savoury filling in gluten free tart shells with the words "Gluten Free Tart Shells"
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How To Make Gluten Free Tart Shells?

Tart shells are great for savoury and sweet fillings. They can be made large or small. Many of our family gatherings with either my husbands side of the family or my side of the family include caramel tarts. Usually small, individual tart shells but ocassionaly a large caramel tart. With this being one my husbands… Continue reading How To Make Gluten Free Tart Shells?

pumpkins with words "Pumpkin Recipes"
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What can I make with Pumpkin?

We've got a lot of pumpkin at the moment. I bought a whole butternut pumpkin and them my mum gave me a home grown pumpkin. So I've been wondering what do with all of this pumpkin? Particularly, as I'm the only one who would willingly choose to eat pumpkin in our house. What can I… Continue reading What can I make with Pumpkin?

Gluten free trifle with layers of GF cake, peaches, jelly, custard and cream. Topped with almonds
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Gluten Free Trifle

This recipe for Gluten Free Trifle is based on the recipe my mother used to make. Another recipe from my Mothers' & Others' Cookbook. I've made this trifle recipe gluten free. You can also easily make the trifle dairy and sulphite free. Growing up, my Scottish Gran often hosted a big New Years lunch. Lunch… Continue reading Gluten Free Trifle

dairy free flummery or jelly whip
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Dairy Free Flummery or Jelly Whip

What is flummery? Flummery is a lovely, light, creamy dessert that I remember from my childhood. Another name for it is Jelly whip. The ingredients are whipped up to make a light, fluffy dessert. Most recipes contain dairy but it is easy to make a dairy free flummery. Dairy Free Flummery made with vegan jelly… Continue reading Dairy Free Flummery or Jelly Whip

Table with some Special diets food
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Birthday Party Menu – Catering for Special Diet Needs

Earlier this month it was my daughter's 21st. Just like her 18th, my daughter wanted to make sure we were catering for special diet needs. We needed to cater for gluten free, coeliac, dairy allergy and intolerance, egg free, paleo and vegetarian. '2' cake on left is a normal vanilla cake and the '1'cake on… Continue reading Birthday Party Menu – Catering for Special Diet Needs

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Birthday Dinner catering for food intolerances

It was my son's birthday this week.  We were away and came home on his birthday.  I made a magic bean cake upon coming home which we had after dinner that night.  (I'm sure my family still does not know what's in it!)  The next night we had a birthday dinner with the extended family.  … Continue reading Birthday Dinner catering for food intolerances

Desserts, Easter, Mains, Recipes

2 Recipes for Shrove Tuesday

As you may know the tradition of making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday was to use up the butter, eggs and rich foods in your house before lent began.  Go here and here to find out more. In our house we began the tradition of making pancakes for dinner on Shrove Tuesday about 5 years ago.… Continue reading 2 Recipes for Shrove Tuesday