Slightly Different Foods – Like many, I have moments of tummy disagreements with food, my thoughts have always been food allergies but now realised that it is food sensitivities.
A food allergy affects the immune system, which can create an allergic reaction, such as hives and swelling or shortness of breath. Symptoms are brought on within minutes of consuming even a small amount of an allergy-inducing food, which may cause a severe, life-threatening reaction.
Food intolerance also known as food sensitivity means that your gut is sensitive to certain foods, which it is unable to break down and therefore unable to tolerate them. When you eat these foods, you may experience uncomfortable symptoms like gas, upset tummy and abdominal pain which although not life-threatening can be inconvenient.
Slightly Different Foods which was recently crowned Best Small Independent Producer Brand 2022 at the Free from Christmas Food Awards has created a range of Award-Winning gut and IBS-friendly foods bearing their Deliciously Different branding to help you make delicious meals in minutes. They also produce a range of everyday condiments that are perfect for sandwiches, adding some taste to a salad, enhancing a quick snack, or sitting on the table when you have a finger buffet.
Every product is guaranteed to be 100% tasty, packed with natural nutrition and made with our family-friendly recipes that everyone will enjoy even if they don’t have IBS.
All their products are free from all fourteen major allergens, as well as being Gluten Free Certified, Vegan Approved and Low FODMAP approved and whilst they remove trigger ingredients from their recipes to make them safe to eat, every ingredient they swap out, they replace with an equally tasty IBS friendly alternative.
Slightly Different produce Award Winning gut and IBS-friendly Store Cupboard Foods to help you make fresh to fantastic weekday meals in minutes.
Women Talking had the pleasure of trying a selection of the range, with pleasing results. The Deliciously Different Barbecue Sauce was ideal with chips for dipping and also made a super marinate for chicken wings and the Tikka Masala Sauce was perfect in the recipe we have shared below:
Vegan Tikka Masala Samosa
This recipe has been reviewed and approved by Everyday Nutrition Founder and Accredited Practising Dietitian, Joanna Baker.
Prep time: 10 mins, cook time: 45 mins, Total time: 55 mins
(SERVES 4)
Ingredients
280g Gluten free puff pastry sheets
130g Deliciously Different Tikka Masala Sauce
15g Petit pois (baby sweet peas)
20g Diced courgettes
20g Diced carrot
20G Diced potato
Almond milk, or other low FODMAP alternatives (to seal the samosas)
Dairy-free butter, (to grease baking tray)
Method
Chop courgette, carrot & potato into small cubes.
Boil all four vegetables for 15 minutes or until softened and drain.
Mix the vegetable with the Slightly Different Tikka Masala Sauce.
Roll out the puff pastry sheet and cut it into 2/4 sections, (pending the size of your choice. We cut 4).
Divide the mixture evenly to one side of the pastry square leaving an edge around the pastry to seal the samosas.
Use almond milk to seal the edges.
Fold the empty samosa side on top of the filled mixture side.
Seal the sides pressing with your fingers.
Grease the baking tray with the dairy-free spread.
Baste top with almond milk if required
Bake in the oven until golden brown and cooked through.
Poppy Watt