At one stage I was blogging regularly about the past weeks menu. Here's the link to the last one I posted, well over a year ago. I don't plan to start this regularly again but thought I'd share some of what's been on our menu in the last 10 days or so. Some of my… Continue reading Some Menu Offerings
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
There is very little take-away food that my husband can safely eat without having to worry about sulphites, in particular. Â A while ago we did have a Baja Steak bowl from a mexican take-away shop. Â We now make our own version of this at home. My husband BBQ's the steak which we then slice thinly… Continue reading Baja Steak
This week I tried a new seed & nut sandwich bread recipe. Â I enjoyed it fresh on the first day and then toasted most days since. Â I had heard about things with sunflower seeds going green but hadn't seen it myself until I made this bread. Apparantly the sunflower seeds contain chlorogenic acid which reacts… Continue reading Breads
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
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
We have many Christmas traditions that take place in our house.  Some of these include putting up the tree as a family on 1 December, reading an advent story together each night of advent and having a birthday cake for Jesus for breakfast on Christmas Day. One of my favourite traditions that we have always… Continue reading Christmas Traditions and a recipe
This is probably my most often used slice recipe now. Â I developed this recipe by adjusting a few recipes I found. Â It is gluten free, dairy free, egg free, soy free and sulphite free. Gluten Free Chocolate Slice 2 cups gluten free flour1 cup castor sugar1 cup organic shredded coconut1 cup gluten free cornflakes4 tbsp… Continue reading Chocolate Slice
