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

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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 →

Do restricted diets have to hold you back in life?

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(Rachael & Joshua on TV for Cupcake Wars Kids 2015 image supplied by Claire Guthrie) If you’re concerned that your restricted diet will hold you back in life I’d like  you to meet Rachael Guthrie: The girl who won a TV baking competition – and she couldn’t eat any of the cupcakes she made. If … Continue reading Do restricted diets have to hold you back in life? →

Dairy-free thickened “cream” to serve with fruit, pies, tarts and cakes

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I’ve been craving stewed fruit and thickened cream for the last few weeks. So last night, thanks to getting some extra pears in our organic veggie delivery, I decided to whip up this simple thickened cream alternative. (Stewed pears with a home-made dairy-free thickened cream alternative. Yum!) Here’s how you make it: Ingredients 3/4 cup … Continue reading Dairy-free thickened “cream” to serve with fruit, pies, tarts and cakes →

Simple spinach and homemade dairy-free ricotta cannelloni with a fussy kid friendly sauce

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No fancy photography, just real food. An Alternative Chef Kitchen Mother’s day fantasy: cooking a meal that everyone can eat;-) The ultimate Mother’s day fantasy food… With Mother’s day coming up this week I’ve seen a lot of sweet recipes being posted (which are great). But I found myself thinking about  what the ultimate Mother’s … Continue reading Simple spinach and homemade dairy-free ricotta cannelloni with a fussy kid friendly sauce →

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

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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

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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 →

The icing on the dairy, gluten, soy and egg-free cake

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  A few weeks ago I had to create a chocolate/ ganache/ icing recipe on the fly.  While it’s not something I generally recommend (because it can go wrong. very very wrong), sometimes it just happens that way. You run out of time, and you’ve got a combo of ingredients, and you realise you didn’t … Continue reading The icing on the dairy, gluten, soy and egg-free cake →