Tag: products
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Beautiful Crystal Bay Prawns
Prior to Christmas I had read on one of the Facebook forums about Crystal Bay prawns. Most prawns are soaked in Sodium Metabisulphite as soon as they are caught. So even if you can tolerate amines, these are not suitable if you are trying to avoid preservatives. Crystal Bay prawns are the exception. They are available… Read more
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Fresh Stuffed Pastas and Creamy Garlic Sauce
Once again, my local Maxi supermarket has thrown up something new – fresh stuffed pastas that have no artifiicial preservatives, colours or flavours. They are not low chemical, but the bulk of the ingredients are OK for Oscar and he can probably tolerate the small amounts of the other ingredients. I can’t tell you that… 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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Making Yogurt
A few months ago, frustrated by the lack of suitable vanilla flavoured yogurt at the supermarket again, I bought an Easiyo yogurt maker. I’d remembered seeing a post from Pip at Real Mealsabout making yogurt, so thought I’d give it a go. It didn’t cost much to start, about $30 (I think) for the yogurt maker and… 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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The Birthday Party
Oscar’s 3rd Birthday Party was a great success! We had wonderful weather, so the party could go ahead in the park and Oscar and friends had a great time. The food also went down well, although we do have quite a bit left over to take to work tomorrow. The menu included: Schweppes lemonade (no… Read more
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The Birthday Party Project #3
It’s fairy floss that make the cute little “Bunny Tails” on these mini cup cakes. This isn’t a recipe so much as the cup cake is a gluten-free packet I found at Maxi supermarkets. Why is that gluten-free cake mixes can be made additive free, but not regular ones? The fairy floss is from Allergy… Read more
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Gluten Free Pizza
Wanting a quick and easy meal last Sunday night, we thought we would make pizzas. Only one problem – I couldn’t find any suitable pita breads. I’ve recently started shopping at our local Maxi supermarket and discovered that they have a really large range of organic and gluten free foods. Not all of them are… Read more
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Home Made Tortillas – Success!
Every time I shop on Allergy Train, I find something new. Last time it was Miss Roben’s Tortilla Mix. Its Fructose Friendly, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free, Wheat Free, Low Salicylates, Low Amines, Low Glutamates and RPAH Strict Elimination Diet Suitable.Prior to Oscar’s diagnosis a regular meal in our house was tortillas/burritos/tacos – the kind that comes in a box with… 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