Chicken pie, {Egg free & dairy free}

What you'll need

5 chicken thigh filets, cut into cubes

2 carrots, chopped

3 celery pieces, copped

1 zucchini, finally copped

1 brown onion, grated

1 leek, sliced

4 sheets of safe puff pastry, I have found the pampas puff pastry has no egg, milk or nuts

2 cloves of fresh garlic, crushed

2 tbs of plain flour

3 tsp of safe chicken stock powder 

olive oil

2 tbsp of nuttelex for greasing pie dish

Sauté the brown onion, leek and chicken in a saucepan for 5  min

add the remained vegetables and garlic, stirring, cook on med heat for 5 min

add 1 1/2 cups of water and chicken stock simmer until vegetables are cooked

grease two pie dishes, line with pastry, put a few holes in the pastry with a fork and cook for 10min at 180˚

By this time the vegetables should be cooked, mix the flour with a small amount of cool water to make a paste add the paste to thicken the sauce depending on how thick you like your sauce, you can add more water or flour.

Check the flavour, you may need to add more chicken stock, salt or pepper.

Pour into the pie dish and cover with puff pastry, put a few holes in the top with a fork

cook until browned around 30-40min on 180˚

Dairy free, egg free & nut free Yo Yo's (vegan)

We had an allergy review this week. I try not to get my hopes up to avoid the disappointment that normally comes with these appointments, but i'd be lying if I told you there is any real way to avoid the letdown.

Harper's allergies remain the same with egg double what it was last time. We now have to wait a year before more testing.

Things are easy at home, now that Harper is older and eating with us, I have adjusted to cooking without egg, milk, nuts and oats. It's how we live now.

It's leaving the house that's hard, I miss being able to go to friends houses for dinner or popping in to see someone. I hate that I can't let Harper run around a play centre like all the other toddlers, I hate having to always remind people to wash there hands before touching him, I hate the judging looks that come from people who have no idea the severity of a food allergy.
This year there will be no birthdays parties for us, he's to old to be left sitting in a pram or held and to young to understand not to touch any food. I know it will get easier, once he understands what he can and can't eat, but until then its hard, really hard. I feel like he's missing out on so much.

These Yo Yo biscuits are to die for, super easy and no one will know the difference. Harper approves he begged for as many as I would give. Enjoy.

Yo Yo Biscuits.
1 cup of SR flour.
1/2 cup Organ dairy and egg free custard powder.
1/2 cup nuttelex dairy free margarine.
1/3 cup icing sugar.

Mix all together until a ball forms.
Roll into 32 small balls and place onto a greased tray, press lightly with a fork.
Cook at 180º for 10-15 minutes.
Remove from oven, cool then fill with butter icing.


Butter Icing
1/4 cup nuttelex margarine
1 cup icing sugar

Blend until fluffy.