Dairy free and egg free crumpets

The recipe made 45 ... they should have lasted for ages and I had high hopes of stashing some in the freezer but nope ... eaten in one day.  

Dairy free and egg free summer birthday cake

TV dinner, a picnic on the carpet

I was ill ... boys were loving it!  Check out the dairy free cheese that looks like Red Leicester.

Dairy free and egg free fairy cakes for birthday parties

We take our own cakes to birthday parties ... recent versions have included adding jelly babies and Octonauts rice paper toppers to the basic iced fairy cake ... the ones below were dairy, egg and gluten free so that Grandma could share them as well.  

Meal planning Monday

Monday - cherry tomato, bacon and basil fusilli

Tuesday - butternut soup with home made bread rolls 

Wednesday - broccoli and chicken noodles 

Thursday - bolognese calzones, avocado salad 

Friday - baked breaded cod, potato wedges, peas 

Saturday - chicken risotto casserole 

Sunday - sausages with oven roasted ratatouille, boulangère potatoes

Chicken and veggie risotto with grated soy cheese!

The continuing saga of finding a soy cheese that is acceptable to The Allergic One

Over the past couple of years I've spent considerable time, effort and money pursuing what I had thought was a fruitless search for a soy cheese that The Allergic One likes.  They all seem rather, er, odd to my taste buds and we have thrown out so many.  I have settled for a long time with Tofutti cheddar style slices but The Allergic One often questioned why the cheese served with his spag bol was torn rather than grated.  At long last I am happy to report that he is officially more than partial to Tesco's own brand soy cheese ... it is now a regular feature at family meal times and The Allergic One is able to use the long coveted 'wooden-box-grater-thingy', just like his brother.  

Meal planning Monday

Monday - the boys are four so a birthday BBQ with new potatoes and salads.  Chocolate cake, strawberries and ice cream 

Tuesday - Hedgehog meatballs, sweet potato mash and broccoli 

Wednesday - Chicken hotpot 

Thursday - Brown rice sausage rolls, jacket potatoes, salads 

Friday - Slow cooker spag bol

Saturday - leftover spag bol with jacket potatoes and salad 

Sunday - BBQ burgers and salads 

Dairy free and egg free chocolate loaf cake

This is lush!  Perhaps the best ever vegan chocolate cake?  Would be great for picnics or as a summer dessert served with ice cream and fresh berries.  

Makes 2 loaf cakes, line loaf tins 
Mix 300g plain flour, 100g cocoa, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp bicarb, 150g dairy free marg, 150g sugar, 250g golden syrup and 300 ml just boiled water 
Bake for 35 minutes or until skewer comes out clean at 170 degrees fan oven