Friday Fish & Chips

We treat ourselves maybe once every 2-3 weeks. My tip is to find an understanding takeaway joint and make friends with them. Even though we aren't that regular, we now go in and she says "Grilled fish with nothing on it?". She then cooks it on the grill in another pan so that no contamination occurs. We didn't even ask her to do that. How great is she?!

Frozen food

I mentioned Bayview Seafoods a while ago. They contacted me to let me know of their new website. Click here to see their gluten free range of things like chicken nuggets, crumbed fish, vegetable patties etc. Please note that they are not always dairy or egg free, so do read the ingredients list before buying it.

Hurry Tuna, Please

From what I can gather from Google, this is a pretty well-known recipe in the US.

Serves 4

2 tbsp olive oil
1 apple, chopped and cored
1 small onion, chopped
3 tbsp GF flour
1/2 cup rice/soy milk
1 cup chicken stock (ensure gluten and dairy free if using store-bought)
475g can tuna (you can get away with less if you only have a smaller can), drained
1/2 tsp curry powder (ensure gf. I use Keen's.)
GF Pasta or rice for 4

Fry apple and onion in oil until lightly cooked.
Add flour and slowly stir in milk and stock to make a white sauce.
Add tuna, breaking it up well and sprinkle in the curry. Mix well.
Serve over pasta or rice.

The other night I served it with broccoli on the side, but if you want more vegies, I tend to use frozen peas & corn and a little fresh/frozen chopped spinach and put them in before the tuna to allow for a few minutes cooking time.

Things in the freezer

For an easy Sunday dinner tonight we gave the kids chicken nuggets from the freezer with baked shoestring fries, cauliflower, avocado, broccoli and carrot. On a trip to Coles the other day I discovered Bayview Seafoods' Gluten Free Range. I bought the Crumbed Chicken Breast Nuggets and the Fish bites. They will be good to have in the freezer for throw-together meals. The homemade ones were still better for my daughter because, with only 4 teeth, she found the crust a bit too hard to get through. I quite enjoyed the bits I had off her plate. I think they will be better once she is older and more into things like chicken nuggets. A great one to remember.

NB The website says that some are lactose free, but they are actually dairy free (the nuggets and fish bites at least), which is good news for us.

Fish Fried Rice

We ate this tonight. My son asked for second helpings and my daughter ate all of hers (and she is unwell)! This amount gave us enough for seconds for 3 of us.

Cooked rice for 3-4
4 broccoli florets cut into smaller florets
1-2 tbsp olive oil
1 small zucchini, diced
1/2 capsicum, diced
1/2 corn corb, corn removed (keep the corn!) :)
1/4 (or more if you want) brown onion, finely diced
2 fillets of white fish (I used Basa I think), cut into 2x1cm 'cubes'
Soy sauce (I use Fountain brand because it's gluten free)


Cook the rice and the broccoli together until cooked. Drain. (I think for proper fried rice the rice is cooked a lot earlier and cooled. I didn't have this liberty and it worked fine. It was just softer.)
Heat large frying pan, add olive oil. Fry up onion, capsicum, corn and zucchini (I reckon mushrooms would be great too!) for a few minutes until softened, add fish and stir-fry until fish is cooked.
Add rice and broccoli and mix through. Sprinkle soy sauce (probably 1-2 teaspoons, but you can add more if you want) and stir through again. Serve.

If I had green onions I would have put a little bit on top as a garnish for the adults. I also mildly beat some egg and fried it up in a separate pan, cut it up and put it in the dishes for those who can eat it. The visit to the dietician also reminded me that I need to keep an eye on the rest of our nutrition and make sure we aren't missing out just because my daughter has to - she is only at risk if she eats it or comes into direct contact. She also doesn't get anaphylaxis with any of the allergens, so we can eat them around her.

Fish in Foil

Here's a super simple fish recipe.

1 Fillet of fish per person (I have used Dory and am planning on using Basa this week. They are white fleshed fish)
1 lemon
Freshly ground black pepper
Paprika (I think mine's mild)
Aluminium foil

Preheat oven to 180-200C (I often bake fries with them so the oven tends to be on the hot side).
Tear off aluminium foil sheets that are big enough to wrap the fish in. Place fish on foil.
Slice lemon and place 1-2 slices on fish. Sprinkle pepper and paprika on top (to taste really. I don't do heaps).
Fold up the foil so that it is closed and will open at the top middle.
Place in oven and bake for about 10-15min. It all depends on the size of your fish and heat of your oven. You can always check it and put it back in. The fish has to be white through.

Serve with fries or potatoes, green vegies. I have roasted cherry tomatoes with them before - yum (just drizzle with olive oil before putting on the tray with the fish).

Always be aware of bones especially with your little kids.