Category: Moderate Salicylates
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Boba Fett Cake
While preparing to make Oscar’s upcoming 7th birthday cake, I realised that I hadn’t posted last year’s birthday cake. Last year we had a Star Wars themed party at a bowling alley (Healthways Recreation Centre) where we could self cater. The kids all came in Star Wars gear, and the cake was Boba Fett –… Read more
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Winter Comfort Food
This dessert is pure comfort food. There is nothing healthy about it! I found the original recipe for caramel apple self-saucing pudding on Food to Love, and planned to make it that way, but using pear. Of course, it can still be made with apple, as long as the salicylates are OK. Read more
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Quinoa Porridge
When I wake up early in the morning and everyone else is asleep, this is my favourite breakfast to enjoy in the peace and quite with a big pot of tea. Read more
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A variation on an old favourite
Chicken pies, of various persuasions, have been a staple of our diet over the last 6 years, but I had never thought of this version until I came across a Martha Stewart recipe for Chicken Pot Pies with Puff Pastry. This recipe is contains moderate salicylates and glutamates, but the vegetables can be easily substituted… Read more
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Pillow Biscuits
School is back, so it’s time to do some more baking for the lunch box. Oscar adores these biscuits – “Pillow Biscuits” as he calls them. They are also one of the best lunch box snacks for freezing and dropping into the lunch box in the morning. There are a lot of recipes for these… Read more
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Happy Easter!
Happy Easter everyone! I’m really looking forward to this long weekend, we’ve been so busy this year and we all need a chance to chill out. This recipe for apple-sausage saute is one of my favourite Autumn recipes, and will definitely be on the menu this weekend. It’s easy, yummy and can be served on… Read more
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It’s bun time!
It’s that time of year again! That time when I buy a new tin of instant yeast and start making buns – starting with the hot cross kind. I will be making hot cross buns for Oscar this weekend. We gave him a chance to try some commercial buns last weekend while he was out… Read more
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Three Easy Desserts/Snacks for Kids to Help Make
Lately, Oscar has been showing an interest in helping in the kitchen to prepare the evening meal. It’s a great way for him to learn about food and we talk about the different ingredients we use. He’s learning how to chop vegetables, squeeze lemons, whisk eggs and stir things on the stove. These are three… Read more
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Pumpkin Rings with Mashed Potato and Steamed Bok Choy
This is a very simple moderate chemical (amines & salicylates) meal – baked salmon, mashed potato, pumpkin and bok choy. To make it a bit more interesting I made roasted pumpkin rings topped with mashed potato. The bok choy recipe I found on Martha Stewart’s site, Read more
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Fluffy Spelt Pancakes
It’s Oscar’s birthday today, so for his special day he will be having pancakes for breakfast. We make our pancakes with spelt flour now and they are much nicer than with regular flour. This recipe is based on my Fluffy Breakfast Pancakes recipe, with a few additional variations. You don’t need to have these for… Read more
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Not-Quite Japanese Gyoza (Gluten Free)
Well, these are almost gyoza – I don’t think baking them really qualifies. I was trying to make pot sticker versions, but being too lazy to make my own wrappers I decide to try using rice paper instead. There were many such recipes on the Internet so I thought it would work. Unfortunately my first… Read more
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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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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. Read more
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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… 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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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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. Read more
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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! Read more
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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… Read more