Category: Special Occasions
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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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Potatoes another way
This is not my recipe, it has been doing the rounds on Facebook and Pinterest for a while, but I first saw it on Right to Be Alive last year. Potatoes are a staple on the FAILSAFE / Elimination diet and you can never have enough variations. Oscar loves these, so I’m sure they be’ll… 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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More Buns for Easter
Last week I shared my hot cross bun recipes so that your families didn’t need to miss out the traditional Easter fair, but hot cross buns aren’t the only buns you can eat at Christmas. The Swedish have a great tradition of eating buns for all occassions (and no particular occassion). There is a special… 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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Oscar’s Heart Love Cake
The commercialism of Valentine’s Day reached Oscar this year. Hubby and I usually ignore it, but Oscar insisted that we needed to have something special for dinner, so we made a “heart love” cake. I had shared some instruction on Facebook for a heart cake made from a square cake and a circle cake, but… Read more
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Beautiful Crystal Bay Prawns
Prior to Christmas I had read on one of the Facebook forums about Crystal Bay prawns. Most prawns are soaked in Sodium Metabisulphite as soon as they are caught. So even if you can tolerate amines, these are not suitable if you are trying to avoid preservatives. Crystal Bay prawns are the exception. They are available… Read more
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Last Minute Christmas Baking (and my final post for the year)
Four more days until Christmas! Are you ready yet? It’s been a bit of rush here, on top of moving, organising for our house to be demolished and finalising our building contract (the thought of my new kitchen keeps me going 🙂 ). We had a street party last week (our old street) and I… 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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Baked Chicken Tenders
Thank you to Damien who submitted this recipe on my About Us page some time ago. These chicken tenders are easy to make and the crumb is a nice change from coating chicken in plain bread/rice crumbs. The cooked chicken pieces can be frozen and added to lunch boxes, they would also make great party/finger… Read more
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ANZAC Biscuits
The 25th of April is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. For my overseas readers, ANZAC Day is the day we remember and commemorate the men and women who have fought for our country. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. “The Anzac tradition—the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are… Read more
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It’s the Easter Long Weekend: Keeping it Casual with Hamburgers and Buttermilk Pancakes
The Easter long weekend starts today, and while this post is going out we will be eating pancakes for breakfast (actually I hope we get to sleep in a bit longer!). Pancakes are our favourite holiday/weekend breakfast. They are easy and can be adapted to almost any dietary restrictions. This recipe comes from the Martha… Read more
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Buns for Easter, or Any Time!
There is a wonderful tradition in Sweden of eating buns for all occasions.  All sorts of buns are available.  I once tried to make Swedish Semla, which is a spiced bun made for lent that is filled with almond paste and cream.  My yeast skills weren’t very good then and I ended up with a big… Read more
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Rice Bubble Easter Eggs and Other Ideas
Easter is fast approaching (it’s too early this year) and it feels like Easter eggs have been in the shops since Boxing Day. Easter is hard on the elimination diet and there aren’t a lot of non-chocolate options around. These cute little rice bubble eggs are super easy to make. Nestle White Melts aren’t chocolate… Read more
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Best Ever Carob Cake (or Chocolate Cake without Chocolate)
Last weekend was my Dad’s 65th birthday, so the whole family was at Mum and Dad’s to celebrate. My nephew has recently started on the elimination diet, so my Mum wanted to make a cake that he could have and was thinking of a carob cake. I’ve been making chocolate cakes for my Dad’s birthday… Read more
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Australia Day Green and Gold Bean Salad and Pear Slushies (kids and adult’s version)
Last week we had a fridge full of fresh beans (from our garden and my parents garden) so I decided to make my Green Bean Salad. This is one of my favourite salads and favourite ways to eat beans. It is also very easy and quick to make. We had both butter beans and green… Read more
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Ice Cream Bombe
With Australia Day coming up and many Australia Day Barbecues happening round the country I thought it would be timely to post this Ice Cream Bombe recipe, as it makes a great dessert on a hot day (and there’s a good chance it will be hot). My inspiration for this recipe was Domestic Diva’s Ice Cream Bombe,… Read more
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Final Post Before Christmas: Finnish Christmas Stars
This is my last post before Christmas and my last recipe until at least mid-January. I’m going to finish of the year with some Finnish Christmas Stars (I didn’t realise that pun until just now 🙂 ) that I made to take to our street party. Finnish Christmas Stars (Joulutorttu) are very to easy to… Read more