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Savoury Pancakes
Pancakes can make anything taste good! I was inspired by this recipe on BBC Food to try them with Oscar during his fussy phase and they worked a treat. Although he was disappointed that when I said “pancakes for dinner” they didn’t come with maple syrup. This recipe is great for hiding foods, using up… Read more
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Apple and Pear Pie
I love apple pie, always have. When we started the RPAH Elimination Diet apple pie become pear pie – which was also pretty good. So now we combine both and have delicious apple and pear pie, sometimes with just a little bit of cinnamon (high salicylates). Read more
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Potato Wedges and Chicken Nuggets
Here a couple of quick, simple recipes ideas – Baked Potato Wedges and Chicken Nuggets. Serve them together for dinner with a few extra vegetables (beans, carrots, lentils, peas, etc.) or on there own as a snack. The potato wedges recipes was modified from this one at allrecipes.com. The cheese on the wedges is optional,… Read more
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Pear Dessert Cake
This Pear Dessert Cake recipe is based on Jane’s Pear Dessert Cake recipe from The Failsafe Cookbook, with a few tweeks of my own. It’s quick and easy to make and is great served with custard or ice cream. A good one for cold winter nights. The leftovers make a great morning or afternoon snack.… Read more
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No-Tomato Spaghetti and Meatballs
We went to Good Food and Wine show a couple of weeks ago and one of things I found, that I really loved was a range of wholegrain pastas from Pangkarra Foods in the Clare Valley. I bought some there (definitely not enough) and decided to try and make a no-tomato sauce for spaghetti and… Read more
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The Best Ever Birthday Party Review and Give Away and Nana’s Yummy Yo Yo Biscuits
Today I’m having my first giveaway – a copy of The Best Ever Birthday by by Louise Fulton Keats, the grand daughter of Margaret Fulton. This review is a part of Product Talk by Nuffnang, and I have not received payment for it, but I did receive two copies of the book – one to keep and… Read more
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Chicken and Bean Pasta, Pear and Roast Carob Muffins
Back to mid-week meals and baking this week. The first recipe is Chicken and Bean Pasta, which is another great recipe for using up left over cooked chicken. The second recipe is Pear and Carob muffins, which I modified from one on ninemsn, using carob powder instead of buttons. And since I had no eggs at… Read more
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Easy Fig Jam and Delicious Lime Marmalade Recipes
These are not Oscar-friendly foods, however if Oscar wanted a taste I would let him a try a bit since these spreads are free of artificial nasties, and while very high in salicylates and amines would only be had in small amounts. I’m also not aware of any kids who like limes or figs (but I’m sure… Read more
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More Breakfast Ideas – Overnight Oats and Buckwheat Muffins
Some more recipes to put a bit of variety into breakfast. The overnight oats I actually came up with for myself, not Oscar. I love bircher-style muesli, but we consume a lot of dairy in our house, so I’m trying to cut down. I was searching for soaked oats recipes without milk, cream or yogurt and found… Read more
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Breakfast Ideas – Crumpets and Fluffy Breakfast Pancakes
Breakfast is probably the most boring meal of the day in our house, especially week days when we have exactly the same thing each day. For Oscar it’s porridge with maple syrup and banana or pear – he loves it (thankfully!). So every now and then on the weekend we try something different. The fluffy… Read more
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Scalded Rye Bread and Creamy Carrot and Red Lentil Soup
More orange food – the last for a little while, I promise! I have a terrible habit of not reading recipes all the way through before I start making them, which sometimes catches me by surprise. With the rye bread, however, not only did I not read all the way through, I didn’t translate to english… Read more
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The Birthday Week – Two Chocolate Cakes
Hubby and I have our birthdays two days apart. Before Oscar came along we usually just had one celebration and never bothered with a cake. Now there is an expectation of a cake and “party” for each of us. Last weekend was birthday weekend, and it was a chocolate fest. To reduce the amount of left… 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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Orange Food – Pumpkin Stuffed Chicken and Carrot Vitabrit Muffins
Ever since we told Oscar that eating carrots would help him see in the dark, he has been extraordinarily good at eating his vegetables. Not just orange ones (I haven’t corrected his assumption that all orange vegetables are carrots) , but green ones as well. To take advantage of this and maintain his interest, I’ve been developing… Read more
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Easter Lunch/Dinner: Stuffed Roast Chicken and Chocolate Squidgy Log
With Easter coming up, I thought I’d post two recipes that we use for special occasions (lunch or dinner) – stuffed roast chicken and squidgy chocolate log. The squidgy chocolate log recipe is one of my husbands specialities, from before I even met him. It’s not his recipe though, it’s from Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course (omnibus edition… Read more
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Saltine Crackers
I got this recipe from The Right To Be Alive, a blog by a woman who lives with (and survived a near-death experience from ) Idiophatic Anaphylaxis, triggered by salicylate sensitivity. The great thing about this recipe is that you can vary the toppings to suit your requirements and tastes. Oscar helped with this recipe,… Read more
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Swedish Vanilla Buns
As a result of making hot cross buns for Oscar over the last few weeks, I have a large container of yeast that has hardly been used. Last year, in the same situation it didn’t get used and was thrown out when the best before date passed (in December!). This year I’m going to make… Read more
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A Few Salads
We’ve finally got some warm weather again, so I thought I’d publish a few of the salad recipes that we’ve tried over the Summer months. Hopefully, we’ll have a bit more warm weather before winter sets in and you’ll have time to try some of them. The addition of pasta or noodles to salads has greatly improved… Read more
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Fresh Rice Paper Rolls and Mango Fool
Well Summer is over (I can’t believe it’s March already!), and going by the weather this past week you would think it was Winter already. One of the things I love about Summer is the appearance of mangos, by the boxful, in the stores. Mangoes are one of my favourite fruits and as they are… Read more
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Fiji and Sour Cream Banana Muffins
Two weeks ago we were in Fiji for an 8 night holiday. For most families this is not unusual, but travelling with a child with food intolerances has a few unique challenges. This isn’t the first time we’ve taken Oscar overseas, 18 months ago we went to Vietnam, and the success of that trip has… Read more