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Pumpkin Muffins
The first time I made these muffins Oscar helped me make them in the morning. That night we were having a roast for dinner and while I was preparing the vegetables Oscar came into the kitchen. This is the conversation that followed. Oscar: what’s that mum? Mum: Carrot Oscar: I don’t like carrot………..what’s that? Mum:…
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One for the dogs!
This one definitely doesn’t have anything to do with Oscar, but I thought it would be fun to share anyway. Believe it or not, our dog Dermie also has allergies. He is allergic to things in the environment such as mould and some plants, fleas and food. He gets very itchy feet which he licks until…
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Cashew Chicken and Vegetables
This one is for when you have a little bit of time for preparation but it is worth it.
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Raw Food: Cashew and Pear Ice Cream
A few months ago a friend loaned me the most amazing book – Raw Food by Erica Palmcrantz and Irmela Lilja. As the title suggests, everything is raw. At first I thought this would mean salads and such, but its a whole lot more. There are all kinds of recipes – porridge made from fruit,…
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Crumbed Chicken Drumettes
These mini chicken drumsticks are easy to make and fun for kids to eat as they can hold them by the “handles” to eat. Great as a main meal or a snack.
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Tiger Toast
As I write this post Oscar is finally eating Cashew Paste. How did I get home to eat it? ……….. Tiger Toast!I was visiting my friend Krys, the one who makes the beautiful cakes for Oscar (here and here) and she told me about her discovery of Tiger Toast – toast with butter, Vegemite and…
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Tuna and Potato Pasta
This is a really quick meal to make, especially if you have some left over mashed potato in the fridge (we always make too much!).Tuna and Potato Pasta (Amines, Low Salicylates, Low Glutamates) Sunflower oil 1 small leek, finely chopped 2 tspns crushed garlic 1 stalk celery, finely chopped 2 x 185g can tuna in…
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Cooking with Quinoa Flakes
Recently I found some Qinoa (pronounced keen-wah) flakes at the supermarket, and thought I’d try adding them to a few recipes. I had read that they had a funny after taste, but none of us have experienced that, in fact hubby didn’t even notice that there was anything different. Pumpkin, Quinoa and Ricotta Muffins (Moderate Salicylates, Low…
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Making Yogurt
A few months ago, frustrated by the lack of suitable vanilla flavoured yogurt at the supermarket again, I bought an Easiyo yogurt maker. I’d remembered seeing a post from Pip at Real Mealsabout making yogurt, so thought I’d give it a go. It didn’t cost much to start, about $30 (I think) for the yogurt maker and…
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Chicken Pot Pie and Simple Fruit Tarts
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about using roast chicken left overs, and since roast chicken and vegies is a weekly occurrence at our place I have come up with lots of ways to use them. I recently made this with a new pastry that I found at the Maxi supermarket – Borg’s organic…
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The Final Birthday Post
We have been eating birthday cake for 5 days now, and this is my final post on Oscar’s birthday party. As well as his party on Sunday he also took a cake into his day care centre for a another “party” there. There are strict rules about taking food into child care centres. I can…
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The Birthday Party
Oscar’s 3rd Birthday Party was a great success! We had wonderful weather, so the party could go ahead in the park and Oscar and friends had a great time. The food also went down well, although we do have quite a bit left over to take to work tomorrow. The menu included: Schweppes lemonade (no…
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Birthday Preparations
Oscar’s 3rd birthday party is tomorrow and I have spent the last 2 days shopping for and preparing the party food. Its a train themed party with a Thomas and Friends birthday cake. Almost all the party food has had to be home made, including the cake. Since I couldn’t use natural food colourings for…
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Chicken Pancakes
I used to make these chicken pancakes on a quite regular basis but had forgotten all about them since the recipe had mushrooms in it. It is from a book called “50 Ways with Chicken” by Rosemary Wadey. With a few small changes it was Oscar friendly – and he ate it! Chicken Pancakes
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Mochi
One of the reasons I love Allergy Train is that I am always finding new products to try. One I found a little while ago is this Brown Rice Mochi. Its a Japanese product made from sticky brown rice and comes in hard little rectangles, that can be baked or fried and served either sweet…
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Food Intolerance and Eczema
Eczema can be one of the symptoms of food intolerances such as Oscar’s. Oscar has often had occurrences of dry, scaly skin since he was a baby, but never really eczema – until now. Oscar started having small little flare ups of red, itchy skin about 8 weeks ago. We would treat them with QV…
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Test Driving my New Mixer with a Pear and Apple Sponge Pudding
We went on holidays last week and the weekend before leaving we had quite a bit of fruit – apples and pears – to use up. I had also had my new mixer delivered, so it was a good opportunity to try it out with this recipe I modified from Taste.com. Pear and Apple Sponge Pudding…
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Bananas
When the cyclones hit Queensland’s banana crop there was no doubt that we would continue to buy them, no matter what price they reached. When you child can only eat 5 fruits – pears, red and golden delicious apples, bananas, paw paw and papaya, and loquats (I don’t even know what these are) – losing…
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Pytt i Panna
A few weeks ago I was flicking through a Jamie Oliver cook book and came across his version of Swedish Pytt i Panna, which Jamie says means “little pieces”. I’m not sure about that, but I do know that pytt i panna is very yummy, and basically a Swedish version of bubble and squeak, using…
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A Big Blogoversary Thank You
Today is my Blogoversary! One year ago I started this blog with no idea what I was doing, just the hope that someone would find it valuable. I’ve had a ball writing the blog and I’ve learnt so much about the blogging in the last 12 months. This post is to say a big thank…