Tag: food intolerance
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Food Re-Introduction: Our Next Steps
Since starting on food re-introduction (salicylates and glutamtes) with Oscar 2 years ago we have progressed to him being able to eat anything from the Moderate column of the RPAH Elimination Diet handbook in unlimited quantities, plus anything with amines only (he passed that challenge). Around the middle of last year we started experimenting with… Read more
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A Salicylate Challenge – Apricot or Peach Breakfast Oats
Summer would have to be the best time to do a salicylate challenge – so many delicious fruits that we have had to steer clear of are back on the menu (even if briefly). We have four stone fruit trees in our garden – apricots peaches and nectarines, as well as a mulberry tree that has… Read more
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No-Tomato Sauce & Nectarine and Sour Cream Cake
Welcome back for 2012. It’s been a busy time in the kitchen at Oscar’s house this summer. We’ve had a breakthrough with vegetables, with Oscar suddenly eating orange ones (carrot and sweet potato) without complaint, and even some greens ones! I’ve been putting them into more meals to keep his interest up – salads, sweet… Read more
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Food Intolerance and Eczema
Eczema can be one of the symptoms of food intolerances such as Oscar’s. Oscar has often had occurrences of dry, scaly skin since he was a baby, but never really eczema – until now. Oscar started having small little flare ups of red, itchy skin about 8 weeks ago. We would treat them with QV… Read more
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The Birthday Party Project #1
Oscar’s birthday is coming up in August and he’s having his first “kids party”. The first 2 birthdays where just with family, but this year we will be inviting friends from day care. If there’s one occasion when no food should be off-limits to Oscar it’s his birthday party, so I have identified some party… Read more
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Food intolerance symptoms
When Oscar was first diagnosed with food intolerances his main symptom was an inability to sleep. At 8 months old he was waking every 20 to 30 minutes all night long. Once we went on the elimination diet he started to sleep and his whole personality changed – but its impossible to say whether that… Read more
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A Butcher and Sauted Sausage and Apple
Frillypants over at Real Meals posted about a Failsafe butcher she had found in Melbourne that was close to us: Ozzies Gourmet Butchery 55 Hamilton Place, Mount Waverley, VIC 3149 p: (03) 9809 5208 f: (03) 9809 5208 They takes orders and makes up failsafe sausages and preservative free bacon when he has enough orders. The bacon… Read more
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Review: Oscar’s Lunch Box
This week we bought a new book for Oscar – Oscar’s Lunch Box. Its a fantastic book about a little boy, called Oscar, who has food intolerances. Oscar gets upset when he starts school and discovers that the other kids have much more colourful and interesting lunch boxes than he does. He hates that he… Read more
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Re-introducing High Salicylate Foods
Since our last visit to the dietician we have been introducing Oscar to high salicylate foods. The process is to pick a starting level (we’re supposed to start off at 25g every 3 days) and maintain it for 2 weeks. If there are no reactions you increase the level (i.e. 25g every 2 days) for… 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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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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Christmas Lolly Stocking
It was the day care Christmas Party last night and Santa arrived with lolly bags for all the kids. Luckily this was our second year and we were prepared with a special lolly bag for Oscar. I tried to buy some Santa lolly bags from The Little Lolly shop but they didn’t arrive in time,… Read more
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A good report from the dietitian
Oscar’s visit to the dietitan went very well. He’s now eating small amounts of moderate salicylate foods in his diet most days and having no reactions, so these foods will become a part of our regular diet. Our next step is to start including high salicylate foods and continue to build up his tolerance. These include… Read more
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Travelling and Eating in Vietnam
We have just arrived back from 12 days holiday in Vietnam, Oscar included. Vietnam is probably not the easiest place to take a child with food intolerances, as it is almost impossible to find out what ingredients are in food. But, with a lot of planning we made it through the holiday without Oscar having… Read more
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Kids Vegie Sauce
Being a typical toddler, Oscar does not like eating vegies. Its even harder when his range of vegies is so small. The idea for this recipe came from his dietitian who suggested that I make a thick vegetable sauce and stir it through pasta or rice for him. I was a bit sceptical at first,… Read more