Category: Meal Type
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Asian Style Dumplings
This is one of the first amines recipes I tried after Oscar passed his amines challenge. I bought some malt vinegar, but had no idea what to do with it (apart from fish and chips!) and decided to add it to the broth in this recipe – which worked. Oscar loves malt vinegar, it is… Read more
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Christmas Blog Hop and Christmas Cake
As Christmas is fast approaching (only 2 months to go!) I thought it might be fun to host a blog hop about Christmas food. For me this is one of the most difficult times of the year to manage Oscar’s food because there are usually so many people involved and I can’t always influence the… Read more
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Its Getting Warm – Time for Icy Poles
We made icy poles for Oscar last year, but he didn’t really get them. They usually ended up as a soggy mess. We made these during the week when the hot spell hit and Oscar helped make them. He loved it and kept checking the freezer to see if they were ready. Once they were… Read more
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Zucchini Carbonara
A variation on my carbonara recipe, using zucchini instead of mushrooms. Read more
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Gnocchi – and I didn’t have to make it!
Since cutting out artificial additives, preservatives and colours, I’ve been surprised by how many “fresh” packaged foods (the ones in the refrigerated section of the supermarket) we had been eating that contain these nasties. One example is gnocchi, which I have missed. Until now! I have finally found a fresh gnocchi that has no artificial… Read more
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Sweet Potato and Chicken Lasagna
This recipe has been a long time coming. It’s taken 3 or 4 attempts, but I think I’ve finally got it right. Read more
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Bubble and Squeak
Hubby had an emergency root canal yesterday, so something soft was required for dinner and I made Bubble and Squeak. Bubble and Squeak was one of my very first posts on this blog, so I thought it would be a good one to repost as my first post on the new site. Read more
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Pumpkin Muffins
The first time I made these muffins Oscar helped me make them in the morning. That night we were having a roast for dinner and while I was preparing the vegetables Oscar came into the kitchen. This is the conversation that followed. Oscar: what’s that mum? Mum: Carrot Oscar: I don’t like carrot………..what’s that? Mum:… Read more
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Cashew Chicken and Vegetables
This one is for when you have a little bit of time for preparation but it is worth it. Read more
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Raw Food: Cashew and Pear Ice Cream
A few months ago a friend loaned me the most amazing book – Raw Food by Erica Palmcrantz and Irmela Lilja. As the title suggests, everything is raw. At first I thought this would mean salads and such, but its a whole lot more. There are all kinds of recipes – porridge made from fruit,… Read more
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Crumbed Chicken Drumettes
These mini chicken drumsticks are easy to make and fun for kids to eat as they can hold them by the “handles” to eat. Great as a main meal or a snack. Read more
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Tuna and Potato Pasta
This is a really quick meal to make, especially if you have some left over mashed potato in the fridge (we always make too much!).Tuna and Potato Pasta (Amines, Low Salicylates, Low Glutamates) Sunflower oil 1 small leek, finely chopped 2 tspns crushed garlic 1 stalk celery, finely chopped 2 x 185g can tuna in… Read more
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Cooking with Quinoa Flakes
Recently I found some Qinoa (pronounced keen-wah) flakes at the supermarket, and thought I’d try adding them to a few recipes. I had read that they had a funny after taste, but none of us have experienced that, in fact hubby didn’t even notice that there was anything different. Pumpkin, Quinoa and Ricotta Muffins (Moderate Salicylates, Low… Read more
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Making Yogurt
A few months ago, frustrated by the lack of suitable vanilla flavoured yogurt at the supermarket again, I bought an Easiyo yogurt maker. I’d remembered seeing a post from Pip at Real Mealsabout making yogurt, so thought I’d give it a go. It didn’t cost much to start, about $30 (I think) for the yogurt maker and… Read more
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Chicken Pot Pie and Simple Fruit Tarts
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about using roast chicken left overs, and since roast chicken and vegies is a weekly occurrence at our place I have come up with lots of ways to use them. I recently made this with a new pastry that I found at the Maxi supermarket – Borg’s organic… Read more
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Chicken Pancakes
I used to make these chicken pancakes on a quite regular basis but had forgotten all about them since the recipe had mushrooms in it. It is from a book called “50 Ways with Chicken” by Rosemary Wadey. With a few small changes it was Oscar friendly – and he ate it! Chicken Pancakes Read more
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Mochi
One of the reasons I love Allergy Train is that I am always finding new products to try. One I found a little while ago is this Brown Rice Mochi. Its a Japanese product made from sticky brown rice and comes in hard little rectangles, that can be baked or fried and served either sweet… Read more
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Test Driving my New Mixer with a Pear and Apple Sponge Pudding
We went on holidays last week and the weekend before leaving we had quite a bit of fruit – apples and pears – to use up. I had also had my new mixer delivered, so it was a good opportunity to try it out with this recipe I modified from Taste.com. Pear and Apple Sponge Pudding… Read more
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Bananas
When the cyclones hit Queensland’s banana crop there was no doubt that we would continue to buy them, no matter what price they reached. When you child can only eat 5 fruits – pears, red and golden delicious apples, bananas, paw paw and papaya, and loquats (I don’t even know what these are) – losing… Read more
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Pytt i Panna
A few weeks ago I was flicking through a Jamie Oliver cook book and came across his version of Swedish Pytt i Panna, which Jamie says means “little pieces”. I’m not sure about that, but I do know that pytt i panna is very yummy, and basically a Swedish version of bubble and squeak, using… Read more