Ilumi Boost Your Energy Gluten Dairy Free Diet – Lifestyle

I have been dairy and gluten intolerant for over 9 years now and do struggle sometimes to find quick meals to eat on the go and new recipes to try. When I was asked to trial Ilumi’s 7 Day Boost Your Energy Dairy and Gluten free diet in a box I jumped at the chance.

Illumi is based in County Durham and all their meals are nut, gluten and dairy free. Their 7 Day Boost Your Energy is designed to make you feel better inside and out. It comes all in one box with enough dishes for 7 days worth of breakfasts, lunches and dinners and with some snacks and 2 gluten free beers too!! 

You can add free from items like pasta or bread rolls and fruit and vegetables to the diet too.

Here’s what my diet plan looked like (the menu came based on Saturday to Friday but I started it on a Monday – and Ilumi say you can move things around if you wish)

All breakfasts – Gluten free porridge

Monday Lunch -Moroccan Veg Tagine

Monday Dinner – Beef Meatballs & Free From pasta

Tuesday Lunch – Spanish Rice and Vegetables

Tuesday Dinner – Chilli Con Carne and Rice

Wednesday Lunch – Pea & Pancetta Soup with a free from roll

Wednesday dinner – Pork with Mushrooms and Madeira and Rice

Thursday Lunch – Butternut Squash Soup

Thursday Dinner – Slow Cooked Beef Casserole

Friday Lunch – Tomato and Red Pepper soup

Friday Dinner – Harrisa Style Chicken

Saturday Lunch (Was at LFWend so missed a meal – bad blogger!!!)

Saturday Dinner – Kerala Chicken Curry & Rice and a Gluten free Beer

Sunday Lunch – Chicken Cacciatoria and Rice

Sunday Dinner – Lamb Casserole

Snacks

Syrup flavoured oat biscuits

Nairns Oatcakes

Shopping List 

Tub of Blueberries for my porridge

Almond Milk

Big Bag of Spinach

Free From Penne

6 pack of Free From Rolls

I really enjoyed my diet. Now its true that lot of the dishes are curry or spicy based and sometimes this proved a problem for me as I am quite sensitive to spices too. However EVERYTHING tasted amazing. My particular favourites were the chilli which was sooooo rich and yummy and the Kerrala Chicken curry which was mild and coconut flavoured. Everything tasted so fresh and full of flavour.

All dishes can be kept in the cupboard they don’t have to be refrigerated and they all take 1-2 mins to microwave so are super quick. I really enjoyed the diet so much. This particular one costs £40 for the week and comes next day delivery. I think that is such good value for money when Free From food is often so expensive. You can also order individual items from the website too.

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I honestly liked it so much I have just placed another order today as I have to work late every night next week and so these meals are so convenient and tasty. This time I have altered my order to remove the more spicy items and replaced them with simpler dishes like Chicken Casserole or Beef Casserole (but I have added the chilli again because I loved that!)
If you are gluten and/or dairy free or just want to try some quick tasty dishes I do really recommend Ilumi. I think I will  continue to buy their dishes for busy weeks at work as they are so quick.

Let me know if you do try them out?