Category Archives: Recipes

Crispy chicken bits

(Wheat free, gluten free, egg free, optional dairy free) MY BID to recreate the chicken in matzo meal I loved as a child – minus the wheat and egg. Cut into goujons, chunky nuggets or a mini escalope it’s a great … Continue reading

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Banana & carrot cake

(Wheat free, gluten free, egg free, nut free, dairy free) SUDDENLY Sidney’s second birthday was upon us and I realised that, nope, I hadn’t spent the entire past year transforming myself into the queen of allergy friendly baking after all. … Continue reading

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The perfect cheesecake (two ways)

YOU’LL BE hard pressed to find a shop or deli-bought cheesecake that doesn’t contain egg, let alone wheat or nuts. But it’s actually really simple to knock up an allergy-friendly alternative that tastes just as good… and maybe even better. … Continue reading

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Sort-of-Moroccan-style meaty lamb stew

Wheat free, gluten free, egg free, nut free, dairy free WITH AUTUMN’S crisp chill setting in, and Sid landing his first attack of the snuffles in months, I decided it was high time we concocted a good warming stew to … Continue reading

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Grandma’s ridiculously quick & fruity flapjacks

Wheat free, egg free, nut free (optional: dairy free) SID’S Grandma (my husband’s Mum) is a master baker of lovely cakes – deliciously moist Victoria sponges, boozy sherry logs at Christmas, butterfly “buns” (as Yorkshire idiom would have ‘em), coffee … Continue reading

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Lovely beetroot & carrot fritters

Egg free, wheat free, nut free, gluten free (optional: dairy free) A SHORT while ago I posted about the wonderful barbecue at my Mum’s house, where, for the first time ever, we were able to turn up with Sid in … Continue reading

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Delicious salmon fishcakes

Egg free, nut free, wheat free, gluten free These crispy fishcakes can be fashioned purely from salmon or with cod, haddock or whatever combination of flaky fish you fancy. I go for salmon just for a dose of omega-3 (especially … Continue reading

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Juicy lamb sausages

Egg free, wheat free, gluten free, nut free, (optional: dairy free) ALL THOUGHTS of raising a veggie child flew straight out of the window when Sid turned out to be allergic to virtually all of my staples (eggs, wheat, pulses, … Continue reading

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Fake scrambled egg on toast

Egg-free, wheat-free, nut-free (optional: dairy-free) I almost hesitate to post this recipe, it’s so stupidly simple. But I know that when Sid was first declared egg allergic and all the things he couldn’t eat were racing through my mind, a … Continue reading

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Tasty polenta sticks

Egg free, wheat free, nut free, soya free (optional: dairy free) When I need something fast, filling and portable for Sidney to eat these polenta sticks are a dream. I concocted them when I was stumped for an alternative to … Continue reading

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