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Lunch Box Wednesday #6
Well, we are halfway through the year and I haven’t run out of ideas for Oscar’s lunch boxes – yet! These mini frittatas are actually a very early recipe but as Oscar never took to them, I haven’t published it before. Now that he is finally eating eggs on their own I decided to give…
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An old favourite updated
Today’s recipe is an old favourite, first posted almost 2 years ago. It’s had a few tweaks made to it since then, and now that I’m trying to avoid wheat for myself and not cook with it, is also gluten-free; made with buckwheat crepes.
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FAILSAFE Mac ‘n’ Cheese
This recipe is very easy, and makes a great base for adding other ingredients; either as a way to get your kids to eat them, or for food challenges. While it’s not quite the same without the yellow cheese, it is still sticky and a bit cheesey, and has the crunchy top. It’s also gluten-free…
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Spelt Carrot Muffins with Quinoa Sprinkles
Oscar loves cakes and muffins and asks to make them all the time, so I try to make them a bit healthier when I can. We often cook with carrots, but this recipe from Super Healthy Kids is the first recipe I’ve seen using puree rather than just grated carrot, so I decided to give…
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Chicken and Leek Pie
I have made many chicken and leek pies, but this would have to be one of the best. With only minor changes to the original recipe from Kidspot, I poached the chicken in stock first, and gained the added benefit of some yummy chicken stock from my vegetable stock. Use any kind of pastry, or…
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Cashew Carob/Choc Chip Cookie Dough Bites
A recipe for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites has been doing the rounds on Facebook this week, it was originally shared by Marlenes Skinny Friends-Weight Loss Support Group. With a few substitutions it easily became Oscar suitable and as I had some carob buttons to use up, Failsafe as well. Although having said…
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Meatloaf in Sauce
Usually when my Mum cooks for Oscar he refuses to eat what she makes (except for cakes, biscuits and pancakes), so when she made meatloaf and he ate two serves then wanted it again the next night I knew she was onto a winner. This isn’t my Mum’s recipe – she used condensed milk (!)…
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Lunch Box Wednesday #5
I’ve had pizza scrolls on my to-do list for a while (something with hidden good stuff in it thinks Mum!), and finally became inspired to make them when I found this slower cooker pizza pull apart recipe. I have recently switched from wheat flour to spelt and rye flour for my baking (and have been…
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Fish Stir Fry
Fish stir fry has been a bit of a constant in our house. Not made every week, it is one of those recipes that I have been trying to perfect since the early days, so keep revisiting. I think I finally have it right now – thank’s to Failsafe Foodie’s Magic Sauce. Because this recipe…
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Best Ever Carrot Cake
Best Ever Carrot Cake is a pretty big claim, but this is truly the best one I’ve made with Oscar’s food restrictions. The coconut pulp I had left over from making coconut milk was the inspiration for this recipe; I found the To-Die-For Carrot Cake recipe while searching for coconut recipes. I modified it quite…
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San Choy Bau – Two Ways
Almost everyone has a recipe for San Choy Bau, so I thought it was about time I shared mine. Oscar doesn’t like his in lettuce cups, so I usually serve it in a large serving bowl lined with shredded lettuce instead.
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Sausage Casserole
FAILSAFE sausages are very versatile and don’t have to be limited to summer BBQs. We love baking them in the oven and using them in casseroles during winter. I adapted this recipe from one on Taste of Home; it has a German background, so lots of cabbage and sour cream. Delish!
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Lunch Box Wednesday #4
Something savoury this week – mini calzones. These are just a variation on my savoury calzones recipe, but I wanted to make a non-wheat pizza dough as I’m trying to cut down on wheat. We had the big calzones with a potato, mince and gravy filling; and since there is always at least one ball…
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Toad in the Hole
According to Wikipedia, “Toad in the Hole is a traditional English dish consisting of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with vegetables and onion gravy. The origin of the name “Toad-in-the-Hole” is often disputed. Many suggestions are that the dish’s resemblance to a toad sticking its head out of a hole provides the dish…
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Bath Time Fun
Not a food recipe today, but certainly related to food intolerance. Bicarbonate of soda and epsom salts baths are two “antidotes” that can be used for dealing with food reactions. These are also the two ingredients used in many commercial batch products, unfortunately the commercial ones usually have essential oils, colours and other things that…
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Making Coconut Milk
Every time we crack open a coconut Oscar tells me he wants to drink the coconut “juice”, because he loves the juice! But when I give him the coconut water he won’t drink it because it tastes yuck! Last time I decide to try making coconut milk and found a simple food processor recipe to follow on…
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Chicken Potato Topped Pie and Maple Roasted Vegetables
As the weather is getting colder I am enjoying cooking lovely warming winter meals, such as this potato topped chicken pie and maple roasted vegetables. Both are very easy and the vegetables go well with the pie.
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Vegetable Stock Concentrate and Powder
I have finally gotten around to making vegetable stock concentrate. My friends have all done it – Frilly Pants and Rona in the Thermomix and Trish without. I’ve never bothered before because we have a second fridge with a big freezer so the liquid kind has always suited. But that may be coming to an end soon…
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Lunch Box Wednesday # 3
This month it has all been about Squeeze’ems. I haven’t been able to experiment with much else as Oscar has been obsessed with what I can put into the Squeeze’ems. Which is a good thing because I know he’ll enjoy having them in his lunch box, and the frozen ones will do double duty in…
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ANZAC Biscuits
The 25th of April is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. For my overseas readers, ANZAC Day is the day we remember and commemorate the men and women who have fought for our country. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. “The Anzac tradition—the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are…