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A blog about a girl who met Death and was given a second chance at life.
These are like fritters, but for the sake of my fussy Miss 3 we call them pancakes and she loves them. They are great as an accompaniment to a main meal, for brunch or as an easy dinner just on their own. They are quick to make in the Thermomix and suitable for the failsafe diet. [...]
Salicylate intolerance is not well-understood, and often misdiagnosed. This article looks at the evidence-based ways to treat salicylate intolerance.
The most exciting thing since Real Deli Chicken. This is a brining method I hadn't yet tried. Or even heard of for that matter....
My mum is really great about cooking for us when we go there and always making sure she has snacks or something for the kids. This is a cake she has made on several occasions. It is nice for afternoon tea and lovely for dessert. Last night she made a rice milk custard to pour over it too. Everyone likes it except for my daughter who is quite the fuss pot. She adapted it from some recipe she had cut out of a magazine ages ago. The original recipe was for a Pineapple Streusel Cake, but it now contains pears. One thing I like to try to do with this blog is have recipes that are good for Failsafe beginners or for people wanting to cook something for failsafe guests. So I try to have some things that don't require a large quantity of strange ingredients and things that will only be used once and the go bad in the pantry. This cake fits that bill very well. Photos were taken on my phone, so please excuse the quality Pear Streusel Cake Ingredients 2/3 cup gluten free flour blend (like Orgran) 1 1/4 tsp baking powder (or use self raising flour) 100g nuttelex 1/3 cup caster sugar 2 eggs lightly beaten 5 tinned pear halves, chopped small and lightly crushed with a fork. Struesel Topping 30g nuttelex 1/3 cup gluten free flour 1/4 cup caster sugar Method Preheat oven to 170˚C Lightly grease a 20cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper Beat flour, baking powder, nuttelex, sugar and eggs in a bowl with electric mixer until well combined. Stir in pears Spoon into tin Make the streusel topping by rubbing the nuttelex into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs, then mix in the sugar. Sprinkle the topping over the cake. Bake for about 50 mins or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Serve warm with custard or cold on it's own. Leftovers also make a nice lunch box treat
Bean free Low Histamine Cauliflower Carrot Hummus! With a perfect texture for dipping veggie sticks.
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Banana Bread and Banana Muffins Just another go at this type of recipe. This one, of course, does not have carob in it, but is the c...
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Pesto on chicken sticks, for a Summer BBQ Ingredients: Parsley- handful of leaves Raw Cashews - approx 100g 1-2 cloves Garlic...
I know this isn't the most healthy alternative of muesli bars, but it's great for a special treat or even cut into little squares for a party. My kids have grown up not eating commercial muesli bars since they are not failsafe, and in the past when I have tried to make something like them or made [...]
This post provides a combined Low Oxalate AND Low Salicylate Food List, with a printable — for easy cooking and grocery shopping. It's the most complete food list of its kind + easy to read with tips for success.
This recipe comes from the Interstitial Cystitis Network site at www.ic-network.com/bev/april00. We enjoy it just as much in spaghetti and enchiladas as tomato sauce. One batch makes the equivalent of 2 larges cans of tomato sauce (4 cups) so I use half the batch and freeze the other half in a freezer bag for next time. I find that I have to add about 25 percent more spice than I did when I used tomatoes.
Chicken Balls and Noodles in Broth Dinner tonight needed to be something light, for my visitors who had already been out for lunch....
Or in english "I say, that is a lot of garlic!" This is another french dish which I absolutely love and my son loves it too. There is so much garlic, but after being roasted it is all soft and sweet and just delicious. You can serve it with your favourite bread or with mash and veg to make a big meal out it. My son is currently challenging gluten, so I made an unbelievably good spelt baguette to go with it which I will post soon. It is a really simple meal to make and great for when you are having guests because you can just put it in the oven and not do anything else until it it is done. Once again this recipe is adapted from a french cook book that I own. Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic Ingredients 1 chicken, skinned, approx 1.6kg (if you want to serve 4 people) 2 celery stalks, including leaves 40 cloves of garlic, unpeeled (take off the thin papery skins, but leave on the inner thick one) 2 tbsp oil 1 large leek, cut into about 4 chunks 1 1/2 cups of home made chicken stock (or water, but if you use water add another chunk of leek and celery) 4 springs parsley Method Preheat your oven to 200℃ Put a chopped celery stalk, sprig of parsley and 6 garlic cloves into the chicken cavity. Tie the legs together. Brush with oil and season with salt. Put 10 cloves of garlic in the bottom of a casserole dish, along with the rest of the parsley, a chopped celery stick and the leek. Put the chicken in the dish. Add the remaining garlic around the chicken and pour over the stock (or water) and what is left of the oil. Cover and bake for 1hour and 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and the juices run clear. Lift out the chicken and strain the liquid into a saucepan. Reserve all the garlic. Boil the liquid for a few minutes to reduce it slightly Cut the chicken into serving portions (good kitchen scissors make this job easy), pour over the juices and scatter with garlic. Serve with bread or veg (the garlic is particularly good spread over bread). Variations Amines - leave the skin on the chicken. Salicylates - Add 4 sprigs of thyme, 2 of rosemary and a roughly chopped carrot to the pot. You could also use chicken pieces instead of a whole chicken (for example if you only like breast or if you can't be bothered to cut up a whole one). Cooking time will come down to 45mins - 1hour depending on the size of the pieces.
You know those days when you look in the fridge and there is NOTHING to eat? And you don't want to order in greasy take-out? And you don't even really want
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I find more inspiration in sweets than real meals sometimes. I guess it is easy to make things tastier if there is sugar involved, and who doesn't like cake? Well at the moment my son is not a fan of cake, but he will happily eat this one. I used to make this one BFS (before Failsafe), but used different fruit. In it's original form it had gluten and dairy, but it was one of those fundamentally good recipes that you just know will work without them. Happily, it does not just 'work', it works fantastically! It is based on a Donna Hay recipe and is brilliant for afternoon tea or you could serve it for dessert with a little custard. Pear Cake Ingredients 125g nuttelex 1 cup caster sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla (I always use it, but I think it would be really good without it) 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups self raising gluten free flour, sifted (or plain flour with 3tsp baking powder). Tinned pear halves in syrup, drained and each cut into about 4 wedges (depending on the size you will probably need 5 halves) You could also use very soft fresh pears. 1 Tbsp icing sugar Ready to bake. Pear pieces aren't too large. Method Preheat the oven to 160°C and line a 22cm round springform (or loose based) cake tin with baking paper. Beat nuttelex, sugar and vanilla together until light. Add the eggs and beat until well combined Fold in the flour and scoop into the tin. You will need to spread it out a bit, it is quite a stiff mixture. Don't be fooled into thinking the tin is too big at this point, even though it doesn't take up much of the tin now, it will when it's done. I found this out the messy way. Place the pears on the top however you think looks nice. Don't press them in and try not to have them too big. If they are too heavy they won't stay on the top of the cake. I also found this out the annoying way recently. It doesn't wreck the cake, but it is less pretty with the pears on the inside. Bake for 1hr or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the tin and dust with the icing sugar. It can be eaten warm or cold. Variations - Gluten - use wheat or spelt flour Dairy- use butter Salicylates - use nectarines, peaches or apricots. Any tolerated fruit should work as long as it is soft. This cake gets a really lovely crust on the outside and is quite heavy, but extremely delicious.
Salicylate intolerance is not well-understood, and often misdiagnosed. This article looks at the evidence-based ways to treat salicylate intolerance.
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Vegetable Stock Paste has been a staple in the fridge since getting the Thermomix. It adds a great flavour to lots of dishes and I couldn't not have any despite the Failsafe diet being very light on the veg! "Thor" full of Failsafey vegie goodness Failsafe Vegetable Stock Paste 1/3 bunch of parsley (it was about 30-50g) 2 cloves garlic 1/2 leek 300g celery 100g brussel sprouts 100g green beans 30g sunflower oil 100g salt Chop all ingredients except oil and salt on Speed 6 until finely chopped, about 10 seconds. I had to use the spatula through the lid to make sure everything moved around and was evenly chopped. Add oil and salt and cook on Varoma, Speed 1 for 20 minutes. Slowly increase to Speed 9 and blend for 1 minute until smooth. Store in a sterilised jar in the fridge. Tips: The original recipe calls for 150g salt to preserve the stock paste, with that much salt it should last for 6 months in the fridge. I reduced the salt because it was way too salty and we don't use that much salt in our cooking. With only 100g of salt the fridge life will be reduced but it's not a problem for us as we go through about a jar a month! You could reduce the salt even more but I like 100g, it's a good round number and easy to remember! What the family says: As this is hidden in most of our savoury dishes, they don't even know it exists!
Salicylate intolerance is not well-understood, and often misdiagnosed. This article looks at the evidence-based ways to treat salicylate intolerance.
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