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Simple pumpkin soup from scratch (with bone broth)

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gluten free dairy free pumpkin soup
delicious warming soup with a dollop of pesto and sheep’s yoghurt

Pumpkin soup is such a hearty, warming dish that’s perfect for cold and rainy winter days. And it is so easy! Just chop up your pumpkin and cover with stock – simmer and it’s ready!

These days we hear all about the benefits of bone broth – it’s gut healing, and full of minerals like calcium, magnesium and potassium, which are essential for our wellbeing. My homemade bone broth is quick and easy and uses up leftover bones from Sunday night’s roast chicken dinner. Win win.

pumpkin soup bone broth

This pumpkin soup with garlic and leek, and homemade chicken bone broth, is ideal for anyone with intolerances (as commercial stocks are really high in food chemicals salicylates, amines and glutamates).

add some leftover lentils, or from a BPA-free can, well rinsed

I’ve served it with my coriander pesto, and a dollop of sheep’s yoghurt (but coconut yoghurt would be delicious too). Oh and your bread of choice on the side, of course. I had homemade gluten free slathered in coconut oil (dairy free)! You can make this all on the same day, you just need a few hours, or for even more goodness in your bone broth, make it overnight and start the soup the next day.

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Best buys for my top 5 food intolerances… and where to get them!

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Are you or the kids on a limited diet, but want to keep it healthy? Don’t know where to start with substitutions? I’ve been doing this for years, and have the whole range of intolerances in my house… let me help you!

  1. Wheat and gluten

gluten free, dairy free bread homemade

If you can find the time, homemade bread can be so nutritious and delicious

Like most wheat-based breads, gluten-free breads are often full of preservatives (watch out for 280 – 283, as these cause nasty reactions in sensitive kids). The Burgen gluten-free loaves are free from those preservatives, and the bread sticks together nicely for sandwiches (thanks to the sugar, no doubt!). Find that one in Woolies. Check labels and look for wholegrains and seeded varieties for a little more nutrition, like sorghum, buckwheat, brown rice, millet, quinoa. Dovedale is a good natural brand, which makes nice toast (bit dry for sandwiches though). That one is in Coles.

I make my own these days, using a gluten-free bread recipe from The Holistic Ingredient, that’s quick and easy.

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My top 6 foods that could be causing your kids to react!

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So, everyone loves chocolate, right? If only it loved all of us back! Chocolate, unfortunately, tops my list of common foods that may very well be causing a food intolerance reaction. Read on to hear what else could be doing you more harm than good…

chocolate amines food intolerance

if chocolate is a problem, small quantities may still be ok… or try my delicious carob cake!

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Top 5 easy switches for food-sensitive kids

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There are a few classic foods that trigger sensitive kids. Maybe you’ve noticed a few? Perhaps it was at a kids’ birthday party, when your child went bananas after eating the blue birthday cake? Ran around screaming like a banshee, wouldn’t come home when it was time, then had a melt-down in the car about something trivial and was totally inconsolable? If that sounds familiar, read on, because artificial colours and flavours aren’t the only enemy here. If your kids react to these, they will most likely react to naturally occurring food chemicals too.

pears, just-ripe bananas, red/golden delicious apples, salicylates, food-sensitive

Choose fruit wisely for food-sensitive kids – enjoy pears, just-ripe bananas and red/golden delicious apples

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Did Christmas send your kids crackers?

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food intolerance anger unhappy reaction sensitiveHave you ever noticed how sugar is blamed for hyperactive behaviour? Well-meaning adults sprout lyrical about how the kids are on a sugar high. Only they’re not! While sugar is certainly not good for you, especially if not eaten in moderation, it is usually not what causes the ‘crazy’ behaviour in some kids. Otherwise, wouldn’t they all behave the same way when they were stuffed full of Christmas treats?

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Could it be food feeding that behaviour?

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food feeding that behaviour

Irrational behaviour might be a sign of food intolerance

Have you ever wondered why your little person shouts excitedly or uncontrollably, says ‘no’ far too often or has irrational behaviour to every day annoyances? One minute they are your adorable, loving and sweet little guy or girl, right? Then they turn… and you are left wondering what happened! This is how I felt with my beautiful boy, Maksim. He’s spirited, yes, and ‘busy’ (as my mum likes to call it). He’s also sensitive and loving. But if he eats too much of a good thing, like chocolate, he is OUT OF CONTROL!

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