Category Archives: Dairy Free

Dairy Free Recipes

January 24

Scrambled Silken Tofu Breakfast with Greens

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Breakfast is my least favourite meal, mainly just because I find the options that are egg, dairy & gluten free to be boring, and there is a lack of choices. I read that Black Salt, which strangely is pink, is the secret ingredient in making great scrambled tofu. I found some at Herbies (they have […]

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December 09

Balmain Bugs with Chilli & Tomato Pasta

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I started this blog so that I wouldn’t forget recipes that we enjoyed. I have a terrible memory and tend to make recipes up as I go so it’s difficult to remember a dish. My husband regularly say “write this down, exactly what you did”. I’d write it down and then lose where I wrote […]

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January 22

Pumpkin, Carrot, Ginger & Turmeric Soup with Fried Curry Leaves

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I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this soup, but it really surprised me. The addition of the fried curry leaves lifted it to a new level.  I was really just trying to make a soup out of the vegetables that are on the low histamine list, and I wanted to include turmeric for […]

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January 18

Summer Zucchini, Corn & Basil (Vegan) Chowder

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I miss a proper chowder, and will have to make when I can have seafood again and add some in, but this was a bloody good version on its own, and packed full of goodness. I’ve been struggling the past year or two with allergies/intolerances that I just can’t work out. I break out in […]

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November 21

Chicken & Chorizo Casserole

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This casserole may not look like much, but boy does it taste good. I was a little curious about the mix of ingredients, they didn’t struck me as going together, mainly because of the curry leaves, but it works.  I saw a recipe online and made a mental note of the main ingredients, but then […]

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October 03

Campfire Chilli, Bacon & Tomato Mussels

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I love camping, I love the relaxed pace, and being able to take time to cook. This trip we decided to experiment with cooking over an open fire, and I loved it. I want to cook with fire all the time now.  At the campground in Pebbly Beach, NSW, they had these awesome fire set […]

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March 10

Vegetable Shoestring Fries

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   A quick & easy way to get some veggies into a “fun” meal. Instead of potato I used a mix of sweet potato, parsnip, zucchini & eggplant to make shoestring fries.  My husband is being so good about how many vegetarian meals I’m making, so grilled up some steak, in keeping with my bargain […]

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February 18

Plum & Blackberry Spiced Maple Crumble

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I am not much of a dessert person, but heaps of plums & blackberries in the fridge, I thought I’d see if they would work well in a crumble. The tartness of the fruit, mixed so well with the maple sugar & spices, with a amazing crispy spice crumb topping. This crumble could convert me […]

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January 26

Prawn,Corn & Zuchhini Fritters with Beetroot & Kale Coleslaw

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   I’m trying to eat as much nutrient rich food as possible at the moment, packing in as much veggies as I can into each meal.  In an attempt to reduce my meat consumption, I’m trying to eat mostly vegetarian meals throughout the week, end then have one or two meat/seafood meals over the weekend. […]

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October 17

Banana & Blueberry Bread

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   I generally don’t bake. Baking doesn’t suit my “let’s just add this see how it goes” personality and since I can’t have gluten, eggs or most dairy I just find baking too hard to get right. But there was a banana situation that needed to be dealt with, and I am seriously using any […]

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October 11

Zucchini, Leek, Bacon & Cherry Tomato Pasta

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Eating healthy doesn’t need to be difficult or time consuming. This absolutely delicious meal has only a few ingredients and was made in the time it took to cook the pasta. My husband has joined my gluten free diet which is making it so much easier, and we have also cut out all sugar. He […]

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April 22

Indian Spiced Cauliflower & White Bean Soup

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Hello lovelies! We’ve been having a couple of wild & rainy days in the Blue Mountains & Sydney, so I’ve used to opportunity to work from home next to the heater, and avoiding the 2+ hour commute to the office with all the road closures and flooding. Have to say, the dogs have been pretty […]

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September 25

Coconut Cherry Choc Balls

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Sometimes you just really need a sweet treat, and these Coconut Cherry Choc Balls are the bomb! Enough healthy ingredients to lessen the guilt and all the yumminess! I was craving chocolate today badly! So decided to whip up a healthier version of a cherry bounty bar. I was watching the new show on TV “Bringing […]

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September 17

Pumpkin, Chickpea & Spinach Curry

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I’m back from our awesome 5 week Italy trip, boy did the time fly! After a slight (ok, major) hiccup at the start, I got the date of our flight out mixed up and had us arriving at the airport a day late….oops! Thankfully we were saved by the most wonderful man on the Emirates […]

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July 21

My newest obsession…. Overnight Oats!

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Hi there! It’s been so long since I last posted. I’ve sort of gone into winter hibernation I think. Business has been crazy busy and we have been getting ourselves ready for our trip to Italy, which is now only 2 weeks away – YAY!! Super excited, and a bit nervous. I’ve been busily trying […]

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May 02

Red Wine & Herb Braised Beef Short Ribs

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I have finally found the ‘new’ me; or I like to think it’s the real me, that is no longer fighting against my body. When I first found out about my food sensitivities I was pretty upset, but happy that I finally started feeling better and knew what was wrong with me. Then I was […]

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March 06

Spiced Pear, Walnut & Sultana Cake

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Hi! Hope everyone’s new year has got off to a great start, I can’t believe it’s March already! I need to be honest – I’ve been a bad girl, actually more stupid than bad. For 6 months I wholeheartedly stuck to my allergy/intolerance free diet and couldn’t believe the changes in myself and how amazing […]

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December 18

Christmas Plum & Ginger Chutney

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For me, this chutney is Christmas in a jar. The flavour and smell is just so Christmassy, and after years of making this, it just wouldn’t be Christmas without it. But this year, in my eagerness to get ahead and make this a month earlier to really develop the flavours, I managed to completely de-rail […]

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November 27

Caramelised Onion, Rosemary & Roasted Garlic Tofu Quiche with Olive Oil Pastry

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I had rather naively made the decision that I wouldn’t try to adapted versions of certain dishes that I figured couldn’t possibly be the same as their ‘normal’ counterparts. I saw recipes on vegan blogs and thought ‘they just think it’s good, because they don’t know any better”. Then a couple of weeks ago I […]

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November 20

Honey & Soy Salmon with Infused Coconut Rice

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Since giving up gluten, cows milk & eggs, I have felt pretty amazing. I find it sad that I spent most of my 20’s and half my 30’s in an exhausted, sick fog, and missed out on a lot of things I would have liked to do. I had no idea how badly it was […]

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October 16

Indian Spiced Pork Belly with Rice Pilaf

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My family laugh at my “this is the best ever!” statements, I do have a tendency to get a little over enthusiastic about recipes, restaurants, etc, when I like something. I would rather be the person that raves about the great things than be the one that complains about only the bad things…..well that is […]

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October 09

Dark Chocolate, Honey & Lavender Truffles

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Lavender seems to be one of those flavours that you either love or hate. I decided to have a go at coming up with a truffle recipe, and I like lavender, so I gave it a go. I wanted to test them out to make sure other people liked them, so I took them to […]

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September 25

Carrot, Apple & Orange Cake

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A friend turned to me the other day and said ” I take it your oven is working again”. Yes it is, I said, how did you know? “Your arms are covered in burns again!”. It’s true, my oven is finally fixed after 9 months! Happy Days!. It is also a fact that, I can’t […]

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September 17

Maple Glazed Mini Chorizo Meatloaf

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Remember when you were a kid, and your friends brought something to school for lunch, that you secretly coveted. Meatloaf was mine. My mum never made meatloaf, it just wasn’t on her list of recipes on rotation at our house. I’d see someone with a meatloaf & tomato sauce sandwich, and it looked like the […]

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September 09

Hot Smoked Salmon & Potato Salad @ Glenbrook Farmers Markets

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I really enjoy seeing where our food comes from, and meeting the people behind it. As part of this blog, I want to share great foodie finds; visiting farmers markets, festivals, farm gates, regional specialties, etc, and then create a meal using the produce.  I thought it was only fitting to have my local market as […]

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September 05

Chunky Steak, Mushroom & Bacon Pie

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A friend and I headed off after work on Friday to the Gluten Free Expo, and after being directed in circles and finally to the furthest possible carpark, we made out way on foot for the hike back across to the other side of Olympic Park. On the walk we were a little worried that […]

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September 02

Asian Inspired Chicken Noodle Soup

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We have had a serious breakout of ‘man-flu’ at my house this week. I can’t really tease my husband too much, he isn’t normally a complainer about being sick. I don’t have a good track record, either. A few years ago, I came home to him vacuuming our apartment and complaining of pain. In my book, […]

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August 30

Coq Au Vin with Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Mash

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This dish sums up winter for me, a rich & hearty French chicken & mushroom stew with delicious mash potato, a glass of red, while sitting in front of the open fire. I thought it was only fitting as my last winter post of the year, to cook up my favourite winter meal. Cooking this fills […]

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August 27

Corn Fritters with Tomato Relish & Avocado

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Do you have a signature dish? This has become mine. One friend has gone as far to say, that if he had to pick his last meal, these fritters would be his choice. Big call! And of course, I am not horrible enough to send him pictures of corn fritters every time I make them……..”insert […]

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August 23

Fennel, Chilli & Pork Ragu

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I haven’t had an oven since Christmas (yes, my oven broke on Christmas Day while cooking lunch for 12 people). For some reason, getting the part needed to fix the thermostat seems to be in the too-hard basket for repairers. The oven currently knows only one temperature, and unfortunately nothing I want to cook requires […]

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