Yes, you heard me right: Courgetti .
Its thin strips of courgette masquerading as spaghetti, which suits a fodmapper very well! While gluten free spaghetti is now on every supermarket shelf, the long list of weird and wacky ingredients and general processed-ness puts me off. So instead I have joined the latest food trend of replacing carbs with vegetables, starting with my old favourite the courgette…
Now I’m not really a cake person, but when my inspiring ex-manager Abby made this for me as a goodbye gift I went back for a second slice of cake….and then a third! I knew this was special so I asked her for the recipe. She explained it was an old favourite that required minimal flour so she’d replaced the wheat flour with gluten free. Clever lady. Abby later told me (as I gobbled the third slice) that her three year old daughter loves making this cake because she has the important job of gently pushing the raspberries into the mixture before baking!
Now I know it’s not to everyone’s taste. But for me sushi is my saviour on the low fodmap diet. Here’s five reasons why:
I am big fan of foraging for food. There’s something magical about picking things at the one time they’re in season, the luck of finding the right tree at the right time; it’s a mini adventure. I love the seeing how to take food from nature straight onto my plate.
We all love snooping around in other peoples’ everyday lives. The world’s obsession with following Kim Kardashian’s latest family drama is testament to it. With no direct line to the Kardashian household, I bring you the next best thing – a snoop around my newly fodmap friendly kitchen cupboards.
This is a list of the food staples that I always have in, so I can walk through the door after work and cook up something quick, tasty and fodmap friendly.
Healthy, ethical and low fodmap junk food? Yes it exists! It’s ‘intercepted food’. Food that’s about to be binned by retailers because it’s past its sell by date but is still fine to eat. Brilliant individuals and organisations ‘intercept’ this food and serve it up as a tasty meals at café’s across the UK.
So I’ve got a new job. Great for me! Not so great for my team at work, who I am leaving to pick up my projects, one woman down.
I decided cake would be required to soften the blow when I broke the news to the team. However, I’m not much of a baker partly because I’m not that fussed about cakey things but also because baking requires a level of precision that, as stated previously, I do not possess. Continue reading
The weekend before last I spent up in beautiful Edinburgh celebrating a friend’s birthday. My favourite moments were during the long lazy mornings spent hugging (many) mugs of tea followed by almighty breakfasts of eggs and bacon- twelve of us round the table all tucking in. For the two gluten free-ers among us I made banana pancakes.
Last week I finally ticked off something that’s been on my to do list for years – I attended a supper club. Continue reading
Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day, without question.
As I unthaw after the winter, I want a breakfast that is less hot stodge and more light and fruity. As I’m not quite ready to give up on my low fodmap superfood oats I introduce to you; Overnight Oats.
Low FODMAP me 
