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FODMAP Breakfast Made Easy

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day, in my experience it is also the easiest to skip. Being on a FODMAP diet, the breakfast choices are few and far between given that most breakfast foods contain short chains. That yummy looking on the go breakfast sandwich that your friends areContinue reading “FODMAP Breakfast Made Easy”

FODMAP Ginger Carrot Soup

This soup is full of warming spices and since it is primarily carrots, fairly inexpensive. The best part of this soup is that you can freeze it and just heat it up when you’re ready to eat it. Given that the soup id blended smooth you do not have to worry about the carrots gettingContinue reading “FODMAP Ginger Carrot Soup”

Full Freezer

Meal prep on a FODMAP diet does not have to be hard. I know that it isn’t as if you can just order in or get pre-made meals from your local market. Nobody wants to spend an hour each day in the kitchen just to make a meal that doesn’t make them ill. That isContinue reading “Full Freezer”

Moroccan Soup

This weekend I did a big cook for my mother in law. She seems to gravitate towards soups with warming spices and fall vegetables. Yes, I know it is summer, but she is the one having to eat these meals. This weekend I set out to make her a Moroccan soup with tons of flavor.Continue reading “Moroccan Soup”

Kale Salad

This Kale salad is a staple in my house. Kale contains very low FODMAPS and is a real stick to your ribs leafy green. At the start of the week, I soak the kale to get rid of any lingering sand and shred it for storage in a container until I am ready to useContinue reading “Kale Salad”

My FODMAP journey begins.

in 2020 my mother in law was diagnosed with IBS (irritable bowl syndrome) For months and months she had experienced impacts to her health that nobody was able to diagnose. Finally she found a doctor that was able to diagnose IBS as the culprit. While not an earth shattering diagnosis, it was certainly life changing.Continue reading “My FODMAP journey begins.”

Onions and Garlic and FODMAPS OH MY!

So, you love onions and garlic, but you also have IBS. I feel you on this one! Alliums impart a depth of flavor to most dishes and now you can’t have them. If it were not for those pesky short chain carbohydrates, food would tasty. Despair not, there are options. Here are a few ofContinue reading “Onions and Garlic and FODMAPS OH MY!”

What are FODMAPs?

So, you or a loved one have been diagnosed with IBS and need to be on a low FODMAP diet. What does all of that even mean ? FODMAPS are nefarious little things when you have IBS. They are essentially short chain carbohydrates. These short chain carbs do not like to be digested and theContinue reading “What are FODMAPs?”