Tag: leftovers
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Apple Cordial
This recipe is NOT FAILSAFE / Elinination Diet suitable. I used Golden and Red delicious apples (moderate salicylates), but as they are cooked with the skins the salicylate level is either high or very high. It may be OK if some salicylates are tolerated, for special occassions or a salicylate challenge. This recipe was adapted… 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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Okonomiyaki (Japanese Vegetable Pancake)
Okonomiyaki is one of my favourite Japanese foods, and since coming home from Japan I have been wanting to make it. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese vegetable pancake, made with cabbage and whatever else you would like to add. Okonomi means “whatever you wish” so it’s OK to make it with whatever ingredients you have and it is still authentic. Okonomiyaki is… Read more
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Sweet and Savoury Calzones (or “inside out pizzas)
These Calzones came about as a result of wanting to try Frilly’s pumpkin pizza dough recipe at Real Meals. I made the pizza dough and told Oscar that we were having pizzas and he could help make the dough. Big mistake! Apparently pizzas in our house can only be made with lebanese pita breads. So the… Read more
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Using Up Leftover Pastry: Custard and Pear Tarts and Fruit and Ricotta Pin Wheels
These are two very easy, quick ideas for dessert or a snack that the kids can help make (see my little helper !). I love fruit and pastry, so these are a variation on my Simple Fruit Tarts recipe that I use when I’ve got enough left over pastry, or just an extra sheet lying around.… Read more
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Using Up Leftovers: Oven Baked Frittata
Frittata’s are a great way to use up left over vegetables and meat and those odd bits of vegetable you have sitting in the bottom of the fridge at the end of the week. Cooking the frittata in the oven rather than a frying pan means you don’t need to watch over it the whole… Read more
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Savoury Pancakes
Pancakes can make anything taste good! I was inspired by this recipe on BBC Food to try them with Oscar during his fussy phase and they worked a treat. Although he was disappointed that when I said “pancakes for dinner” they didn’t come with maple syrup. This recipe is great for hiding foods, using up… Read more
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Chicken and Bean Pasta, Pear and Roast Carob Muffins
Back to mid-week meals and baking this week. The first recipe is Chicken and Bean Pasta, which is another great recipe for using up left over cooked chicken. The second recipe is Pear and Carob muffins, which I modified from one on ninemsn, using carob powder instead of buttons. And since I had no eggs at… Read more
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Christmas Wrap Up and Boxing Day Leftovers
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
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Chicken and Risoni Salad
Making mayonnaise is not one of my strong suits and the ones I’ve tried out of the Failsafe cookbook have been too sweet for my liking. Finally I’ve found a very easy, eggless mayonnaise recipe, which adapted well to a few changes. Combined with some left over chicken and vegetables, a can of beans and… Read more
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Gnocchi – and I didn’t have to make it!
Since cutting out artificial additives, preservatives and colours, I’ve been surprised by how many “fresh” packaged foods (the ones in the refrigerated section of the supermarket) we had been eating that contain these nasties. One example is gnocchi, which I have missed. Until now! I have finally found a fresh gnocchi that has no artificial… Read more
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Bubble and Squeak
Hubby had an emergency root canal yesterday, so something soft was required for dinner and I made Bubble and Squeak. Bubble and Squeak was one of my very first posts on this blog, so I thought it would be a good one to repost as my first post on the new site. Read more
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Tuna and Potato Pasta
This is a really quick meal to make, especially if you have some left over mashed potato in the fridge (we always make too much!).Tuna and Potato Pasta (Amines, Low Salicylates, Low Glutamates) Sunflower oil 1 small leek, finely chopped 2 tspns crushed garlic 1 stalk celery, finely chopped 2 x 185g can tuna in… Read more
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Chicken Pot Pie and Simple Fruit Tarts
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about using roast chicken left overs, and since roast chicken and vegies is a weekly occurrence at our place I have come up with lots of ways to use them. I recently made this with a new pastry that I found at the Maxi supermarket – Borg’s organic… Read more
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Pytt i Panna
A few weeks ago I was flicking through a Jamie Oliver cook book and came across his version of Swedish Pytt i Panna, which Jamie says means “little pieces”. I’m not sure about that, but I do know that pytt i panna is very yummy, and basically a Swedish version of bubble and squeak, using… Read more
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Pizza Pie
A few weeks ago we somehow managed to end up with three dozen eggs in the fridge, so rather than just make a quiche I had a search for something a bit different and found this Bacon and egg pierecipe on taste.com.au, which had the added advantage of using up the last of a loaf… Read more
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Chicken and Vegetable Lasagna (2)
A variation on my chicken and vegetable lasagna, this time with less vegetables. I also included a small amount of tomato as part of Oscar’s high salicylate re-introduction. Chicken and Vegetable Lasagne (Low Chem/Amine, Low Glutamates, Low/Moderate/High Salicylates) Pre-cooked lasagna sheets (enough for 3 layers in a 20 x 20cm baking dish) 3 cups diced… 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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Easy Week Night Meals – Chicken and Lentils with Rice
This is another recipe that comes under the heading “Things to do with leftover roast chicken’. If you have some cooked chicken and vegetables on hand, this is a very quick and simple mid-week meal. Chicken and Lentils with Rice Chicken and Lentils with Rice (Low Chem) 3 shallots, finely chopped 1 tblspn sunflower oil… Read more
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Easy Week Night Meals – Fried Rice
Since starting on the elimination diet, fried rice has become one of our week-night staples. It is easy to make and very quick, especially if you already have cooked chicken on hand. We usually have some left over roast chicken in the freezer. This recipe is based on Birgit’s Indonesian-style fried rice, in The Failsafe… Read more