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!