This Asian Chicken Stew recipe is one that I've created from an Asian Chicken Soup recipe. My husband doesn't think that soup is a meal, so I adapted the recipe to make it a stew. Asian Chicken Stew The original recipe didn't have any vegetables in it but I usually add whatever is in my… Continue reading Asian Chicken Stew Recipe
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
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?
Potato Sausage Pie is a recipe from my mother-in-law. It's in the Mothers' & Others' Recipe book that my mother compiled. Potato Sausage Pie is a mixture of mashed potato, sausages, milk, eggs and a few others things. The ingredients are all mixed together and cooked in a pie dish, in the oven. Gluten Free… Continue reading Potato Sausage Pie
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?
With Christmas just a few days away, I'd thought I'd share this round-up of last minute Christmas recipe ideas. Just in case you're still looking for ideas. Our usual Christmas Menu involves cold chicken and ham, with salads. Followed by plum pudding and other desserts. There are of course also lots of other Christmas snacks… Continue reading Last Minute Christmas Recipe Ideas
Recently we were given quite a few home grown sweet potatoes. So, I've been looking for Sweet Potato Recipes to use them in. We've give away some of the sweet potatoes but I'm still looking for recipe ideas that use sweet potatoes. A pile of sweet potatoes ready to use Sweet Potato Information We really… Continue reading Sweet Potato Recipes
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
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
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
