Tag: Christmas

Last Minute Christmas Baking (and my final post for the year)

Oscars Mum

20 December 2013

Amines, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Lunch Box, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

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
Christmas Gingerbread House

Oscars Mum

13 December 2013

Recipe

Last weekend Oscar and I made our Gingerbread House for Christmas. We made one last year for the first time and he loved it. The dough can quite easily be made without spices, making it FAILSAFE (we use only cinnamon) and can be decorated with suitable lollies or plastic decorations. It is suggested that the… Read more
Preparing for Christmas

Oscars Mum

6 December 2013

Gluten Free, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Menus, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

I have been off-line for the past month, moving house and preparing to demolish our old house, and now that’s out of the way it’s time to prepare for Christmas. And it’s coming in fast! Last year I did lots of baking and preparation for Christmas, but there’s no time for that this year. Plus… Read more
Ice Cream Bombe

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12 January 2013

Amines, Dessert, Gluten Free, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Special Occasions

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
Final Post Before Christmas: Finnish Christmas Stars

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17 December 2012

Dessert, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

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
Christmas Baking: Sticky Golden Syrup and Chocolate Buns

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14 December 2012

Amines, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

I found this recipe in Notebook magazine some time ago, and thought it would be great for Easter as an alternative to Hot Cross Buns. Unfortunately I didn’t get to make it then, but it is just as good for Christmas. It was also lots of fun to make with Oscar (and messy), just don’t… Read more
Christmas Gingerbread House

Oscars Mum

9 December 2012

Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions, Very High Salicylates

Last weekend I attended a Gingerbread House course at William Angliss College to learn how to make gingerbread dough and assemble a gingerbread house. The course was a lot of fun and we made the most gorgeous looking Gingerbread Houses, and the gingerbread dough was delicious. They are very easy to make, which was good… Read more
Salads for Summer and Christmas

Oscars Mum

5 December 2012

Amines, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Meals and Lunches, Moderate Salicylates, Recipe

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
Christmas Golden Syrup Cakes and Cashew Maple Syrup Custard

Oscars Mum

28 November 2012

Dairy Free, Dessert, Gluten Free, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

A few weeks ago I came across a recipe from Quirky Jo for Cashew Honey Vanilla Bean Custard. It looked and sounded delicious, so I thought I’d try a maple syrup version, sans Thermomix. But then I would need something to serve it with, so I decide to also make some of the Golden… Read more
Lots and Lots of Christmas Biscuits!

Oscars Mum

25 November 2012

Amines, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

I’ve been doing a lot of Christmas baking the last few weeks, trying out different recipes and decorating biscuits with Oscar. I have recently discovered Martha Stewart’s Basic Sugar Cookie recipe which is perfect for using biscuit cutters, and it is now my go-to recipe when I want to use cutters. These biscuits last extremely… Read more
The Christmas Menu

Oscars Mum

23 November 2012

Menus, Special Occasions

Christmas isn’t that far away now, and even though I am writing a post about Christmas menus, I still don’t know what I’m doing for Christmas lunch! The location is still up in the air pending other family commitments. But I’m not worried, we’ve had three Christmas Days since we started the elimination diet… Read more
Meatloaf for Christmas? Absolutely!

Oscars Mum

21 November 2012

Amines, Gluten Free, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Meals and Lunches, Recipe, Snacks, Special Occasions

I’ve never made meatloaf before, in fact I don’t think I have every eaten it. I’m not sure why, but it’s just never appealed to me before. Domestic Diva posted a meatloaf recipe a few weeks ago, which I thought Oscar might like because of the egg inside it. But before I could try it,… Read more
Christmas Carob Syrup Cake

Oscars Mum

18 November 2012

Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks

After making Okonmiyaki last week I had quite a bit of carob syrup left over and was looking for something to do with it. In the back of my mind I was also looking for some ideas for festive Christmas fare, so when I came across this recipe from Fast Ed for Carob Syrup Cake… Read more
Christmas Wrap Up and Boxing Day Leftovers

Oscars Mum

27 December 2011

Amines, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Meals and Lunches, Recipe, Snacks

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day and have been able to have an enjoyable long weekend (apart from those enormous hailstones and storms in Melbourne). Our Christmas Day was very enjoyablel. Our Oscar-friendly menu went down very well, with the only things not suitable being the prawns (sulphates) and… Read more
Christmas Cake Decorating Part 2 – Royal Icing

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24 December 2011

Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks

I’ve finally finished my Christmas Cake and I’m quite pleased with it. The Royal Icing part was actually quite easy and I had enough left over to let Oscar help me make some Christmas Tree shapes to decorate the top. And as it’s Christmas we used a little bit of natural food colour to make… Read more
Christmas Cake Decorating Part 1 – Cashew Marzipan

Oscars Mum

21 December 2011

Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks

I’ve never decorated a cake with anything more fancy than butter icing before, so I’m not sure why I’m tempting fate decorating Oscar’s Christmas Cake, but I am! The first step is the Marzipan. I’m not a fan of almond marzipan, but while researching options I came across some recipes for cashew marzipan, which seems… Read more
Christmas Biscuits

Oscars Mum

17 December 2011

Amines, Low Amines, Low Chemical / Failsafe, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks

Last weekend we had our Street Christmas Party, so Oscar and I made Christmas Biscuits. The recipe is from the Christmas activity book his grand parents gave him. We took a plate to the party and there were none left to take home. Read more
Chocolate Cashew Butter Cheesecake

Oscars Mum

14 December 2011

Amines, Dessert, Low Glutamates, Low Salicylates, Recipe

I made a trial of my Chocolate Cashew Butter cheesecake for Christmas last week; luckily I had a picnic to take it to, as it is far too rich for us to even consider polishing of ourselves! Oscar even told me it was too sweet. Even with low fat sour cream and cream cheese, it… Read more
Christmas Menu and a Couple of Disasters

Oscars Mum

3 December 2011

Menus

Christmas is not far away, and as we are hosting it this year, there is a bit of preparation work to do. One of my priorities with Oscar’s food is that when he is at home he should be able to eat the same food as everyone else. That’s not to say that there isn’t… Read more
Christmas Blog Hop and Christmas Cake

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26 October 2011

Amines, Low Glutamates, Moderate Salicylates, Recipe, Snacks

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