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
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
Recently we celebrated my daughters birthday. We had an extended family dinner with 16 people in attendance. As well as the food intolerance's in our family my niece is Coeliac. All of the menu was gluten free apart from the lollies. I was too busy organising and enjoying the company so we only have photos… Continue reading A Birthday Dinner Menu
This gluten and dairy free shortbread recipe, is another of my go to recipes that people who aren't gluten & dairy free also enjoy eating. My husband likes these biscuits iced but shortbread is of course usually eaten without icing. At Christmas time I usually make Christmas tree or star shaped biscuits with this recipe. … Continue reading Gluten Free & Dairy Free Shortbread
My daughter recently turned 18.  She decided to have a Pirate & Fairy kids themed birthday party complete with party games.  We held it during the day and about 20 of her friends came.  I think partly because both her brother & father both have multiple food intolerances she wanted to cater for everyone's dietary needs.… Continue reading Pirate & Fairy 18th – Food
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
As promised here is the first recipe from the birthday dinner menu. Â I thought I would start with the cake as this is a very important component of any birthday dinner. Â This recipe has been adapted from a chocolate cake recipe in a kids cook book. Â It was already dairy free and egg free so… Continue reading GF, DF, Egg Free Chocolate Cake
