Last night, I prepared a roast vegetable salad I found in the Food Intolerance Management Plan book. This book is by one of the world's foremost authorities on food intolerances - Dr Sue Shepherd. Her website is https://shepherdworks.com.au/ This recipe was a great success and I had some leftovers for lunch today. I also made some gluten-free zucchini and pepita cornmeal bread but I won't give you the recipe yet because it was a little dense and needs refining. But here's the vegetable salad recipe. It's worth making. … [Read more...] about Roast Vegetable Salad & Zucchini Cornbread – a gluten-free & low FODMAP recipe
Quinoa Chocolate Chip cookies – gluten-free and low FODMAP recipe
I have been cruising around other blogs to find those that are fructose free or with low FODMAP recipes and there are not that many which impress me among the few that exist. But I have found one which has a few recipes which I would like to try. These quinoa chocolate chip cookies are from Delicious as it Looks. She added M&Ms, which is not exactly low FODMAP so I left them out but they would be a fun element to add for the colour if nothing else. There is no flour, just quinoa flakes which creates a rather heavy texture but they are still delicious and filling. With a cup of tea for morning tea, they work well. Apart from not using the M&Ms, I also didn't add the 1/2 cup brown sugar. I increased the 1/4 cup cane sugar to 1/3 cup and they are plenty sweet enough with only that amount of sugar. Some people were worried in my last post that I had no good food left to eat after eliminating the foods containing FODMAPs. This is not quite true so I thought I would tell you some … [Read more...] about Quinoa Chocolate Chip cookies – gluten-free and low FODMAP recipe
Chicken, Zucchini & Gruyere Clafoutis – gluten-free and low FODMAPs
The other night I flicked through the cookbook Small Plates and Sweet Treats: My Family's Journey to Gluten-Free Cooking, from the Creator of Cannelle et Vanille, Aran Goyoaga and came across a chicken Clafoutis recipe, which I thought I would adapt to my needs and make for dinner. The recipe below is the result. I did have to leave out, substitute and add several ingredients. If you want the original recipe, you will have to go to her book. As those who read my blog know, I have been diagnosed as having fructose malabsorption. I am now on a FODMAPS diet to see if I am also intolerant to the other FODMAPS because they often go hand in hand. What are FODMAPS? These are fermentable, poorly absorbed short-chain carbohydrates. They are indigestible sugars which can cause all sorts of problems when they reach the bowel unabsorbed by the stomach. FODMAP stands for: Fermentable – rapidly broken down by bacteria in the bowel Oligosaccharides – fructans and … [Read more...] about Chicken, Zucchini & Gruyere Clafoutis – gluten-free and low FODMAPs
Chocolate Mousse Cake – gluten-free & low fodmap
Thank you for all of those who have bought my e-cookbook. For anyone else interested in the 60% discount, visit my cookbook page. I have decided the best way to approach this new chapter in my life - gluten-free and low fructose - is to take the classic recipes and turn them on their heads. Not completely on their heads but certainly to remove much of the fructose and all the gluten. I am thinking this will take some experimentation but already I am getting a handle on the changes that are necessary for each recipe. Now that I have a successful gluten-free flour mix, I can make most things. And last weekend's effort was a chocolate mousse cake. I figured that if the cake mix came out a little dry, then the mousse would compensate but all was well. The only thing about making mousse with eggs is that it needs to be in a fridge and that does certainly change the texture of the cake crumb. But that rich chocolately mousse saves the day. What a shame Easter is no longer ahead of us … [Read more...] about Chocolate Mousse Cake – gluten-free & low fodmap
My Cookbook is here – 60% discount for 2 weeks!
I have worked all Easter weekend and my e-cookbook, Afternoon Tea, is ready and available for purchase and download. The book contains 107 pages with 50 recipes, each one with two photographs. 90% of the recipes are brand new and have never appeared on my blog. This cookbook was created during a part of my food journey toward health. These recipes are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, nut-free and refined sugar-free. But they are recipes which will delight anyone - those with food intolerances and those without! I want to give those of you who follow my blog a chance to buy my book at a special launch price - $10! Simply enter the code: AfternoonDelight2. Update: Because of some confusion with the code, I have removed the code and made the special launch price fixed at $10 until 16 April 2013. Simply click on the Add To Cart button or the Buy Now button below to purchase at $10. Go to my Cookbook page for more information and to buy my book or use the BUY NOW button … [Read more...] about My Cookbook is here – 60% discount for 2 weeks!
Creamy Lemon Tarts – gluten-free and low-fructose
Happy Easter everyone! Easter is a wonderful religious celebration as well as a chance to take a break before the long winter sets in (in New Zealand). And, of course, there are all those Easter eggs and hot cross buns to indulge in. Unfortunately, I can't indulge in those but I still have my baking which satisfies the need for something sweet and causes no problems. These lemon tarts are gluten-free and low fructose but mostly they are damned tasty. The pastry was a great success and the tart bases stayed together so well I could lift them out of the tart pans without any sticking or crumbling. Low-fructose is not only wise for those like me who absorb it badly but it is for anyone who cares about their health. There is overwhelming evidence that a high sugar diet could kill you. I don't feel the need to go into this because you only have to Google it to find all you need to know. There are heaps of reputable sources which will convince you. If it's the only thing you do, stay away … [Read more...] about Creamy Lemon Tarts – gluten-free and low-fructose
