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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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…
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…
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. 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…
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…
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…
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…
Garlic in the Fodmap Diet
Flavoured Oils have been around for millennia. Cooks have been preparing flavoured oils for centuries in many countries including Italy and Greece. The ancient Egyptians used oils infused with spices and herbs to enhance the flavour of their foods, assist in the storage of harvested produce and to embalm (preserve) their dead. I will cover some…
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 