Often we are restricted when we are looking to purchase ready-made foods. Most contain onions and garlic powder or "spices" (whatever that means!) and so we can't eat them. However I am going to start a list of brands and foods and even shops that sell onion and garlic free packaged foods.
Stock Cubes
"Massel" 7's stock cubs are onion free. They seem to be exclusively stocked by Woolworths supermarkets and only come in Chicken and Beef flavour.
Potato Chips
Most plain flavours of most brands are fine but do check the label as we have come across some. We have also found many brands add onion powder to their Salt and Vinegar flavours.
Pre-packaged Dips
A revelation! Chris's Dips have just released a new line of "Heritage Dips" and one of the flavours is Smoked Gouda and Roasted Almond. Delicious and onion free! A bit pricey, but hey, you get to keep the terracotta tub in comes in
I will update this as more information comes to light!
Monday, January 25, 2016
Back in Flavour Country!
This is something that has saved our taste buds from ruin and boring-ness! Many people just told me to "leave the garlic and onion out" of a recipe. Yeah, nah.
Cobram Estate makes Garlic Infused Olive Oil, and it is the only brand that I have found in Australia, so far.
They are available from most supermarkets, and there are other flavours such as lemon and herb.
It is a great substitute when a recipe calls for 1-2 cloves of garlic to be sauteed at the start of a recipe, or when a salad dressing or sauce calls for both oil and garlic.
This can't be used when garlic cloves are left whole in the recipe or when you need more than 2 cloves, but on the whole it has been very welcome in our kitchen.
Welcome! A welcome recipe
Many people suffer from unexplained bloating, reflux and diarrhoea and a cause of this can often be some foods, particularly FODMAP's. See more about these at the Gastroenterological Socity of Australia here http://www.gesa.org.au/consumer.asp?id=190
This is a very large list of foods that some people react badly to. Before embarking on any kind of restrictive diet, it is important to talk to your GP and a qualified dietitian to make sure that you will not get unwell.
My partner finds that legumes, onions and garlic are the worst offenders, and so he excludes these from his diet (unless we are going to some kind of event like a wedding or a really good restaurant where it's worth the pain!). Therefore, as Minister for Food at our house, I am always looking for ways to make nice food that doesn't have onions, garlic and legumes. Many people have a wider list of FODMAP intolerances, but the most common offender is Allioms (that is onions, garlic, chives, garlic chives, leeks, eschalots and shallots to name a few).
Here's my latest recipe for bloat free dining! Tested and verified by myself and the other half.
This recipe uses our secret weapon, Garlic Infused Olive Oil. It can be substituted for any recipe that calls for 2 cloves of garlic or less, particularly in salad dressings and when the recipe calls for 1-2 cloves to be cooked in oil at the start of the recipe.
Recipe is modified from taste.com.au
Sumac Lamb with Carrot Salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 180g lamb leg steaks
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tbsp sumac plus extra to sprinkle
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tbsp Garlic Infused Olive Oil (we use Cobram Estate brand)
1/3 cup Greek style natural yoghurt
2 large carrots, grated
1/4 cup sultanas
1/2 cup pine nuts or slivered almonds (whichever you prefer)
1/2 cup instant couscous, prepared to packet directions and cooled
1/2 bunch coriander, leaves picked
1/2 bunch mint, leaves picked
Method
Preheat a barbecue grill or chargrill pan to high
Brush meat with oil and sprinkle over the sumac
Cook to your liking ( I like mine rare!)
To make the salad, combine carrot, sultanas, nuts, cooled couscous coriander and mint in a bowl.
To make the dressing, combine the yoghurt, 1 tbsp of olive oil, 1 tbsp of garlic olive oil and ginger in a bowl.
Serve the lamb with the salad on the side and plenty of dressing, it's delicious on the meat too.
Well I hope you enjoy and I am looking forward to blogging more FODMAP friendly recipes soon!
This is a very large list of foods that some people react badly to. Before embarking on any kind of restrictive diet, it is important to talk to your GP and a qualified dietitian to make sure that you will not get unwell.
My partner finds that legumes, onions and garlic are the worst offenders, and so he excludes these from his diet (unless we are going to some kind of event like a wedding or a really good restaurant where it's worth the pain!). Therefore, as Minister for Food at our house, I am always looking for ways to make nice food that doesn't have onions, garlic and legumes. Many people have a wider list of FODMAP intolerances, but the most common offender is Allioms (that is onions, garlic, chives, garlic chives, leeks, eschalots and shallots to name a few).
Here's my latest recipe for bloat free dining! Tested and verified by myself and the other half.
This recipe uses our secret weapon, Garlic Infused Olive Oil. It can be substituted for any recipe that calls for 2 cloves of garlic or less, particularly in salad dressings and when the recipe calls for 1-2 cloves to be cooked in oil at the start of the recipe.
Recipe is modified from taste.com.au
Sumac Lamb with Carrot Salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 180g lamb leg steaks
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tbsp sumac plus extra to sprinkle
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tbsp Garlic Infused Olive Oil (we use Cobram Estate brand)
1/3 cup Greek style natural yoghurt
2 large carrots, grated
1/4 cup sultanas
1/2 cup pine nuts or slivered almonds (whichever you prefer)
1/2 cup instant couscous, prepared to packet directions and cooled
1/2 bunch coriander, leaves picked
1/2 bunch mint, leaves picked
Method
Preheat a barbecue grill or chargrill pan to high
Brush meat with oil and sprinkle over the sumac
Cook to your liking ( I like mine rare!)
To make the salad, combine carrot, sultanas, nuts, cooled couscous coriander and mint in a bowl.
To make the dressing, combine the yoghurt, 1 tbsp of olive oil, 1 tbsp of garlic olive oil and ginger in a bowl.
Serve the lamb with the salad on the side and plenty of dressing, it's delicious on the meat too.
Well I hope you enjoy and I am looking forward to blogging more FODMAP friendly recipes soon!
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