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…
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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…
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…
Low Fodmap Stock and Soups: for the vegetarian, diabetic, lactose and gluten intolerant diet. A two part blog.
Spring became autumn and summer only appeared for a few days this year. The Mountain Parrots are back in my orchard gorging on the fruit faster than it can be picked. Even though the summer season has not been a good one for many food crops the garden and orchard are still bountiful. Autumn is…
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…
Mussels Bouillon with Saffron: a low fodmap, diabetic, gluten and lactose intolerant recipe
Living on an island gives access to a vast array of fresh seafood. At this time of year, mussels are in abundance. The water in the bay is so fresh and clear the tides are very low and the late afternoon is the perfect time to walk around the tidal flats collecting mussels and shellfish for…
Low fodmap gluten free Chicken Parma
Even though it seems the spring rains will never cease the orchard is full of fragrant blossoms. The chickens are productive and broody soon there will be a new generation to give eggs and meat for the table. It’s time to use the remnants of the autumn harvest in the freezer to make way for…
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…
Low Fodmap: Quick and easy Tomato Sauce
Low fodmap quick and easy tomato sauce is an essential for a barbecue. Eat your heart out Mr Heinz. This sauce can be used as a base for pasta and on pizza or just simply as a dipping sauce. I love multi purpose recipes they save such a lot of time and are especially tasty…
Roast vegetable dip with antipasto: Suitable for diabetic, low fodmap, gluten and lactose free diets.
Roasted carrot, parsnip, basil and parsley dip with olives, cucumber and pickled chillies. Today I pulled up the last of the parsnips and a few carrots from the garden in between light showers. The sea breeze is chilly and still has a bite to it though the garden shows signs of spring, as I walk through the…
Low Fodmap: Cooking tips
There was a certain something, texture, thickening and binding of flavours that I missed once I no longer started a recipe with sautéing onion and garlic. At first I thought it was just the flavour of the garlic that was missing. I was so used to always starting a savoury or main meal recipe the…
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…
The Low Fodmap Gourmet 