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
Tag: dairy free
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
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
How my Family’s Food Intolerances has been Good for Me
It is so easy to focus on what we can't eat now but I was reminded from reading this post from Adventures of an Allergic Foodie, that changing our diet has had very positive effects to us as well. My son was only 9 when he was first diagnosed with food intolerances, see more of his story… Continue reading How my Family’s Food Intolerances has been Good for Me
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
French Onion Dip
One of the things that my son really misses as he can't have dairy is things like creamy dips. I have experimented with a few things but this is my current dairy free version of French Onion dip. I make ups some cashew cream by soaking some cashews in water - usually about 150g cashews with 150g water.… Continue reading French Onion Dip
Where I’m At
I started this blog less than 6 months ago and haven't posted too much yet. One of my reasons has been that a lot of the GF etc. recipes that I were using, I'm now not as my husband is reacting more and more to hidden sulphites, particularly in some of the alternative flours. I… Continue reading Where I’m At