Category Archives: Food

Vegan doughnuts!

Look at me bein’ bloggy… We made vegan mini doughnuts from a recipe on veganyumyum.com. They were a big hit!

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Bananas? Peanuts?

It appears that our little allergy girl might no longer be allergic to bananas and, dare I say, peanuts. Her latest skin scratch test yielded no reaction to those two foods, for which she previously was positive. If this is … Continue reading

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Ice cream (the safe kind)

We’re having ice cream cone night, thanks to Chocolate Purely Decadent made with coconut milk, and completely dairy and soy free. You can see by the girls’ faces that it is quite a hit.

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Bean Cake

ok, so I know I’m supposed to write more about the food allergies, so here goes… the other night I made a vegan no nut flourless chocolate torte…totally allergy friendly. You use an entire can of black eyed peas in … Continue reading

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Attack of the egg crumb

To be nice to Leila, we made her a hard boiled egg yesterday. She use to love them, before we banned them from our house for Nina’s sake. Sure enough, as temperamental 3 year olds often do, she decided she … Continue reading

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Quick Shrimp and Fava Bean Paella

I’m not from Spain, nor do I pretend to know anything about the hundreds of years of tradition and refinement that has gone into the creation of paellas. I just had to make a quick dinner for my family the … Continue reading

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Chicken Tagine

Ingredients for 4 people – 8 chicken thighs – 3 onions, halved then cut into slices – 1 tbs. cumin powder – 1 tbs. curry powder – 1 tsp. ginger powder – 1 pinch saffron threads – 1 qt chicken … Continue reading

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Porc liver sauté with vegetables

Ingredients for 4 people – 300 g. of porc livers, thinly sliced (about 3 cm long and 2 cm wide), – 1 onion, thinly sliced, – 100 g. of frozen peas, – 10 g. of dried black mushrooms, – 20 … Continue reading

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Balsamic reduction

I discovered how to make this a few years ago. It’s ridiculously simple, yet it tastes dam good on everything, and it will make you look like a pro when you are entertaining. Leila is not even 3, but she … Continue reading

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Madani’s Banana Bread

Ingredients: 3 or 4 black bananas (super ripe and peeled) 2 eggs ½ cup butter, melted (plus a couple of Tbs to coat bread pan) 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour 1 cup sugar (plus some extra for the bread … Continue reading

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