Category: Meal Type
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Vanilla Spiders
Oscar and I have just had a little holiday with his Nana and Pa in Shepparton, where it was 35 degrees plus all week. After a trip to the Kids Town playground one afternoon we all needed something to cool us down. Rather than just ice cream I made Oscar a spider (also called floats or… Read more
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Chicken and Egg Pasta Bake
We had a period of 5 or 6 days a while back where Oscar was having nightmares, wondering if it was food related we decided to go back to a low chemical diet for a few days. For something a bit different I made up the following pasta bake, which turned out really well, which… Read more
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Pear / Mango Ricotta Pie
Welcome to 2011 and my first post of the year!This recipe is based on the Pear ricotta pie recipe in The Failsafe cookbook. I’ve made it before with pear, but for New Year’s Eve I made it with some mango I had left over from Christmas. It will work with any fruit and is very… 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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BBQ Salmon and Scallops with Chips and Lentil and Rice Salad
Salmon is an Oscar favourite and almost a guarantee that he will eat something. Scallops we have never cooked before, but they are low chemical and were really easy on the BBQ. The BBQ recipes are my husband’s. I based the salad recipe on one I found on the MasterChef website. It went really well with the… Read more
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Chocolate Treats
The first of these recipes is based on the traditional rum ball recipe (without the rum) and dipped in chocolate. The second is based on a Nigellarecipe. Oscar and I were watching her Christmas episode a couple of nights before Christmas and when Oscar commented that the fudge would be “yummy in my tummy” I… Read more
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Tropical Pavlova Roll
I’ve never made a pavlova before, let alone a Pavlova roll, but I was watching Better Homes and Gardens the week before Christmas and was inspired to try one after seeing Karen Martini’s recipe. The fruit topping she used wasn’t suitable for Oscar, but I liked the idea of the marscapone filling. I thought mango… Read more
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Buckwheat Pancakes
The original recipe, based on a Martha Stewart one, was at Cuisine.com.au. The flavour of these pancakes is really lovely. I made the mixture up the night before, stored it in the fridge overnight, then just re-whisked it a bit in the morning. Buckwheat Pancakes with Ricotta, Maple Syrup and Banana Read more
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Homemade Skinless Sausages
Commercial sausages, even the preservative free ones are not on our allowed list because they contain herbs and spices. You can get sausages made up to a low chem recipe, but usually there is a 2 to 3 kilo minimum, which for 3 people is a lot of sausages. I decide to try making my… Read more
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Christmas Scones
I saw this recipe for Whole Wheat Biscuits on Super Healthy Kids and thought it would be a good one to make with Oscar for Christmas. It was only as I was making it that I realised “biscuit” in America means scone in Australia. As scones they turned out pretty well, and better than scones they… Read more
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Christmas Treat – Almost Gingerbread Muffins
While out shopping with Oscar today we found some Gingerbread Man muffin moulds, so wanting to make something Christmasy I decide to try the Gingerbread Muffin recipe in the The Failsafe Cookbook. The recipe was gluten free, so I replaced the gluten free ingredients with ordinary flour, but have listed both recipes here. There’s no… Read more
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Banana and Honeycomb Ice Cream
A yummy variation on the Banana Ice Cream recipe from last month. Banana and Honeycomb Ice Cream (Amines, Low Salicylates, Low Glutamates) 3 Ripe bananas Approx. 70g honeycomb Peel the bananas and wrap them in glad wrap. Place in the freezer overnight. Remove the bananas from the freezer and stand at room temperature for 20 minutes… Read more
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Chocolate Crackles
Copha is high in salicylates, so it is not on our shopping list, and as a result I have never made chocolate crackles for Oscar. We do make other rice bubble treats, but last week when asked to make “rice bubble cake” I thought I’d try and come up with an alternative recipe. I didn’t… Read more
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Easy Week Night Meals – Chicken and Zucchini Pasta
This is one of my moderate salicylate recipes with hidden vegies – in this case zucchini. Most of the salicylates in zucchini is in the skin, so peeling it makes the level of salicylate moderate, and it also easier to hide in a creamy sauce. Oscar still pulled out a few “yucky bits”, but ate… Read more
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Easy Weeknight Meals – Baked Salmon with Fried Lentils and Mash
When we started the elimination diet with Oscar, one of the first things we discovered was that he loved lentils. There is a recipe in the Friendly Food book called “Crispy Fish and Lentils” that we tried. Oscar didn’t like the fish, but couldn’t get enough of the lentils. Since then, fried lentils have become a… Read more
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Pear Slice
This recipe is based on a recipe from the Friendly Food cook book and is really quick and easy to make. Its perfect for when I have to take a plate somewhere. Pear Slice Pear Slice (Low Chem) 3/4 cup castor sugar 3/4 cup plain wholemeal flour 3/4 cup self raising flour 2 eggs, lightly… Read more
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Easy Week Night Meals – Pasta Carbonarra
Another simple, easy pasta recipe. Its been adapted from a recipe on Lifestyle Food. Pasta Carbonara Pasta Carbonara (Amines) 1 tspn butter 185ml can of light evaporated milk 100ml smooth light ricotta Approx. 200g organic or preservative free ham or bacon, chopped 1 leek, finely chopped 1/2 cup low fat cheese 1 tablespoon of chopped… Read more
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Pear and Vegetable Sauce
We are almost out of pear sauce, so I thought I’d try and sneak a few more vegetables into the next batch. After a bit of research on the Internet it appeared that almost any kind of vegetable could go into chutney, so I decided to include some swede, leek and celery in this one. The sauce… Read more
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100% Banana Ice Cream
I was so impressed with this recipe that I had to blog it straight away. I had a few bananas that were turning brown, so turned to Google to find a banana recipe that wasn’t a cake or muffin. I came across this Pure Banana Ice Creamrecipe and assumed that since it was just fruit,… Read more
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Easy Week Night Meals – Salmon Pasta
Before we found out about Oscar’s food intolerances the easiest week night meal was a stir-through pasta, and if we were feeling a bit more energetic we would through in some olives, mushrooms or capsicum. Tomato-based sauces and pestos are off the menu and none of the cheese-based sauces at the supermarket are suitable either,… Read more