We use coconut oil for lots of things in our house, these are the ten I can think of, off the top of my head, every day uses for it. We buy a jar or two of cold-pressed, virgin oil from our local health food shop, and each jar lasts about two months or so, […]
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Parenting Confessions – I hate doing kids’ crafts!
As the title says. I hate kids’ crafts and kids craft related activities. This is one of my parenting confession posts, where I spill the beans on a parenting foible or failure, I have experienced or feel that I want to share! That sounds a little extreme, and probably is slightly exaggerated, but I really […]
READ MOREEasy & delicious gluten & dairy free cupcake recipe
This is my go-to easy, gluten & dairy free cupcake recipe that is the basic recipe for most cupcakes I make for home and also for work when I bake. It’s easy to adapt and you can add flavours or food colouring, if you want and you can decorate them simply or more fabulously depending […]
READ MOREGluten Free Dairy Free chocolate Brownies
Want to serve some baked goods for a person with a dairy or gluten intolerance or allergy? These Gluten free dairy free chocolate brownies are easy to make and never last long in our house. This is my favourite chocolate brownie recipe, with the added bonus of being dairy and gluten free, and you cannot tell […]
READ MOREEmily’s Delicious and Easy Flapjacks
This is Emily’s recipe for flapjacks. Both my kids love cooking and helping in the kitchen, and I am a firm believer that kids should learn to cook and bake as life skills. These are delicious and don’t last long when she makes them. She is like me and took a couple of recipes and […]
READ MOREEasy & delicious allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes
I have adapted this allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes recipe, it’s actually a cake recipe, but can be used for cupcakes or for a normal layered chocolate cake. This recipe makes about 24 cupcakes or enough for a normal sponge cake if you prefer that way. I’ve also tweaked it so that it is dairy and gluten-free, […]
READ MOREMatthew’s chocolate chip cookies – gluten & dairy free
I find recipes for chocolate chip cookies can be a bit tricky, I don’t know why. Sometimes they don’t just quite for me, and because I’m fussy and like my cookies to be the perfect combination of soft and chewy but chocolately, it’s hard to find a recipe that works. Add the need for them […]
READ MOREAllergy free Yorkshire puddings
I have been using a recipe I have adapted based on a traditional recipe. I can hand on heart say, that if you eat these, you would not know they are gluten free. They came out crispy and golden and soaked up gravy beautifully. I am delighted they worked out. These really are amazing, gluten […]
READ MOREEasy gluten and dairy free banana bread
This is an easy gluten and dairy free banana bread recipe that is perfect for using up bananas that are going brown, or need using up. We often have bananas that are going slightly brown and I hate food waste so this is a great way to use them, and no one complains when I […]
READ MOREGluten-free, dairy-free Victoria sponge cake.
If you are looking for a gluten-free, dairy-free sponge cake recipe, this Victoria sponge cake recipe is a winner, I promise. I must confess, I have never made any kind of Victoria sponge cake. For some reason, I have always felt it wouldn’t work. But when I spotted this recipe over at Cafe Creme’s Facebook […]
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