During quarantine lockdowns (we had two of them in Melbourne) it was a challenge to have only vegetables as a side dish. Rice, pasta, buckwheat and polenta were an option to have delicious, nourishing and comforting meal in those times. … Continue reading Polenta with Chorizo and mushroom sauce
My first experience working with goat mince that I bought during stay at home rule through the website viccountrymarket.com.au from Strathbogie Goat produced excellent results, delivering wonderful taste and texture for gluten free mince and vegetable meatballs, cooked to make … Continue reading Goat mince ravioli – gluten free
This is our family recipe for birthday cakes, since I first made it when I was 14 years old. It had multiple layers of store bought shortcrust pastry and generous portions of whipped cream between the pastry layers. The cake … Continue reading Kids Birthday Cake Gluten Free
I do not use potatoes that often in our regular family meals. However, when making grocery purchases before complete self isolation period, we decided to stock on potatoes, as a nice alternative for rice, pasta and grains, may be not … Continue reading Sausages with potato fries – easy one tray baked dish
This is a very simple, no fuss recipe, for delicious crunchy biscuits with easy dough preparation, ready to bake without refrigeration. Biscuits will be ready for tea or coffee in no time. It is also another recipe using single gluten … Continue reading Crunchy Buckwheat Biscuits
We love our soft cheeses. Before starting to make my own cottage cheese, we used to buy ricotta cheese for baking and cream cheeses as spreads. Cottage cheese however, especially homemade, is better value in any sense. You know that … Continue reading Simple Way of Making Cottage Cheese
Victoria’s quarantine with only 5km radius allowed for shopping, running for several weeks now, significantly limited our shopping choices. I believe that this limit more seriously reduced grocery opportunities for people with special dietary needs on medical grounds. It is … Continue reading Goat Meatballs Soup
We like our cakes with soft cheeses added to the batter. I mainly use my own homemade cottage cheese, or firm ricotta cheese. But I have been experimenting with commercial natural cream cheese with no extras in the food panel, … Continue reading Cream Cheese Orange and Almond Cake with Poppy Seeds
I have been interested in gluten free baking using single wholegrain flours for many years now. This approach allows to avoid added starches, prevalent in commercial gluten free flour mixes. It started with the recipe of 3 ingredients corn flour … Continue reading Millet Flour Chocolate Cake with Caramel Cream
With the very few visits to supermarkets due to the second, more severe quarantine restrictions, the variety of meat choices, especially the cuts we were usually getting, became unavailable Our son came to the rescue and organised a special delivery … Continue reading Organic Chicken Roasted Over Potatoes
