Tag: vegetables
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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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Barbequed Chicken Strips with Chunky Chips and Pear and Bean salad
We managed to have one BBQ last week before the weather turned cold again. BBQs are so easy and there’s a lot less cleaning up required in the kitchen. This is one of our most popular BBQ combinations, its quick and easy to do. The marinade for the chicken is the Golden Marinade recipe from… Read more
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Chicken Rissoles
These rissoles are great for storing in the freezer and bringing out for a BBQ at home, or to take to a BBQ somewhere else. Chicken Rissoles [gmc_recipe 3224] Read more
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Potato and Swede Cakes
Potato and Swede Cakes (Low Chem/ Amines) Makes 6 cakes 5 small potatoes 2 small swedes 3 shallots 1 tablespoon flour 1 egg salt 2 rashers organic bacon (optional – Amines) – chopped into small pieces and cooked. Pre-heat oven to 180ºC. Cook and mash potatoes and swede. Stir in flour, shallots, eggs, salt and… Read more
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Tuna and Vegetable Rissoles
These tuna and vegetable rissoles, or “tuna cakes” were a bit of a hit last week. The first time I made them Oscar wasn’t too keen, but this time around it was all in the name. When he saw me making the rissoles he called them cakes, so I said “yes, they’re yummy tuna cakes… Read more
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Creamy Roast Garlic and Leek Risotto
I found this recipe on the Sanitarium website. Originally it was listed as a low salicylate recipe, but the website has changed since then, although the recipe appears to be the same. Creamy Roast Garlic and Leek Risotto Creamy Roast Garlic and Leek Risotto (Low Chemical) Serves: 6 • 2 leeks, sliced in half length… 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
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Cheesy Tuna and Vegetable Pie
Cheesy Tuna and Vegetable Pie (Amines, Low Salicylates, Low Glutamates) Serves 4 – 6 Cheesy Tuna and Vegetable Pie Can be made a day ahead 1 sheet Pampas ready-rolled Butter Puff Pastry 1 tablespoon milk (for the pastry) ½ teaspoon poppy seeds Approx. 600g potatoes and swedes 20g butter 2 tablespoons plain flour ¾ cup (90g)… Read more
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BBQ Time
With the weather starting to warm up I’ve been thinking about BBQ cooking and preparing meals for spring and summer. This is my favourite BBQ recipe and is great for entertaining. The salad is also a good one for taking to someone else’s BBQ. The green bean salad recipe is based on one in The Women’s… Read more
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Roast Chicken & Vegetable Risotto
Risotto is a bit of a favourite in our house, usually made using roast chicken leftovers. [gmc_recipe 6130] Read more
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Roast Chicken with Choko
Continuing on my mission to find ways to eat choko, we tried roasting it last weekend. I roasted it two ways – skin off and skin on. Roasted it tastes quite nice, like squash and the skin is edible, so I would leave the skin on in future. We used the leftovers to make risotto… Read more
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Chicken and Roast Vegetable Lasagne
This week’s recipe is chicken and roast vegetable lasagne. This recipe can also be made using leftover roast vegetables and/or any leftover cooked chicken. Chicken and Roast Vegetable Lasagne (Low Chem/Amines/Moderate Salicylates) Chicken and Roast Vegetable Lasagne Pre-cooked lasagne sheets (enough for 3 layers in a 20 x 20cm baking dish) 3 cups of vegetables… Read more
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Chicken Stir Fry
Chicken Stir Fry Chicken Stir Fry (Low Chemical / Failsafe, Moderate Amines /Salicylates / Glutamates) 1 tblspn sunflower oil 2 shallots, chopped 500g chicken, thinly sliced into strips 2 cups of vegies, e.g. small tin of bamboo shoots celery, thinly sliced choko, sliced into match stick size pieces red or green cabbage, finely sliced mung… Read more
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Chicken Casserole with Savoury Biscuits
The inspiration for this dish came from a recipe called Hungarian Chicken, which has biscuits (scones) cooked on top. Its a really nice dish with paprika, tomatoes, capsicum and other things we can’t have. I decided to use the biscuit concept with a chicken casserole and to make savoury scones (i.e. hidden vegetables). The scones… Read more
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Inspired Bubble & Squeak
My Mum used to make Bubble and Squeak, but I had forgotten all about it until I came across this recipe yesterday on Feed the People. Roast chicken with roast swede and potatoes is an almost weekly staple for us. We always cook a large chicken with heaps of extra vegetables so that we have… Read more
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Pasta Bake with Vegie Sauce
The pasta bake was a big success with Oscar, he even helped to cook it. Although helping consisted mostly of eating the pasta before it went in the oven. He also ate a lot of it for dinner. I managed to use up a lot of left overs with this recipe. Quantities are a rough… 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