Many of you will know that before I discovered the miracle of the low FODMAP diet, I tried eating Paleo for three months to see if that would help my digestive issues. It helped my low blood sugar issues but my main issues not only didn't improve they got worse. The reason for that was that I was substituting the banned refined sugar with fresh and dried fruit. Those who need the low FODMAP diet nearly all have major issues with fructose absorption. In fact, we can't absorb it by itself at all. Whereas we have no problem absorbing sugars with low fructose or equal fructose to glucose content because the glucose helps it to be absorbed. I had banned the very sugar which I could eat and was using all the sweeteners that caused me problems. Unknowingly, of course. I was also eating more vegetables in an attempt to keep up the calorie intake since all grains are banned. And many vegetables are high in FODMAPs as well. So that's to clarify why I no longer eat Paleo. But that is not to … [Read more...] about Low FODMAP versus Paleo Eating regimes
Key Lime Whoopie Pies – a gluten-free recipe and low FODMAP
Another sweet treat for you all. I read somewhere that the name of whoopie pies came about from the hard-working farmers from the past. Their wives would cook them up these treats for when they came in tired after a day in the fields and they would cry out "Whoopee!" when they saw them. True or not? Who knows but it's a great story. I learned a new expression today - "scope creep". Who would ever guess what that could mean? Well, I have been experiencing it with my new freelancing life. It's when you quote for a job but then the client keeps adding little bits more in with no mention of a price adjustment. The scope of the job is creeping larger than initially agreed. Now, most of my clients don't do this and are very quick to say they will pay for the extra work but some do take you for a ride for as long as you allow them to. This is a great learning curve for me. The other thing that I remember from my days running my own business as a fashion designer is that the people who you … [Read more...] about Key Lime Whoopie Pies – a gluten-free recipe and low FODMAP
Mini-Cheesecakes – Gluten-free recipe and low FODMAP
I am sorry for all of you who are suffering so badly from the cold weather in the US and UK. We are getting terrifying looking photos over here in sunny New Zealand. Yesterday, I almost expired from the heat and had to open the freezer and got in as far as I could to cool down. It's funny how when you are hot, it's hard to imagine the cold and vice versa. We are nearing the end of our official summer but it usually lasts well into autumn. I have been so privileged to not be going five days a week through rush hour traffic into an office where you can't see the sky this summer. I have been working hard but on my own terms and I can go for a walk or get in the freezer whenever I want. I can read blogs all morning but then work late into the evening. It's my choice to distribute the activities of my work and personal life however I want. I am currently doing a great course with Penelope Trunk on freelancing through a series of live webinars. If you have never heard of Penelope, you … [Read more...] about Mini-Cheesecakes – Gluten-free recipe and low FODMAP
Dinner Party Menu – gluten-free and low FODMAP
I have been working on my video for my new cookbook and it is taking a while but the filming is done. Now I have to put it all together and add in everything I want. It is such a steep learning curve but most of the filming has worked well. There's a lot of filming which has to come down to about 2 minutes so that's the fun part. It's strange how I am more nervous about this cookbook than I was about the last one. I have all sorts of defeatist thoughts. And talking of thoughts, do you obsess about wrongs done to you? How do you deal with painful thoughts, especially those that invade when you are having a quiet moment? I have written about this on my blog, Changing and it's called "Where do your thoughts go to when you are in the shower?". It includes a couple of solutions. Anyway, I am going to give you another dinner menu - just for you and your family, perhaps without the dessert or for a group of friends. Click on the title for the recipes. And before I get on with the menu, … [Read more...] about Dinner Party Menu – gluten-free and low FODMAP
Ultimate Kitchen Tool Giveaway
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Low FODMAP & Gluten-free Recipe – Twice Baked Stuffed Potatoes
I am still looking through my old recipe folder and it's amazing how old fashioned many of these recipes are. Who knew there were a such strong threads of fashion with food. My last post of avocado and salmon mousse is one example of old-fashioned and this current recipe is another - stuffed potatoes. This was de mode when I was a teenager and here I am serving it up again decades later. I must see what else is in my folder that screams the last millennium. Tomorrow, I am starting the making of my very first video for my cookbook, "Low FODMAP Menus for Irritable Bowel Syndrome". I have Dario's girlfriend to play the part of the cook - well her hands mainly. It's an exciting exercise as I love learning new skills. I have a vision in my head of what I want it to turn out like but I imagine my first attempt might be far from ideal. But one has to start somewhere. You, my readers, will be the first ones to see it when it is ready. Fingers crossed it is actually worthy of being exposed … [Read more...] about Low FODMAP & Gluten-free Recipe – Twice Baked Stuffed Potatoes
