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Blinis
Blinis are small Russian buckwheat pancakes, that are traditionally served with smoked salmon, caviar and sour cream. They are delicious served for breakfast with champagne – as only the Russians can do! Smoked salmon is out and Oscar would never go for caviar, but blinis can be served with many other toppings. I prefer to…
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Apple and Banana Pie
Oscar was watching Play School last weekend during which they made an apple and blueberry pie. Oscar asked if I knew how to make pies, and if I could make one for dinner that night. He knew he couldn’t have blueberries so asked for white chocolate instead (not sure about those flavours!), but Dad suggested…
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Ham, Carrot and zucchini Muffins
These are the muffins that I took on the plane with us to Japan. They freeze well and are ideal for travelling with or for putting in lunch boxes straight from the freezer. The recipe is modified from one in the Coles Baby & Toddler Magazine, I didn’t have any millet flour so used rice…
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Japanese White Milk Bread (Milk Shokupan)
A few days after we got home from Japan Oscar asked me if I knew how to make bread. When I replied that I did, he asked if I could make some bread rolls like we had in Japan.The white bread in Japan is delicious. It can’t be at all healthy since it is white…
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Mashed Split Pea and Spring Onions
This is a very old recipe in my collection and I thought I had posted it long ago, but when I wanted to put it in my book I discovered that I hadn’t. So here it is…… The inspiration came from this recipe on Dr. Ben Kim’s site. I originally made it as a mash…
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My Nana’s Pumpkin Cake
This is another recipe from my Nana’s hand written recipe book. It’s easy and yummy and tastes great with or without the fruit and nuts. Her recipes are all written with oven temperatures without fan-forced, so I try to cook them with the fan off rather than try and convert the timing (it’s easier this…
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Travelling to Japan
We arrived home on the weekend after two weeks holiday in Japan. Japan was a fantastic country to travel in (very easy despite the language difference) and the food was delicious. Our first few days there we stayed with an old friend of mine and got to have home cooked Japanese food – and lots…
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Pear and Buttermilk Muffins
Even though Oscar is eating unlimited amounts moderate salicylates we still have a lot of low chemical / failsafe foods as part of his diet to balance out the high and very high salicylate foods he is having regularly in small quantities. These are usually at his day care centre where he has a list…
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Sweet and Savoury Calzones (or “inside out pizzas)
These Calzones came about as a result of wanting to try Frilly’s pumpkin pizza dough recipe at Real Meals. I made the pizza dough and told Oscar that we were having pizzas and he could help make the dough. Big mistake! Apparently pizzas in our house can only be made with lebanese pita breads. So the…
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Banana and Ricotta Muffins
These are sooo yummy, and they look very cafe-style in the muffin wrappers. Warning – these muffins do contain amines, which would make them great for an amines challenge. The recipe came from BBC Food and needed no modification, but I did swap the flour for half wholemeal. I also doubled the recipe since 6…
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Pita Bread and Tacos
A little while ago there was a frenzy of interest on the Sue Dengate Failsafe page on Facebook for home made pita bread. Like everyone else we made them that weekend and we had them for dinner as tacos. Making pita bread was much easier than making tortillas (even with a packet mix) and my…
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Pear and Quinoa Breakfast Muffins
Oscar loves muffins so much that we make them almost every week. To add a bit of variety I decided to replace the Oats in this Muesli Breakfast Muffins recipe with quinoa. The muffins themselves are lovely, but the topping is a bit hit and miss, as it doesn’t really bake in and tends to…
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Creamy Swede Bake
This swede bake is a really lovely alternative to mashed swede, although it does require a bit more effort. I’m a big swede fan, even before the diet, but hubby who is not a lover of swede was very complimentary of this one and Oscar ate all of his too (with just the usual anti-vegetable…
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Caramelised Apple, Pear and Quinoa Crumble
The idea for this recipe came from a recipe for Ginger Apple Crisp with Quinoa Flake Crust. I swapped the spices in the filling for caramelising and used apples and pears. Very easy and yummy. This could just as easily be made with pears only. Coming Up Next Time: “Lemon” Chicken
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“Lemon” Chicken
The idea for this “lemon” chicken cam from a recipe on Planning with Kids. Oscar has never been a big fan of “lemon” flavoured foods using citric acid, so I thought I’d finally try the tartaric acid in my pantry that had been sitting there for a year. Tartaric tastes tarter than citric acid (sour…
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The Birthday Party
The party is over, we’ve cleaned up, the jumping castle has gone and I’ve finally managed to have something to eat and a couple of glasses of champas. Oscar had a great time and his response to his Chuggington Cake was Wow, Wow, Wow! Not bad eh? The cake did take a while, but it…
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Chocolate / Carob Zucchini Cake
Chocolate zucchini cakes are delicious. The zucchini makes the cake really moist and the little zucchini pieces don’t taste a bit like zucchini, it just melts away. I modified this recipe from one I found on Chocolate and Zucchini (where else!). It need very little modification and I tried a carob version which was just…
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Potato, Swede and Sausage Stew
This is a low-chemical/Failsafe variation on my Lentil and sausage stew recipe. It’s just as tasty and easy to make. Coming Up Next Time: Chocolate / Carob Zucchini Cake
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Coffee Cake / Cupcakes and Maple Butter Cream Icing
I’ve been looking around for some ideas for cakes with a different flavour – vanilla, pear, chocolate and carob have been staples in our house for sometime now. When I found this coffee cupcake recipe came from BBC Good Food I had a “d’oh” moment – why didn’t I think of that? The recipe was OK as…
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One Pot Chicken Casserole
After having bought a Le Creuset cast iron casserole dish recently I thought I had better try it out. My Mum made a great chicken casserole a while ago which I shared here but have never got round to making myself, so I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone. Coming Up…