Unlike what many think, we can eat sugar on the low Fodmap diet. A certain amount of table sugar is okay on the diet because it has equal quantities of fructose and glucose, and the glucose pulls the fructose, cell by cell, through the lining of the small intestine, so it is absorbed. If there is excess fructose to the glucose as in honey, agave syrup etc. then the excess is not absorbed and goes down into the bowel where it gets fermented and causes all the problems. However, we can’t eat much of even the safe sugars like table sugar or maple syrup because the glucose stops helping the fructose to be absorbed after a while, and the rest goes down into the bowel to cause symptoms. Because of this, most of your sugar should be got from 2-3 fruits a day. However, living without any sweet treats is almost impossible for most people so I have created many low Fodmap cakes, cookies etc that you can safely consume. Today, I am going to show you my five best low Fodmap cakes. Banana … [Read more...] about My 5 Best Low Fodmap Cakes
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Carrot Cake – Gluten-Free & Low FODMAP
Here is the carrot cake I promised you. It is as delicious as it looks and has lasted well just left out on the bench in an airtight container. I made it Sunday and it is now Wednesday. That's pretty good for gluten-free, which usually needs to be frozen to keep it fresh. If you tolerate some dried fruit, you could add some raisins but I liked it plain almost as much - I used to think raisins were essential. Through this food journey to find my digestive enemies, I have learned a lot and it is about time I started to pass on some of that knowledge in a more structured way, so I am going to aim for one post a week, which will be purely about irritable bowel syndrome, the low FODMAP eating regime and real food. Other posts will continue to be suitable recipes for this diet. I have been thinking about doing this for a while but have been procrastinating making this extra commitment. I am writing this here so that then I have to stick to it. Fingers crossed this works. 5.0 from 2 … [Read more...] about Carrot Cake – Gluten-Free & Low FODMAP
Carrot Cake Cupcakes – can’t beat these classic favourites
My favourite cake of all time, even beyond chocolate and caramel, is carrot cake. I made and blogged about the carrot cake cookies I made a while back and today I returned to this great classic in the form of cupcakes. These don't just have carrot, they have grated apple and raisins as well. I remember many years ago when I was on Weight Watchers (after a particularly long renovation without a kitchen and many takeaway meals later) that they told me a piece of carrot cake equates to a full day's calories when on a weight-loss diet.. By the way, also a McDonald's Big Mac is a day's calories. Just in case you wanted to know. Anyway, I have never been able to look at carrot cake quite the same again. And I never touched any McDonald's food again, Big Mac or otherwise. But, carrot cake does have carrots and therefore can't be all bad, surely. And if you add apple and raisins then maybe that balances out the calories. Or perhaps not. You could look at it this way. Either you can … [Read more...] about Carrot Cake Cupcakes – can’t beat these classic favourites
Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling – Weekend Baking
I'm a little over cupcakes for the moment so I decided to make my very favourite cake - carrot cake. However, I didn't want to make a full cake. Luckily I found this great recipe for carrot cake cookies sandwiched together with cream cheese icing on the cravingchronicles.com blog. I remember seeing somewhere that if you eat a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese icing, that is basically your calorie allowance for the day if you are not wanting to gain weight. A rather daunting thought but hey, I only bake in the weekend and I have people to help me eat them. There's also something therapeutic about baking and sharing it around. [print_this] Carrot Cake Cookies Ingredients: 3/4 cup golden raisins BUY HERE 1 1/4 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ginger pinch of cloves 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 114g unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar BUY HERE 1/3 + 3 tablespoons cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1/2 … [Read more...] about Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling – Weekend Baking