Category Archives: Episodes

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How to make a homemade dairy & soy-free margarine alternative that spreads and melts!

(Our dairy and soy free homemade butter/ margarine alternative) Every now and then I get asked to create a recipe for someone and usually I relish the challenge. So last year when I was asked to create a margarine alternative, I liked the idea and it was one of those recipes on the “to create” … Continue reading How to make a homemade dairy & soy-free margarine alternative that spreads and melts!

Avoiding the Top 8 Allergens for a Day: Recipes without dairy, soy, egg, wheat, peanut, tree nut, fish & shellfish

Each year ausEE inc. host  the Top 8 Challenge on the 8th of August  during National EOS week to raise money and awareness for EGID (or eosiniphilic gastrointestinal disorders). The top 8 challenge invites individuals to take the challenge to avoid the Top 8 (dairy, soy, egg, wheat, peanut, tree nut, fish and shellfish) for … Continue reading Avoiding the Top 8 Allergens for a Day: Recipes without dairy, soy, egg, wheat, peanut, tree nut, fish & shellfish

The Ultimate Free-From BBQ: Your one stop reference for a dairy, soy, gluten, egg and meat free barbecue

For most people, barbecues tend to conjure up images of warm summer days, drinks in hand (usually beer or soft drink), snags on bread with tomato sauce, onion, potato, and some salad. So what about if you can’t or don’t eat dairy, soy, gluten, egg or meat? Up until now, barbecues might have been yet … Continue reading The Ultimate Free-From BBQ: Your one stop reference for a dairy, soy, gluten, egg and meat free barbecue

Glenys’ Sizzling Sausages

Ingredients 1 onion 2 cloves garlic 5 sliced mushrooms 2Tbsp olive oil 2 cups lentils rinsed and drained (approx 2 cans) 1 cup brown rice flour 1 Tbsp tomato paste 1/4  cup nutritional yeast spices – Fennel 2 tsp, coriander 1 tsp, allspice 1tsp, salt  1 1/2 tsp and pepper (and chilli to taste) 1 … Continue reading Glenys’ Sizzling Sausages

Anne’s Rainbow Coleslaw

If you’re looking for a simple summer salad, try Anne’s rainbow coleslaw from our Season 2  BBQ Episode. It’s sweet, creamy, colourful and very easy to make. Ingredients 1/4 Green cabbage 1/4 Red cabbage 1 large carrot 1 large yellow carrot 1 large apple (I like Fugi, but you could also use Granny Smith) 2-3 … Continue reading Anne’s Rainbow Coleslaw

4 Savoury Dairy-Free Sandwich Spreads

It’s the end of the official first week back at school here in Adelaide and keeping with last weeks theme of providing some sandwich spread ideas,  we thought it’d be a good time to share the following specially edited video (especially if you’re starting to feel a bit overwhelmed by the thought of making another … Continue reading 4 Savoury Dairy-Free Sandwich Spreads

The Tastiest Dairy-Free Cheese Alternatives. Ever. Pt 4: Creamy cheesy sauces

Today in our Tastiest Dairy-free Cheese Alternatives. Ever.  series, we are covering Creamy Cheese Sauce Alternatives. Without a doubt, there is something special about that creamy, cheesey, ooziness that you get from a yummy creamy sauce. French food is famous for it and rightly so because it can be really delicious. So because I don’t … Continue reading The Tastiest Dairy-Free Cheese Alternatives. Ever. Pt 4: Creamy cheesy sauces

An alternative Halloween

Cooking with alternatives really doesn’t need to be so scary. In this mini episode Lisa shows you how to keep the vampires away with her garlicy hoummus from the Hoummus episode. If you want to keep the vampires away this halloween with this recipe check out our book The Little Book of Allergy-Friendly Snack & … Continue reading An alternative Halloween

The right attitude for long term success on your alternative cooking and health journey

Is there such a thing as an Alternative Chef Attitude? We think yes. We’ve been cooking with, and tasting different alternatives for years. We’ve spent many hours (and dollars!) trying commercial products and making homemade alternatives. Not everything worked. Even when it did, it rarely looked like this. In fact, it usually looks a lot … Continue reading The right attitude for long term success on your alternative cooking and health journey