Stuck for resources?

NCF (Norsk Cøliakiforening) is the Norwegian Coeliac disease society and have many helpful tips, advice and resources on their website. Most of it is in Norwegian but here are some useful links they provide for people with or learning about coeliac disease:

Tips and advice chat ("Nettprat"

NCF have created an online service called "Nettprat" which means Internet talk. Here you can ask questions to their expert who is online to answer any questions you may have about coeliac disease, DH (Dermatitis herpetiformis),  non-coeliac gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy.

https://www.ncf.no/tips-rad/nettprat

NCF's recommended eating-out places ("Anbefalte glutenfrie spisesteder")

NCF have compiled a list and a map of the best places they recommend you to go and eat if you have coeliac disease. 

1. Under the subtitle "Filter", it says "Kart" which means map and it will show you a map of all of the places they recommend, or "Liste" which is a list over the names of places they recommend. Choose which option you wish and it will display them.
2. Under "Type", you can choose what type of place you wish to eat at
1. "Bakeri/kafé" is bakeries or cafes
2. "Restaurant/bar" is restaurants or bars
3. The other three options are names of brands they recommend: McDonald's, Peppe's Pizza and various hotels they recommend
3. "Fylke" means "county", so you can select which county you are in or are going to and it will show a list or a map of the best places to eat there.

I would really recommend this resource for all people as it shows different types of places:
https://www.ncf.no/tips-rad/anbefalte-glutenfrie-spisesteder

Yearly product recommendations ("Oversikt over produkter")

This resource is great!!!!! It provides a pdf of the best food products they recommend from last year as a guide for what you can use for this year. In my experience, you will find with allergies that some products are fab and others are awful, so this pdf guide is great for telling you which ones are worth using. There's nothing worse than making a pizza base from a bought-packet mix and finding out it tastes bad! This resource tells you ALL THE BEST ONES TO BUY so you don't have to agonize yourself with a trial-and-fail method.

https://www.ncf.no/tips-rad/glutenfrie-produkter

Beautiful brunch

If you are looking for a place to eat breakfast or brunch at, I think the Scandic Hotels have the best variety of allergy products. Not only do they have an entire gluten free table (including gluten free cereal, which no hotel I have ever been to have offered), they also have several dairy free products (soya milk, lactose free milk, rice milk, dairy free butter) etc. They had their own menu showing the exclusively gluten free products they had; both bought and made. They also had gluten-free cookies, cakes and sweet breakfast foods. Everything was brilliantly signed with the allergens that product contained, so it was easy to see what was gluten free/dairy free and what was not.

They are careful with cross-contamination, so at the Scandic I went to there was a separate toaster for only gluten free bread. As well as all of the cooked breakfast being gluten free, there was a brilliant selection of fruit, yogurts and cold meats to choose from. Bear in mind that each hotel is different, but having experienced a few Scandic hotels, I believe this chain has the largest variety. The below pictures show the variety of products on offer, but I have left out the cold meat, cooked breakfast and yogurt bars as I wanted to show the pictures that were specifically for people with allergies. 

The price was reasonable, at 135kr for eat as much as you want buffet breakfast. The staff were knowledgeable and accommodating. I will definitely go back!

A menu of some of their gluten free products, mainly the ones they make themselves

A sample of the wonderful cooked breakfast - all gluten free (sausages contain milk)

Their menu and the little signs they have for each product

Separate dairy free and soya-free butter

The separate gluten-free table showing the 'dry' foods which were on offer - excluding the cooked breakfast and cold meat sections

A separate gluten free toaster placed on the gluten-free table away from gluten-containing bread

Obvious signs on the toaster labeling it as gluten-free

Wonderful gluten free and dairy free cereal

The gluten free table

A sample of the gluten free bread after toasting with honey

Gluten free bread rolls separately wrapped to avoid cross-contamination

Their homemade gluten free sweet breakfast cakes

Two types of gluten free bread (brown and white), rice cakes and crisp bread