Tag: vegetables
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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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Chicken Pancakes
I used to make these chicken pancakes on a quite regular basis but had forgotten all about them since the recipe had mushrooms in it. It is from a book called “50 Ways with Chicken” by Rosemary Wadey. With a few small changes it was Oscar friendly – and he ate it! Chicken Pancakes Read more
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Chickpea Patties
This recipe was modified from one in the Coles Baby magazine. They are very easy to make and are a nice alternative to a meat dish, served with vegetables or salad. They can also be had as a snack (cold or warmed) on their own. or in sandwich or wrap. Chickpea Patties (Moderate Amines, Moderate Salicylates,… Read more
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Vegetable Strudel
This very healthy recipe came from the Better Health Channel. When I made it, I forgot that filo pastry sheets are very long, and I ended up with enough vegetables for 2 sheets of puff pastry, so I made 2 strudels. A single strudel served the 3 of us twice over, so I put… Read more
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Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole
This is not one of my favourite recipes, mainly because I don’t like red meat and I decided to use up the beef sausages in the freezer. I’m sure I would have liked it much better with the chicken sausages. Its another one done in the slow cooker, so a bit of preparation then walk… Read more
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Chicken Noodle Soup in the Slow Cooker
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that Oscar doesn’t eat soup. Won’t even try it, not even with bread dipped in it. I asked him once if there was any kind of soup he would like to eat and he replied “noodle soup”. So I thought I would give… 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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Pumpkin and Lentil Soup and Vegetable Bread Rolls
Still using up Oscar’s pumpkin I decided to make pumpkin soup and found and modified a recipe from Kidspot for pumpkin and lentil soup. Knowing that there was zero chance that Oscar would try it I also pulled out a recipe that had been in my “Recipes to try one day” folder for more than… Read more
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Today’s Baking Project
A few weeks ago Oscar spent the weekend with his Nana and Pa. He helped Pa in the garden, picking pumpkins and putting them in the trailer of his bike, which he then rode around the neighbourhood. He also insisted that he take a pumpkin home. Luckily it was a butternut pumpkin which is moderate… Read more
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Pear and Parsnip Mash
This very quick side dish was inspired by Maggie Beer’s recipe on MasterChef a few weeks ago. I left out the verjuice and mashed both the pear and parsnip. I’m the only one in our house who likes parsnip, but even the parsnip doubters didn’t mind it. Oscar, however, didn’t even try – even though to… Read more
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Sweet Potato Soup in the Slow Cooker
One of my favourite things about winter is soup. I lovesoup, and its usually healthy, unless of course you eat it with half a loaf of bread and a slab of cheese! Now that I have my slow cooker its even easier to make yummy soups. And the extra vegetables we have to work now… Read more
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Potato and Leek Soup in the Slow Cooker
This is sooo easy, and potato and leek soup has been bit of a staple for us through the elimination diet and after. The original recipe cam from Belly Belly. Read more
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Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
Continuing on from my success with the roast chicken in the slow cooker, I tried a chicken casserole. 20 minutes preparation and 8 hours later it was done. Very tasty, and easy. Chicken Casserole (High Amines, Low/Moderate Salicylates, Low/Moderate Glutamates) 200ml light evaporate milk 1 tblspn plain flour 3 large chicken breasts, chopped into largish… 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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Roast Chicken in a Slow Cooker
We were given a slow cooker for Christmas and I got to use it for the first time a few weeks ago to cook roast chicken and vegetables. The chicken was extremely tender and full of flavour, and the vegetables, despite cooking for 8 hours were perfect, although the zucchini turned black but still tasted… Read more
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Healthy Dips
I’ve been trying to eat a bit healthier, so I’ve been making dips to have as snacks with vegetables as dippers. I’ve also been trying to get Oscar interested in dips, so far no luck there, but that just leaves more for me!The sweet potato and cashew dip is from My Green Australia, but I… Read more
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Japanese Food fun
Last month I read a post on Hear Mum Roar about Japanese sandwich cutters and immediately went to j-listto buy one for myself (for Oscar of course!). While I was there I found some other great food cutters and shapers – boiled egg shapers, a rice shaper (called a ONIGIRI Shaper) and vegetable cutters. They were all… Read more
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Chicken Sausage Rolls
A variation on my sausage roll recipe, to use up some more zucchini! [gmc_recipe 4421] Read more
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Tuna Stir Fry
I had some frozen tuna fillets in the freezer that were getting close to their use by date, so I needed to come up with a recipe to use them. After a bit of searching I found a tuna teriyaki recipe on kidspot and substituted about half the ingredients. What I ended up with wasn’t… Read more
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Zucchini Soup
Another recipe that uses heaps of Zucchini and can be frozen for winter. [gmc_recipe 5005] Read more