Category Archives: Nut Free

Nut 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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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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October 30

Spicy Chickpea, Chorizo, Tomato, Spinach & Goats Feta Brunch Bake

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This is a breakfast of champions! Chickpeas, chorizo meatballs, spinach, tomatoes & goats feta all baked together. It packs a serious flavour and spice punch! It was one of those “make it up as you go” meals that really worked. In fact it worked so well that I think my husband would hate me if […]

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June 24

Spinach, Broccoli, Kale & Black Rice Egg Free Frittata 

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I had a heap of veggies left over from my produce bag and figured I’d give an egg-free frittata a go. I love the tufo quiche I make, so figured I’d do something similar. I seen a frittata recently that had wild rice in it and it looked great, so went with adding it in, made […]

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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 25

Smoked Trout, Zucchini, Radish, Baby Potato & Herb Salad

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We have had some lovely hot summer days the past week, so we have been enjoying some lighter dinners. This Smoked Trout, Zucchini, Radish, Baby Potato & Herb Salad was nice and quick to make, and tasted amazing. I had gorgeous yellow zucchinis in my produce bag this week, and some radishes left over from […]

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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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February 11

Mediterranean Eggplant, Zucchini & Chilli Fetta Bake

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   I have found another ‘I could live on this’ meal! Wow this is good! A perfect blend of flavours, a nice chilli hit, creamy fetta and amazing veggies.  I had gorgeous purple eggplants in my produce bags this week, they were so pretty, I figured they deserved an awesome dish where they weren’t just […]

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February 05

Grilled Figs with Goats Cheese, Proscuito, Honey & Thyme

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     I never really got figs until this summer, they looked pretty, but I found them a bit bland in taste.  But oh boy am I in love with them now! Turns out, that I just wasn’t eating them right.  With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I wanted to post this recipe, as it […]

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January 31

Heirloom Tomato, Zuchini Flower, Broad Bean & Ricotta Tart

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    We are having such a crap summer in Sydney this year. Is has rained most days, and the days it is sunny tend to be roasting hot and muggy and then storms roll in by the afternoon.  We bought new outdoor furniture at Christmas and we are yet to be able to enjoy it. […]

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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 09

Kale, Broccoli & Spinach Pesto Soup

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I haven’t had  a proper holiday in years, and by proper I mean more than a long weekend. I am so excited at the moment, my hubby and I have booked a 5 week holiday to Italy in August!! YAY! A good friend is getting married in Tuscany, and Italy has been on our wish list for […]

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March 20

Slow Cooked Rogan Josh Curry with Mint Yogurt and Spiced Quinoa

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I found a little slice of heaven last week, a shop in Rozelle in Sydney’s inner west called About Life. It is amazing! It’s like a health food shop, meets organic/healthy supermarket with a cafe. How did I not know this place existed until now? I probably should have listened to my brother, and as […]

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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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December 11

Tempura Fried Zucchini Flowers filled with Zesty Chive Goats Cheese

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I love Christmas, I love entertaining, catching up with friends and family and enjoying the warmer weather. It is a crazy busy time of year for us, work wise this is the busiest time of the year for our business, which is great in the business sense, but it really cramps my style on the personal […]

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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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November 13

Beer Can Chicken With Chorizo & Haloumi Salad

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Paul Hogan once made it an Aussie saying to ‘throw another shrimp on the barbie’ even though we don’t even call them shrimp in Australia, they are prawns here. But Beer Can Chicken has slowly been creeping in the past few years, and in my book, it doesn’t get more Aussie than a chicken sitting […]

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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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October 02

Middle Eastern Spicy Lamb with Gluten Free Flatbread and Yoghurt

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When we sit down to a meal, and after a few bites my husband says “are you sure this won’t make you sick?” I know I am onto a winner. I used to make this every now and then, but kept flicking past the recipe since I gave up gluten, and cow’s dairy, thinking it […]

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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 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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