Oyster Mushrooms are a fungus that grow in the wild on fallen decaying branches. They were first cultivated in Germany in 1917. Today they are readily available from local growers and supermarkets around the world. Oyster mushrooms come in many varieties and have multiple health and nutritional benefits. Ingredients Prep Method Serving SuggestionsBaked vegetables and…
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Gluten and Lactose Free Bread that’s FODMAP friendly
How to make great gluten free bread This bread has to be my favourite after years of trying different variations. It is easy to make, light and fluffy with a good crust and tastes great. I use my own flour mix that is made up of brown rice flour, tapioca flour and quinoa flour. …
Pumpkin a ‘superfood’
Pumpkin Recipes for lowfodmap, diabetic, vegan, lactose and gluten intolerant diets. Pumpkins are jam-packed full of essential vitamins and minerals, just one cup of cooked pumpkin contains over 200 percent of our recommended daily vitamin A requirements. It is low in cholesterol, high in fiber, rich in potassium, vitamins C, E, Riboflavin and Folate. The…
Carrots for side and main meals; fodmap friendly, suitable for diabetics, vegetarians, lactose and gluten intolerant diets
A few of the Heirloom Carrot Varieties that are available today I cannot go past carrots as a vegetable they are definitely a favourite of mine and grow well for me most of the year. Carrots are an antioxidant vegetable, rich in phytochemicals, beta carotene, vitamins A, B1,B2, B3, B6, C, E and K. They…
Warm Winter Salads: suitable for the low fodmap, diabetic, vegetarian, lactose and gluten intolerant diets
Warm winter salads are great with any dish, or as simple meal. In the colder months I crave fresh vegetable salads so I make a lot of warm salads with only very lightly cooked vegetables. The colour and slight crunch of the salads remind me of summer and the vitamins and minerals help to keep…
Ginger Chilli Stir fry Scallops; suitable for the low fodmap, diabetic, lactose and gluten intolerant diet.
Stir fry Scallops with fresh ginger and chillies The Scallop Season has opened on Bruny Island after a long closure due to damage to the scallop beds by the ‘crown of thorns’ star fish. Local recreational fishermen and women are braving the cold wintery weather and waters to gather these delicious morsels to the table….
Osso Buco: For the Low fodmap, diabetic, lactose and gluten intolerant diets.
Osso Buco: For the Low fodmap, diabetic, lactose and gluten intolerant diets. Osso Buco has its origin from Milan in the 19th century, It’s name is Italian for “bone with a hole”. Traditionally veal or beef shank is cross cut revealing the bone marrow. After braising the meat is amazingly tender and the bone marrow…
Moorish Winter food for the low fodmap, diabetic, vegetarian, lactose and gluten intolerant diets
It is only two weeks until it is officially winter, some of the trees in the orchard still have a few stray autumn leaves and the odd apple. The chickens are now free ranging through the orchard and the summer vegetable garden preparing the soil for new crops. The black birds are having a feast…
Roast Parsnip Soup
Roast Parsnip Soup with Cilantro (fresh coriander) and Lemongrass Suitable for the Low fodmap, diabetic, vegetarian, lactose and gluten intolerant diets. I really like this soup and just have to share. As mentioned in a previous post, parsnips grow wild from self seeded stock in my garden, they even grow through the weed mat on…
Meat Soups and Stews: Suitable for the Low fodmap, gluten intolerant, diabetic and lactose intolerant diets
The colder weather has arrived to Bruny and I have been making lots of soups and stews. Mostly from left over roasts, a great way to use yesterdays dinner and save money as well as cutting down on food waste. Based on some of the latest research, Australians throw away over $8 billion of food…
Low Fodmap Stock and Soups: for the vegetarian, diabetic, lactose and gluten intolerant diet. Part Two.
THE SOUP There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh picked vegetables from your own garden. Pick them when you want to cook them for the best flavour and highest vitamin and mineral content, the longer your vegetables sit around the more goodness leaves them. When I first moved to Bruny 20 years ago…
Spring Super Foods for the Diabetic, Lactose, Gluten and Fructose (FODMAP) Intolerant Diet
Wild Caught Scallops wrapped in shaved Bacon Suitable for the Diabetic, Lactose, Gluten and Fructose (FODMAP) Intolerant Diet Spring is here, the fruit trees are breaking into flower and there is an abundance of spring salad greens growing wild in the vegetable garden. Time for some great superfood packed salads and some fresh wild caught…
Foods for health. Cooking tips for diabetics, gluten and lactose intolerant and fructose malabsorption.
Healthy foods to support the immune system. It is very important that fruits and vegetables are organically grown and as fresh as you can possibly get them. I grow almost all of the vegetables that I eat, I swap produce with my neighbours and friends who live close by and choose to grow organic produce. If…
Dumplings – Gluten free, Lactose free and FODMAP friendly
Savoury Gluten free Dumplings It is almost winter here on Bruny Bruny Island Tasmania and its time for some great winter comfort food. As the colder weather has been approaching my thoughts have been about dumplings, light, fluffy savoury dumplings like the ones my Nana used to make. Hmm… how to go about this, can I…
Winter Harvest: Oca
Today was one of those rare winter days, the sky a beautiful clear blue, the sun bright and warm, only a light breeze coming in across the bay and there are signs of an approaching spring. A few of the blueberry bushes are starting to flower and the bulbs in the orchard that used to…
The Tomato
Sadly this photo is the last of my fresh tomato harvest for this season, I suppose, given that it is well into winter I am lucky to still have a few fresh fruits, I have frozen at least 10 kilos of them and made a few dozen large jars of my favourite Italian Style Passata…
Spinach: one of natures vitamin pills.
The winter garden is sparse after a bountiful summer and autumn harvest, spinach and silver beet or swiss chard as it is often known, are an abundant source of winter greens. I have a mixture of different varieties of spinach and silver beet growing all year round and pick it fresh just before I need…
Mussels: a tasty Kilpatrick style dish for the FODMAP diet
I am fortunate by design to live on an island where fresh seafood is abundant and safe to harvest, a short walk through the paddock to the beach takes me to a wild mussel bed where I can collect the largest and most delicious mussels I have ever found. The mussel bed is only accessible…
Ginger and the Culinary Arts
Ginger is rich in vitamins and minerals, it contains a large proportion of the digestive enzyme Zingibain and has a plethora of therapeutic and culinary uses. Ginger aids the digestion and eases the digestive system, it has been used for loss of appetite, flatulence, rumbling or gurgling sound of gas in the intestines, spasmodic gastric…
Using Saffron ‘the most expensive of spices’
Saffron was once worth more than gold and is still the most expensive spice, I use saffron in quite a few of my recipes, so I thought I would write a little about this precious spice. Saffron, Crocus sativus has been used medicinally, in food and rituals for millennia, the pharaohs of Egypt reputedly used saffron…
The Low Fodmap Gourmet 