salad" is not helpful, thanks.
Diagnosed at 39, after a decade of doctors telling me it was “probably stress.” Turns out it was gluten quietly wrecking my gut the whole time. I started writing this because I couldn't find anyone talking about coeliac disease and turning 50, and still wanting a life that didn't revolve entirely around what I couldn't eat. 12 years on, I've got the eating-out thing mostly sorted, a drawer full of gluten-free flour blends, and a lot of opinions about supermarket bread. Have a look around.
From the journal
Featured from the blog
Tried & rated
Favourite products
The gluten-free bits that actually earn a spot in my trolley — sorted so you can jump to what you fancy.
Gluten-Free Cakes
Posted-to-your-door celebration cakes, Coeliac UK–certified.
Pastries
Croissants, pain au chocolat and the flaky things coeliacs get told to give up.
Ready-Made Meals
For the nights when cooking from scratch just isn't happening.
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The day-to-day version of all this — bakes that worked, the ones that didn't, and the shelf finds worth a photo.