Finally got my cooking mojo on again and made a few things this week. My husband has been reacting to something and getting spots again. We think it might be one of the gluten free flours that I'm using (probably hidden sulphites). So I tried these Chocolate Cupcakes from Healthy Chef. These cupcakes are grain free.… Continue reading What I’ve made this week
Category: Recipes
GF, DF, Egg Free Chocolate Cake
As promised here is the first recipe from the birthday dinner menu. I thought I would start with the cake as this is a very important component of any birthday dinner. This recipe has been adapted from a chocolate cake recipe in a kids cook book. It was already dairy free and egg free so… Continue reading GF, DF, Egg Free Chocolate Cake
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
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
Proposal Day
My husband proposed to me 20 years ago on Valentine's Day with a dozen red roses and popped the question while we were enjoying dinner. Silly me after the proposal said that I expected another dozen red roses on the 25th anniversary of the proposal. He has given me flowers since then but not the… Continue reading Proposal Day
Mothers’ & Others’ Recipes
My most used recipe book would be a recipe book my Mum originally compiled when I got married; called "Mothers' & Others' Recipes. It is full of tried and true recipes from her, my mother-in-law and others. Including a Rissole recipe that I have adapted to make them gluten free. She has since made new… Continue reading Mothers’ & Others’ Recipes
Pasta with Leftover Roast Meat
Recently I found a post about using leftover roast meat. It so happened that we had a roast beef earlier this week and then the next night we used the leftovers. Below are my ideas to add to the challenge of what to do with leftover roast meat. The kids enjoyed Donar Kebabs (which I… Continue reading Pasta with Leftover Roast Meat
Lunchbox Roundup
As our children go back to school here in Australia, thought I would do a roundup of some the lunchbox ideas I have found. Here are the links: lunchbox ideas & a give-away healthy lunchbox ideas 7 sandwich free lunchbox ideas 100 kids lunch ideas lunchbox doctor (a whole website devoted to healthy lunches & nutrition)… Continue reading Lunchbox Roundup
Hide the Goodness
People often talk about having to hide vegetables in food so that their children will eat them. I am quite practised at this as I do this for my husband as well. In fact my children for years had no idea of how fussy an eater their Dad was is. My children are also not that… Continue reading Hide the Goodness
Peanut Butter Cookies
I've been struggling with what to bake for my husband as we have discovered that there is hidden sulphites in things like "pure" corn flour and tapioca flour. I suddenly remembered that there was no flour in peanut butter cookies so made them. Here is my version: Peanut Butter Cookies 520 g peanut butter1… Continue reading Peanut Butter Cookies