Failsafe Drinks
Drinks
One cup of hot freshly cooked rice (I boiled it for fifteen I wouldn't want to drink this on its own, but the texture
minutes in lightly salted water)
four cups of hot water
Place in blender and blend for five minutes until a smooth
liquid. Allow to sit for thirty minutes, then pour into
another container, being careful not to disturb the
sediment on the bottom. Or strain through cheesecloth (I
couldn't find any cheesecloth, so I used a piece of fairly
open weave linen, but had to squeeze it through).
Flavourings were not specified, so I added one tablespoon
of sugar and one tablespoon of oil. There were some further
unclear directions about improving the flavour by recooking
the rice and adding flavourings, but I decided not to risk
ruining what seemed to be a success.
seemed good
Brenda
Miscellaneous
¼ cup corn cornflour
3 teaspoons citric acid
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
1 ¼ cups water
2 eggs
175 mls canola oil
Cook together cornflour, citric acid, salt, sugar, water. When thickened, pour into blender and while whizzing, add eggs and drizzle in canola oil.
Keeps well in fridge for about 2 weeks
Robin
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I put plain kettle chips in a large plastic bag, sprinkled in
a pinch of citric acid, inflated the bag with air, sealed it and shook. The
citric acid adheres to the chips and, voila, salt and "vinegar" chips.
You'll have to experiment with citric acid quantities but the chips passed
the taste test with Steve and he is fairly critical of "substitutes".
Kim C
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Chicken
Cashew spread (homemade)
Chicken & mayo (fed up)
Egg
Egg and lettuce
Roast
Potato and egg
Magic spread (Fed Up)
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Breakfast: puffed rice, rice bran and cashews with permitted milk
Canned pear and soy yoghurt
Lunch: Stir frys with rice, topped with cooked chicken pieces, egg or raw cashew nuts with golden syrup used like soy sauce at the end to prevent burning
Pancakes with pear puree and soy yoghurt
Vegetable soup with permitted vegetables
Bread-wheat or gluten free whichever tolerated with smear of potato, roast chicken lettuce and pear ketchup
Mashed chickpeas or brown lentils with or without garlic(can be windy if
too much eaten)
Dinner: grilled marinated chicken in canola oil, golden syrup and shallots-pour excess marinade over at the end to prevent burning, Serve with microwave potatoes, swedes and chokoes and a bit of salad.
Between meals: bread or rice cakes with pear jam
Carob powder mixed with hot water like instant coffee
Sue D
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You will find very few pharmacy products have ingredients list. There are no safe throat lozenges, my recommendation would be panadol for pain relief ( adults plain
white tablets), garlic and horseradish tablets with fenugreek and marshmallow for colds and mucus production, please note these do contain salicylates. For chesty coughs you can buy small white tables of Bisolven
which is a mucolytic i.e. it breaks down the mucus so it drains away, and is really good, use as per directions. When I feel it is required I will add a pinch of Vit C
powder to Magic cordial and or give a garlic tablet over and above the heaps of garlic I use in cooking.
Country Harvest is failsafe. Glucone delta lactone (GDL) is used as a raising agent
in GF foods. Pre-gelatinised starch (pre-gel) stops cakes and breads from crumbling - a common problem in gluten-free cooking. These are both failsafe. A lot of people don't much like the taste of Country Harvest.
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