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…
Category: Nutrition
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….
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…
Organic Lean Beef Stir Fry with Bell Peppers
Having come by some lovely lean organic beef, a stir fry is on the menu with fresh organic bell peppers, carrots and broccolini stems. This recipe is delicious even with the absence of garlic and onion of any kind. It is suitable for people who are diabetic, gluten intolerant, lactose intolerant and follow the low…
Carrots: Recipes for the low fodmap, diabetic, gluten and lactose intolerant diet.
It is well into spring on Bruny. Having raised my tomato plants from seed on my dining room table I decided it was time to plant them out in the hot-house. After a week of glorious weather a late season cold snap set in and a rare spring snow blanketed much of the island. The…
Basil and Macadamia Pesto for a low fodmap diet.
Basil is one of my favourite herbs and its smell is most delicious. Basil aids digestion as well as adding fragrance and flavour to a dish. Basil is almost exclusively used in cooking today, though once it was highly prized for its medicinal uses and has been used for gastric problems such as poor digestion,…
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…
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…
Gourmet Cooking for the Fodmap Diet
Food is essential to life and one must eat to nurture the body and the mind. Food at it’s best should appeal to the senses of taste, scent and sight. Food has always been an essential ingredient of family and social life. I consider it important to eat fresh, tasty food and share the wealth…
The Low Fodmap Gourmet 