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Dippy over Hummus – oh *sigh* to find a Low FODMAP alternative
Since I have being doing the Low FODMAP diet I have been missing hummus and I was seeking out an alternative when I came across this recipe by a fellow blogger Frugal Feeding here
http://frugalfeeding.com/2012/12/09/carrot-and-coriander-hummus/
It’s definitely worth a look, however I decided to try to de-FODMAP it somewhat so it could be used by those people who want to follow a low FODMAP diet.
Ingredients
600g bag of carrot batons
1 tablespoon of garlic infused olive oil
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon of chilli power (optional)
1 teaspoon of fennel seeds
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Sprinkling of asafoetida*
300ml of water
Salt + pepper
Method
Add the carrots to a baking tray and sprinkle with olive oil, crushed cumin seeds, chilli, aesofotida and fennel seeds and roast in a hot oven till soft.
Remove from the oven and add the juice of 1/2 lemon, salt + pepper and water and blend till amalgamated.
Serves 2-3
With much thanks to frugal feeding!
Suitable for low FODMAP, lactose & fructose intolerance (count in your fruit intake – lemon juice – if you have a large portion,) gluten free(*check for gluten!) and vegan diets.
Updated post 22.11.14
LOFFLEX how to manage a #crohn’s flare up during the festive season
It probably isn’t very good to be following the LOFFLEX diet d
uring the festive season but crohn’s is no respecter of holidays and it may be that you have had to return to a very bland diet during the festive season. You can eat food during this time – here are some recipes I developed to help you to have at least a Christmas lunch, or you could use this recipe for thanksgiving too.
Turkey is suitable for stage one of the lofflex diet, so are carrots and boiled potatoes (no skins.)
Peel potato and wash with clean water.
Cut into pieces and par boil in salted water for five minutes.
Drain off cooking liquor
Shake the pan to roughen the edges of the potato
Spray with a small amount of vegetable oil.
Cook in the oven for minutes at gas mark 7/220°C
Have 1-2 pieces.
Stuffing
3oz/75g Rice crumbs
1 teaspoon of sage
1 teaspoon of mixed herbs
100mls/4 fluid ounces of boiling water
Spray with rapeseed oil
Salt to taste
Method
Add sage and herbs to a cup; pour on water and leave to brew.
Sieve herb liquor to remove solids and retain liquor.
Weigh out rice crumbs and add herb liquor till a consistency of stuffing is achieved, add salt to taste.
Place stuffing into a ramekins and flatten the surface, spray oil on the top.
Put into an oven at gas mark 6/200 degree celsius for approximately 20 minutes or until the surface has browned.
Gravy
Use turkey stock – drain off the fat from the surface and thicken with rice flour.
Cranberry sauce with no alcohol added – sieve out skin and seeds.
- Pear or apricot crumble with soya custard
Serves two
50g/2 oz Rice crumbs
12g/½ oz granulated sugar
2 tablespoons sieved, or skin free apricot jam
2 pears
Spray rapeseed oil
Peel and remove the stalk and core from the pears
Slice the pear and add to two ramekins.
Add one tablespoon of sieved apricot jam to each one, (warm the jam in a pan till the jam is runny and sieve off skins, or purchase skin free apricot jam, available for Christmas cake decorating.)
Mix rice crumbs and sugar and sprinkle on the top of the apricot and pear
Spray surface with spray oil
Cook in the oven for 15 minutes gas mark 6/200°C – take care when serving as it can be very hot! Serve with soya custard.
Christmas can be a difficult time if you have restrictions on your diet, so try to keep focused and think of some treats that are not food related, such as going to see a movie at the cinema, watching your local football team on boxing day, going to see a play or pantomime or inviting friends round to watch a Christmas DVD.
Keep well hydrated and if you experience severe symptoms seek help from your healthcare provider. Everyones intolerances can be different so if you have noticed that some of the ingredients in the above recipes make your symptoms worse it’s probably best to avoid them, discuss this with your dietitian.
Rose popcorn Low Fodmap
A subtle hint of rose and vanilla in freshly warm popcorn – fills the kitchen with delicious smells. Please note due to updates for the Low FODMAP diet January 2013 popcorn should be consumed with caution as high levels of consumption will result in higher amounts of fodmaps. A portion should be a small cereal bowl full at any one sitting.
Ingredients
120g popping corn
1 tsp oil such as corn, rapeseed or
1 cap full of vanilla essence
1 teaspoon of rose flavoured syrup (check for fructose corn syrup)
½ teaspoon of food colouring if desired
2 tsps of powdered artificial sweetener (check for FODMAPs)
Method
Mix vanilla essence, rose syrup and food colouring in a dish.
Put oil and popcorn into a pan with a lid and heat over a high heat on the hob.
When the corn starts to pop carefully add the vanilla mix by lifting the lid carefully and pouring it in quickly, shake well with the lid on. Continue to heat till all the corn has popped.
Lift the lid and sprinkle over the sweetener, replace the lid and shake well till all the corn is coated.
Serve!
Lunch for tomorrow Low FODMAP
Roast small peppers with small amount of spray oil, turkey and boiled rice.
Peppermint creams LOFFLEX (Low FODMAP)
Peppermint creams, easy to make and good as an occasional treat for people with food intolerances
Ingredients
270g of icing sugar (extra if mix too runny)
2 teaspoons of peppermint oil
2 tablespoons of water
Method
Add peppermint, glycerine and water to icing sugar and mix till fully amalgamated.
Roll into a sausage shape and cut into equal parts, roll into a ball then flatten with a fork.
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