Once again, we ran out of baking halfway through the week and I had to whip up something else to keep us going. I found these little chocolate cakes in Donna Hay's cookbook, Modern Classics 2. I had to adjust the sugar and cooked them for a lot less because my cakes were smaller. These cakes are rich so I had to make sure they were small enough to not cause me problems. I am being extra specially careful this week because last weekend I made a big mistake. On Saturday night, Adriano made pasta with pesto and there were leftovers of both the wheat-free version and the wheat version. On Sunday, I decided to eat the leftover for lunch. When Adriano got home from his usual mountain biking session, he asked about the empty dish where the pasta had been and I said I had eaten it. He asked since when I had decided to eat wheat again. My mouth dropped open at the realisation of what I had done and at the sudden understanding of why my stomach hurt so much. Well, I have suffered for my … [Read more...] about Flourless Chocolate Cakes – Gluten-free and low FODMAP
Low Fodmap Recipes
Salmon & Egg with gluten free pancakes – low FODMAP
Winter has well and truly set in and I am surrounded by sick people at work. I am breathing the same air that they cough and sneeze into a thousand times a day. The chances of me escaping this winter illness-free are decreasing by the day. I haven't been sick since I got the swine flu in Peru three or four years ago and don't want to break my rather impressive record for staying bug-free. I could suggest they all wear face masks or I could wear a gas mask myself. It might start a trend - a healthy trend. Some suggest munching on Vitamin C, others say drink heaps of water and still others say squirt your throat with antiseptic spray. My method for staying healthy is to eat well, sleep enough and drink a little - yep, alcohol kills bugs. I am not saying this always works but it helps. Keep your immune system strong and hope for the best. Following that line of thought, I cooked this dish for dinner. I made these fabulous pancakes made with oats and rice flour, which I found on the blog, … [Read more...] about Salmon & Egg with gluten free pancakes – low FODMAP
Mini Banana Chocolate Loaves – Gluten-Free & low FODMAP
These days my life is divided into four compartments - my job, my family, this food blog and my novel writing. Work is easy. I get up in the morning and leave for work. I get home a bit after 5pm and work is done for the day. Family is pretty clear too - I travel to and from work with Adriano, dinner is always together with Dario and Adriano. and we spend some time together in the weekends. But the rest of my waking hours are divided between my blog and my writing. This is where the dilemma lies. There is always a to-do list on my study desk and it is a question of what I do first. This weekend, Friday evening actually, I decided to get one of my e-published novels into print using Createspace (Amazon). I thought, a few hours and I will be able to move on to the next item on my list. It is now Sunday night and I have stopped only to sleep, eat and bake this dish on Saturday afternoon. I finally think I might have cracked it but it's almost 9pm and I have done nothing else. Anyway, … [Read more...] about Mini Banana Chocolate Loaves – Gluten-Free & low FODMAP
Coconut Banana Cookies – gluten free & low FODMAP
Those lovely little tarts I made at the weekend disappeared fast and we ran out of baking last night so there was a quick flurry of activity and these cookies were the result. I couldn't do any elaborate slices or tarts because of time constraints after work and before dinner but sometimes the simplest, quickest recipes can be just as satisfying as the more time-consuming ones. These use coconut flour, shredded coconut and bananas to make a soft tasty cookie. They have only two tablespoonfuls of sugar so are suitably low FODMAP. This is a recipe , using date puree instead of sugar, which I used in my cookbook stacked together with chocolate avocado mousse to make whoopie pies. Our avocados here in New Zealand are rock hard right now so the chocolate mousse had to be shelved. Anyway, the baking container is now full and I can relax for a few days until the cookie munchers come raiding again. Coconut Banana Cookies Print Ingredients ¼ cup coconut flour … [Read more...] about Coconut Banana Cookies – gluten free & low FODMAP
Blueberry & Almond Tarts – gluten-free & Low FODMAP
Towards the end of the week, my baking from the previous weekend starts to run low and I begin thinking about what I will make on Saturday for the following week. This is, needless to say, a pleasant experience. I conjure up all sorts of things, usually with multi-layers of fabulousness. And sometimes, someone helps me along, as happened with this weekend's choice. A reader of this blog and a fellow sufferer of fructose malabsorption tested this recipe and then sent it to me. It is entirely suitable for us but contains ground almonds and I am not great with nuts though they don't contain fructose. However, I decided to make the recipe anyway and I am glad I did because the tarts taste pretty good. The pastry is interesting and holds together well while the filling is tasty and satisfying. All round this is a good recipe and worth making whether you have any food intolerances or not. On another note, I now have 8 of my books published on Amazon and if any of you would like to buy and … [Read more...] about Blueberry & Almond Tarts – gluten-free & Low FODMAP
Gluten and Dairy Free Dinner Rolls
I have been looking for a while for a good gluten-free bread which would suit my low FODMAP diet and I found this one on Megan's blog, Allergy Free Alaska. Her rolls look amazing in the photos and quite light while mine turned out dark and more dense. I did follow her recipe almost exactly except I switched out the honey (high fructose) for sugar but I think my flours must have been different to have such a different colour. Adriano liked them and so did I with a little butter. Megan added rosemary and garlic in one version and onion in another. Instead, to make them low FODMAP, I added red chillis, fresh ginger and coriander, all chopped up small. I can't imagine any of that changed the colour. Anyway, I will make them again so I can perfect them and get them as good as Megan did. You can find the recipe here. I'd also love you to jump over to Nancy's blog, Spicie Foodie, where she has interviewed me and put up a lovely display of photos of my food. I have mentioned Nancy before … [Read more...] about Gluten and Dairy Free Dinner Rolls
