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Restaurant Review: Piqniq, Amsterdam

February 7, 2014 By The Happy Coeliac Leave a Comment

Italian toasty at Piqniq, Amsterdam. Reviewed by The Happy Coeliac

An impromptu visit from The Gluten Free Foodie lead to some hasty googling about good lunch places near Amsterdam Centraal station. Although I sometimes enjoy eating out, I often find having to deal with other people (and trust them enough not to get me ill) just too much hassle, not to mention my general miserly…

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Filed Under: Restaurant reviews, Reviews Tagged With: Amsterdam, lunch, Piqniq, sandwiches, The Netherlands

Review: McDonald’s trials gluten-free burgers in the Netherlands!

January 21, 2014 By The Happy Coeliac 10 Comments

gluten-free McDonald's quarter pounder

When I went gluten-free in March 2011, I never in a million years thought I’d ever have a proper McDonald’s again. It just goes to show how far the gluten-free market is progressing that last Saturday I was able to stuff my face with a coeliac-safe gluten-free quarter pounder. When I was a child, McDonald’s…

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Review: Woodstone Pizza, Haarlem, Netherlands

August 12, 2013 By The Happy Coeliac 3 Comments

Gluten-free Americano pizza at Woodstone

Gluten-free pizza availability has become one of my main criteria for a town that I intend to live in. You guys know I’m a pizza fiend. So upon researching gluten-free food ahead of our move to Haarlem, I was extremely pleased to discover Woodstone Pizza, which sits a shortish walk from the train station. (Which itself…

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The Happy Coeliac goes Dutch!

July 23, 2013 By The Happy Coeliac 7 Comments

Haarlem kitty

No, I’m not splitting the bill when I next go out, rather, in a couple of weeks I will be moving to the Netherlands! My other half will be contracting out there for at least 6 months, and I’ll be packing up the cat and the KitchenAid and going with! We’ll be living in Haarlem,…

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Hi, I'm Sam, a Brit living in Haarlem, the Netherlands. I was diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2011, after which I started blogging as a way to help me cope with the massive lifestyle change that a gluten-free diet commands. Now I develop recipes, write cookbooks and try to enjoy life! Read More…

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