Tag: vegetables
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Zucchini and Yoghurt Cake
This cake is very moist and has a lovely flavour. I cooked it for the full 60 minutes but had to place foil over the top for the last 10 minutes. When I cut it it appeared uncooked, but it was just the soft banana and zucchini. The recipe is adapted from Zucchini Yogurt Cake… Read more
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Zucchini Slice
A very easy Zucchini slice that is great for putting in lunch boxes and can be frozen. Read more
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Carrot and Zucchini Muffins
Another Zucchini recipe! Once again Oscar thought the zucchini and carrot were “yukky” going in, but he had no hesitation in eating the muffins once they were cooked (or as we filled the muffin tray!). The recipe is adapted from one on the Sydney Markets Fresh for Kids site. Read more
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Stuffed Zucchini Boats
The problem with growing your own zucchinis is that they go from being “normal” sized to enormous overnight and you end of with a pile of zucchinis that look like these 4kg beauties. It takes a lot of zucchini recipes to use these up, so I decided to make a stuffed zucchini, the only problem… Read more
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Zucchini Fritters
I found this recipe at cusine.com.au, which uses lots of zucchini (we still have heaps), large ones at that, and was tagged as “kid-friendly”. To my surprise Oscar had no hesitation in tucking into his “zini cake”. I have to thank my husband for the photo of this one, I left him the batter to… Read more
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Carrot, Zucchini and Apple Loaf
Our garden is overflowing with zucchinis at the moment, so you will be seeing a lot of zucchini recipes in the coming weeks. This one for Carrot, zucchini and Apple Loaf I have made as both a large loaf and as mini loaves. Oscar complains about the carrot and zucchini going into it, but has… Read more
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A Picnic
Last weekend we went to see Window in the Willows at the Botanical Gardens, and took a picnic. So what did we take? I wanted to try something new as Oscar is typically not very keen on picnic fare, so I made pin wheels, which I know he has made at day care. Chicken and… Read more
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Egg, Bacon and Zucchini Pie
Apparently real mean don’t eat quiche, but they do eat egg and bacon pies. This recipe is a variation on my quiche lorrainerecipe with just added zucchini. Egg, Bacon/Ham and Zucchini Pie (Very High Amines, Moderate Salicylates, Low Glutamates) 150g organic/preservative free bacon rashers or ham, cubed 1 leek, finely diced 1 cup cheese, grated… 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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Chickpea Biscuits
I’ve got a bit of a chickpea thing going on at the moment and some time ago I bought some Besan flour but hadn’t got around to using it. I wanted to make some chickpea biscuits but most of the recipes I found were chocolate ones or had too many other ingredients I couldn’t use,… Read more
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Chicken and Ricotta Fingers
This is another great recipe from the Better Health Channelthat’s very easy and toddler friendly and even better, it required little modification. I haven’t tried the steaming method as I don’t have a steamer, but baking them worked just fine. 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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Chicken and Egg Pasta Bake
We had a period of 5 or 6 days a while back where Oscar was having nightmares, wondering if it was food related we decided to go back to a low chemical diet for a few days. For something a bit different I made up the following pasta bake, which turned out really well, which… Read more
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Home Made Sushi
One of my goals for this year has been to make sushi rolls for Oscar. Before we went on the elimination diet, one of our favourite things to do was eat a couple of Sushi Rolls whenever we were out shopping. The problems with sushi rolls is that the Nori seaweed is suspected of… Read more
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BBQ Salmon and Scallops with Chips and Lentil and Rice Salad
Salmon is an Oscar favourite and almost a guarantee that he will eat something. Scallops we have never cooked before, but they are low chemical and were really easy on the BBQ. The BBQ recipes are my husband’s. I based the salad recipe on one I found on the MasterChef website. It went really well with the… 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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Easy Week Night Meals – Chicken and Zucchini Pasta
This is one of my moderate salicylate recipes with hidden vegies – in this case zucchini. Most of the salicylates in zucchini is in the skin, so peeling it makes the level of salicylate moderate, and it also easier to hide in a creamy sauce. Oscar still pulled out a few “yucky bits”, but ate… Read more
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Easy Weeknight Meals – Baked Salmon with Fried Lentils and Mash
When we started the elimination diet with Oscar, one of the first things we discovered was that he loved lentils. There is a recipe in the Friendly Food book called “Crispy Fish and Lentils” that we tried. Oscar didn’t like the fish, but couldn’t get enough of the lentils. Since then, fried lentils have become a… Read more
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Pear and Vegetable Sauce
We are almost out of pear sauce, so I thought I’d try and sneak a few more vegetables into the next batch. After a bit of research on the Internet it appeared that almost any kind of vegetable could go into chutney, so I decided to include some swede, leek and celery in this one. The sauce… Read more
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Easy Week Night Meals – Salmon Pasta
Before we found out about Oscar’s food intolerances the easiest week night meal was a stir-through pasta, and if we were feeling a bit more energetic we would through in some olives, mushrooms or capsicum. Tomato-based sauces and pestos are off the menu and none of the cheese-based sauces at the supermarket are suitable either,… Read more