Category: Recipe
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Golden Syrup Slice/Cake
This cake was a staple on our elimination diet, we used it for birthday cakes and whenever we had friends or family over. I’ve always made it as a cake rather than cutting it into slices. It is quite thick and moist and is best on the day it is made, although leftovers are delicious… Read more
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Tuna Stir Fry
I had some frozen tuna fillets in the freezer that were getting close to their use by date, so I needed to come up with a recipe to use them. After a bit of searching I found a tuna teriyaki recipe on kidspot and substituted about half the ingredients. What I ended up with wasn’t… Read more
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Zucchini Soup
Another recipe that uses heaps of Zucchini and can be frozen for winter. Read more
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Zucchini and Yoghurt Cake
This cake is very moist and has a lovely flavour. I cooked it for the full 60 minutes but had to place foil over the top for the last 10 minutes. When I cut it it appeared uncooked, but it was just the soft banana and zucchini. The recipe is adapted from Zucchini Yogurt Cake… Read more
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Zucchini Slice
A very easy Zucchini slice that is great for putting in lunch boxes and can be frozen. Read more
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Carrot and Zucchini Muffins
Another Zucchini recipe! Once again Oscar thought the zucchini and carrot were “yukky” going in, but he had no hesitation in eating the muffins once they were cooked (or as we filled the muffin tray!). The recipe is adapted from one on the Sydney Markets Fresh for Kids site. Read more
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Making Jam
As well as an over abundance of zucchini at the moment we also have a huge crop of nectarines. Normally we would also have had apricots and mulberries, but the crazy weather caused the apricots to split and the mulberries, the few we did get, were eaten by birds. Nectarines are high in salicylates when… Read more
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Stuffed Zucchini Boats
The problem with growing your own zucchinis is that they go from being “normal” sized to enormous overnight and you end of with a pile of zucchinis that look like these 4kg beauties. It takes a lot of zucchini recipes to use these up, so I decided to make a stuffed zucchini, the only problem… Read more
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Zucchini Fritters
I found this recipe at cusine.com.au, which uses lots of zucchini (we still have heaps), large ones at that, and was tagged as “kid-friendly”. To my surprise Oscar had no hesitation in tucking into his “zini cake”. I have to thank my husband for the photo of this one, I left him the batter to… Read more
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Carrot, Zucchini and Apple Loaf
Our garden is overflowing with zucchinis at the moment, so you will be seeing a lot of zucchini recipes in the coming weeks. This one for Carrot, zucchini and Apple Loaf I have made as both a large loaf and as mini loaves. Oscar complains about the carrot and zucchini going into it, but has… Read more
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A Picnic
Last weekend we went to see Window in the Willows at the Botanical Gardens, and took a picnic. So what did we take? I wanted to try something new as Oscar is typically not very keen on picnic fare, so I made pin wheels, which I know he has made at day care. Chicken and… Read more
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Egg, Bacon and Zucchini Pie
Apparently real mean don’t eat quiche, but they do eat egg and bacon pies. This recipe is a variation on my quiche lorrainerecipe with just added zucchini. Egg, Bacon/Ham and Zucchini Pie (Very High Amines, Moderate Salicylates, Low Glutamates) 150g organic/preservative free bacon rashers or ham, cubed 1 leek, finely diced 1 cup cheese, grated… Read more
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Home Made Pizzas
Pizza’s used to be a pretty regular menu item in our house before the elimination diet came along – take away ones that is. From our very first week of the elimination diet, home made pizzas have been a bit of a staple. We usually make them after having a roast chicken (using the leftovers),… Read more
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Chickpea Biscuits
I’ve got a bit of a chickpea thing going on at the moment and some time ago I bought some Besan flour but hadn’t got around to using it. I wanted to make some chickpea biscuits but most of the recipes I found were chocolate ones or had too many other ingredients I couldn’t use,… Read more
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Chicken and Ricotta Fingers
This is another great recipe from the Better Health Channelthat’s very easy and toddler friendly and even better, it required little modification. I haven’t tried the steaming method as I don’t have a steamer, but baking them worked just fine. Read more
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Caramel Pears
The summer weather in Melbourne is crazy at the moment, it can go from 30 degrees one day to 17 a couple of days later. Its those cold snaps that make me crave some comfort food and I got this quick and easy recipe from The Failsafe Cookbook. Caramel Pears (Low Chem) 10 pear halves… Read more
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Chickpea Dip and the Day Care Experiment
I find it so much easier to eat healthy food in summer, and dips have always been a bit of a favourite. Oscar has recently shown an interest in eating large quantities of cheese when presented on a platter with an assortment of biscuits. He has also been asking to take carrots when I pack… Read more
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Back to Day Care
Oscar went back to day care on Monday, so Sunday afternoon was spent putting together his supplies. He has a list of allowed foods that he can have at the centre and we provide 3 out of 4 lunches each week as well as some of his snacks.We made cupcakes (which go in the freezer… Read more
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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