Frittata can be made from many healthy ingredients.This version is made from fresh garden vegetables and eggs.Serves 4 Ingredients Prep Method While the mixture is cooking its time to prepare the lions mane mushrooms To create your slice place a slice of mushroom on serving plate.Cut a slice of the frittata to cover the mushroom.Top…
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Lions Mane Mushrooms
This amazingly versatile fungus is not only delicious, it is also a natural medicinal food.This tasty morsel has been used medicinally for 2000 plus years. In Traditional Chinese medicine it has been used as a general tonic to help the body maintain good health and longevity.It is said to have been dried and used as…
Red Bell Peppers stuffed with White Oyster Mushrooms
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Low Fodmap Gourmet 