Advent & Christmas, Body, Recipes

Christmas Baking

We're going to my brothers house on Christmas Day.  There will only be 12 of us for lunch.  We've divided up what everyone is bringing.  We're having prawns, cold meat and salad along with lots of other goodies. Since we're away at the beach until Sunday most of my baking is going to happen on… Continue reading Christmas Baking

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, Cakes, Recipes

Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes

Apparently the 18th of October is Chocolate Cupcake Day. When I first started cooking gluten free I found that chocolate or cocoa helped hide the gluten free taste.  Hence I made a lot of chocolate slice and chocolate brownies. I also found that it was very easy to sub your milk of choice (eg., almond,… Continue reading Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes

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)

Biscuits & Slices, Body, Recipes

GF Raspberry Coconut Slice

The original recipe was in our Day to Day Cookery Cookbook.  This was the cookbook we used for school Home Economics lessons at high school.  My mother had a copy of this cookbook so I didn't get to have a newer edition.  I remember visiting my friend (when I was in high school) one weekend… Continue reading GF Raspberry Coconut Slice