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Still Enjoying my Ice Cream Maker
Before it gets too cold to enjoy ice cream I thought I had better post these two recipes that we tried over summer – fig and apple pie (not together). The fig ice cream came about because of the abundance of figs on the tree that hangs over the neighbours fence. Last year I made…
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Food Re-Introduction: Our Next Steps
Since starting on food re-introduction (salicylates and glutamtes) with Oscar 2 years ago we have progressed to him being able to eat anything from the Moderate column of the RPAH Elimination Diet handbook in unlimited quantities, plus anything with amines only (he passed that challenge). Around the middle of last year we started experimenting with…
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Individual Meat Pies
The heat wave in Melbourne is finally over and it feels like Autumn. So much so that I need to fish out my gloves and beanie for the morning dog walk! With Autumn comes all those wonderful, hearty winter meals. Which includes Pies. Pies aren’t new to our diet, but the method of making them…
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It’s the Easter Long Weekend: Keeping it Casual with Hamburgers and Buttermilk Pancakes
The Easter long weekend starts today, and while this post is going out we will be eating pancakes for breakfast (actually I hope we get to sleep in a bit longer!). Pancakes are our favourite holiday/weekend breakfast. They are easy and can be adapted to almost any dietary restrictions. This recipe comes from the Martha…
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Lunch Box Wednesday #2
Oscar and I have been busy trying out new snacks this month. His favourite was the Pear and Vegetable Bread (cake of course! – adapted from a recipe on Cooks.com. ), but he was also pretty impressed at having peeled apples in his snack box. When he asked for apple to be included in his lunch…
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Buns for Easter, or Any Time!
There is a wonderful tradition in Sweden of eating buns for all occasions. All sorts of buns are available. I once tried to make Swedish Semla, which is a spiced bun made for lent that is filled with almond paste and cream. My yeast skills weren’t very good then and I ended up with a big…
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Rice Bubble Easter Eggs and Other Ideas
Easter is fast approaching (it’s too early this year) and it feels like Easter eggs have been in the shops since Boxing Day. Easter is hard on the elimination diet and there aren’t a lot of non-chocolate options around. These cute little rice bubble eggs are super easy to make. Nestle White Melts aren’t chocolate…
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Irish Apple (or Pear) Barley Pudding Two Ways
The second of my St Patrick’s Day recipes is Apple Barley Pudding, based on a recipe from European Cuisines. I made this twice using pears instead of apples, and a apple version with Red and Golden Delicious apples. The original recipe used tart apples, but the pears and Delicious apples were a lot sweeter, so I was…
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Irish Potato Bread
St Patrick’s day is coming up this weekend and Rona from Domestic Diva suggested that we make a St Patrick’s Day issue of At the FAILSAFE Table. I didn’t have many “green” recipes, so I thought I’d try and find a few Irish ones to try. The first one is Irish Potato Bread. While this…
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Maple Syrup Refresher
I shared a photo and recipe on Facebook earlier today from Easy to Avoid for a fizzy drink made with maple syrup and ascorbic acid. When we got home this afternoon after visiting my gorgeous new niece we were all in need of an icy cold drink, so I thought I would try it out.…
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Japanese Breaded Pork Cutlets
One of the foods that Oscar really loved in Japan was pork cutlets. In fact it was the first time we’ve been able to get him to eat pork, so of course I had to find out how to make them. They are quite smple really, just meat coated in bread crumbs and deep fried.…
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Strained Yogurt and Tzatziki
I’ve wanted to try straining my own yogurt for some time now. I’m not sure why, curiosity I guess! But then what to do with the yogurt? A little bit of research and I discovered that “Greek Yogurt” is actually strained yogurt, so I could turn my natural yogurt from the Easiyo maker into Greek…
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Lunch Box Wednesday #1
I have set myself a mission this year to come up with some more snack and lunch box ideas for Oscar before he starts school next year. So to keep me on track I am going to post my new ideas on the last Wednesday of the month – “Lunch Box Wednesday”. This first post…
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Quinoa Salad
With the weather in Melbourne still sweltering, salads are featuring frequently on our menu. One way to create variety with limited ingredients is to vary the grains used. The same vegetables, legumes, eggs ( if tolerated) with either rice, pasta, noodles, cous cous, quinoa, etc. creates a new salad. This week its a quinoa salad…
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Cous Cous and Roasted Vegetable Salad with Buttermilk Chicken
This is my current favourite salad, it’s great for those milder summer and autumn days and is very quick and easy to make. Even easier if you have left over roast vegetables. Buttermilk marinades are very versatile and can be used on most meats. I’ve only tried it on chicken so far, but intend to…
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Playing with My New Ice Cream Maker: Paw Paw Sorbet and Sweet Potato Ice Cream
For Christmas this year I asked hubby to get me an Ice Cream Maker. Which he did, and we have been having fun making ice cream and sorbet over summer. The first thing I tried (the day after boxing day) was Sweet Potato Ice Cream. We tried this in Japan and loved it; and wanted…
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Best Ever Carob Cake (or Chocolate Cake without Chocolate)
Last weekend was my Dad’s 65th birthday, so the whole family was at Mum and Dad’s to celebrate. My nephew has recently started on the elimination diet, so my Mum wanted to make a cake that he could have and was thinking of a carob cake. I’ve been making chocolate cakes for my Dad’s birthday…
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Three Recipes for the Kids over the Long Weekend
The Australia Day long weekend starts tonight, so I’ve put together three easy recipes that the kids can help make, and then eat of course! There’s a lot written about the dangers of letting children watch television, but I think all those articles are missing a key “danger”. The one where your child is watching…
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Australia Day Green and Gold Bean Salad and Pear Slushies (kids and adult’s version)
Last week we had a fridge full of fresh beans (from our garden and my parents garden) so I decided to make my Green Bean Salad. This is one of my favourite salads and favourite ways to eat beans. It is also very easy and quick to make. We had both butter beans and green…
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A Salicylate Challenge – Apricot or Peach Breakfast Oats
Summer would have to be the best time to do a salicylate challenge – so many delicious fruits that we have had to steer clear of are back on the menu (even if briefly). We have four stone fruit trees in our garden – apricots peaches and nectarines, as well as a mulberry tree that has…