Category: Glutamates
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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… Read more
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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 (!)… Read more
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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… Read more
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Pumpkin, Sweet Potato and White Bean Stew (Slow Cooker)

My slow cooker has been getting a real work out the past few weeks. Oscar has given up his day time sleeps (sob!) and is just a mess by the time he gets home from day care. One of our strategies to combat this has been to make sure we have dinner right on 6… Read more
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Devil’s Food Cup Cakes

I just had to try this recipe when I found it. Devil’s Food Cup Cakes that had nothing in them – no dairy, no eggs, no sugar, gluten-free, soy-fee and corn-free! I was sooo impressed that I made them several times trying various combinations – carob/cocoa, milk/rice milk/almond milk, butter/nuttelex/oil, rice malt/maple syrup. I made a few… Read more
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Chicken Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries

Chicken Burgers (or burgers of any kind), are an easy, simple meal that can cater for people with and without a variety of dietary restrictions. Get everything prepared, then let everyone add what they can eat. It’s also a lot of fun for kids to be allowed to serve themselves. We had them with Sweet… Read more
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Tuna Mornay Pasta Bake
Oscar was feeling sick and wanted “pasta noodles” for dinner, but we had had pasta the night before, so to make it a bit different I decided to do a pasta bake with spaghetti and found a recipe on taste.com.au. This recipe is really easy and very quick, and it was a big hit with… Read more
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Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
Continuing on from my success with the roast chicken in the slow cooker, I tried a chicken casserole. 20 minutes preparation and 8 hours later it was done. Very tasty, and easy. Chicken Casserole (High Amines, Low/Moderate Salicylates, Low/Moderate Glutamates) 200ml light evaporate milk 1 tblspn plain flour 3 large chicken breasts, chopped into largish… Read more
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Home Made Sushi
One of my goals for this year has been to make sushi rolls for Oscar. Before we went on the elimination diet, one of our favourite things to do was eat a couple of Sushi Rolls whenever we were out shopping. The problems with sushi rolls is that the Nori seaweed is suspected of… Read more
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Chicken Stir Fry
Chicken Stir Fry Chicken Stir Fry (Low Chemical / Failsafe, Moderate Amines /Salicylates / Glutamates) 1 tblspn sunflower oil 2 shallots, chopped 500g chicken, thinly sliced into strips 2 cups of vegies, e.g. small tin of bamboo shoots celery, thinly sliced choko, sliced into match stick size pieces red or green cabbage, finely sliced mung… Read more