Tag: BBQ
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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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Cous Cous and Roasted Vegetable Salad with Buttermilk Chicken

This is my current favourite salad, it’s great for those milder summer and autumn days and is very quick and easy to make. Even easier if you have left over roast vegetables. Buttermilk marinades are very versatile and can be used on most meats. I’ve only tried it on chicken so far, but intend to… Read more
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Salads for Summer and Christmas

I’ve already listed a few salads for Christmas in my Christmas Menu post; but with the sudden appearance of the warm weather I have been experimenting with a few more that I thought I would share. The inspiration for this post came from the Orgran Vegetable Spiral Pasta that I recently tried on Oscar. He initially… 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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BBQ Whole Chicken and Potato, Egg and Bacon Salad

It’s been an interesting week food wise. On Sunday I went to a Thermomix party. I met R, the hostess, through Freecycle where I had used my Oscar’s Mum email. R has 2 kids on the RPAH elimination diet and her husband had recently found my website and R had found the book Oscar’s Lunch box –… Read more
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Golden Drumsticks and Apple and Sour Cream Coleslaw

With the weather getting warmer, its time for salads and BBQs. I got the idea for this coleslaw from Better Homes and Gardens a few weeks ago. The drumsticks can be cooked in the oven or on the BBQ and be eaten hot or cold. Cold they are great to take on a picnic, and go well with… 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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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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Barbequed Chicken Strips with Chunky Chips and Pear and Bean salad
We managed to have one BBQ last week before the weather turned cold again. BBQs are so easy and there’s a lot less cleaning up required in the kitchen. This is one of our most popular BBQ combinations, its quick and easy to do. The marinade for the chicken is the Golden Marinade recipe from… Read more
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Chicken Rissoles
These rissoles are great for storing in the freezer and bringing out for a BBQ at home, or to take to a BBQ somewhere else. Chicken Rissoles [gmc_recipe 3224] Read more
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BBQ Time
With the weather starting to warm up I’ve been thinking about BBQ cooking and preparing meals for spring and summer. This is my favourite BBQ recipe and is great for entertaining. The salad is also a good one for taking to someone else’s BBQ. The green bean salad recipe is based on one in The Women’s… Read more