Body, Mains, Menu, Recipes

Tomato Free Family Dinner Options

We regularly have extended family dinners.  Lately, I’ve been hosting the dinners.  My niece has noticed that her eczema flairs up when she eats tomatoes or tomatoey food.  One of our favourite dishes is Quick Chilli Beef but this is a very tomatoey dish.  Thus, we’re trying to find alternatives and other tomato free family… Continue reading Tomato Free Family Dinner Options

text "what's been on the menu lately" with a picture of a notebook and utensils
Biscuits & Slices, Body, Breakfast, Lunch, Mains, Menu, Recipes

What’s Been on the Menu Lately?

Do you plan your meals? I usually shop fortnightly though I do get a weekly ethical groceries (EGG) order which supplements this. As I do my main grocery shopping fortnightly I generally do a menu plan for the fortnight. For a while I was posting about our menu weekly but haven't done that in a… Continue reading What’s Been on the Menu Lately?

Body, Lunch, Menu, Recipes

Gluten Free Ham & Cheese Mug Muffin

Are you looking for a quick and easy gluten free alternative for lunch? Recently I turned a sweet gluten free microwave mug muffin into a savoury Gluten Free Ham and Cheese Mug Muffin. Cooked GF Ham & Cheese Muffin, still in the mug Lately I've been making a lot of this microwave gluten free bread… Continue reading Gluten Free Ham & Cheese Mug Muffin

Body, Mains, Menu, Recipes

10 Meals to Make in Under 40 Minutes

Many of the meals that I make are quick and easy and can be made in 30 - 40 minutes. Here's 10 meals that I make when I want to make dinner quickly and there all gluten, dairy, soy & sulphite free: Quick Chilli Beef served as nachosTric's mince cookingheart shaped rissolesFried RiceCreamy Tomato Chickenporcupines… Continue reading 10 Meals to Make in Under 40 Minutes

Body, Menu

Special Dietary Requirements at Events

I've been to 3 events in the last 6 weeks or so.  Two were events of about 300-350 people where we were fed morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.  At one of these events we even got dinner on 2 of the nights.  The other event was a training event with about 20 people. At… Continue reading Special Dietary Requirements at Events

Body, Menu

What My Husband Eats – Then & Now

When my husband was first diagnosed with his food intolerances he was struggling to know what to eat.  He usually had wheat in some form or other for breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.  There was also a lot of dairy which is one of his intolerances but to a lesser degree.  Sulphites… Continue reading What My Husband Eats – Then & Now

Body, Menu, Recipes

5 Blogs for Recipes that we can use

I've been making dairy free & soy free recipes for about 8 years now, since my son was first diagnosed with his food intolerances.  And then we added gluten free & sulphite free recipes to that about 2 years later, when my husband was tested.  So I have had lots of time to find sources… Continue reading 5 Blogs for Recipes that we can use

Body, Mains, Menu, Recipes

Gluten free and Dairy Free Lasagna

Lasagna was one of my favourite childhood dinners.  For my birthday dinner, whilst growing up, I would either choose lasagna or corned beef.  I used to make this dish quite regularly as an adult until my son and husband both discovered their food intolerances. I had worked out a dairy free white sauce but it… Continue reading Gluten free and Dairy Free Lasagna

Chicken Pasties with a chicken filling wrapped in grain free dough
Lunch, Mains, Menu, Recipes

Chicken Month (including a recipe)

Apparently it's Chicken Month in September, among other things.  We usually eat a meal with chicken in it once or twice a week.  This week we've had Chicken Pot Pies and then used the same chicken mixture to make Chicken Pasties. Other chicken dishes that my family enjoys include Grain Free Chicken Schnitzels with an almond… Continue reading Chicken Month (including a recipe)