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
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
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
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
Lemon Crunch Slice was one of the biscuits that we always had at Christmas time growing up. Two of the others were Mum's (Grandma's) Choc Afghans and Melting Moments. These recipes are in my mother's recipe folder. My mother used to make them for Christmas each year and I took over making them when I… Continue reading Gluten Free Lemon Crunch Slice
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
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
Are you looking for recipes or cookbooks that are useful for intolerances. This post shares some cookbooks that I've got that help us when catering for food intolerances. When we first started dealing with food intolerances it was hard to know where to start and what recipes could be safely used. Most of my cookbooks… Continue reading 6 Useful Cookbooks For Intolerances
Do you have recipes to try saved digitally or physically? Do you sometimes forget where you found or saved a particular recipe? Would you like a way to keep a track of recipes you've found? I'm always saving new recipes to try whether it's online or printed recipes. I love trying new recipes even though… Continue reading Recipes to Try Organisation
If you've been reading my blog in the last few months you'll know that we've been renovating. In the last 5 days or so we've been able to fully use our new kitchen. So today as part of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge I'm talking about cooking in our new kitchen. Our… Continue reading Cooking in Our New Kitchen
