This year we spent Christmas down on the South coast with my parents and decided to start our festivities on 23rd December (and why not I hear you say!). As Mum would be cooking a big roast two days in a row, it was decided we'd go out for dinner the first night we got... Continue Reading →
Festive Eating: Fodmap Breakfast on Christmas Morning
I am not a morning person unless it's CHRISTMAS DAY!! I wake up with a spring in my step and cannot wait to dig into a special festive breakfast. Just because I am on the fodmap diet doesn't mean I don't want something that I love with lots of flavour. I personally love smoked salmon... Continue Reading →
Festive Eating: Low Fodmap Vegetables for your Roast Dinner
I struggle on the fodmap diet to have a large number of nutrients in my diet. I do try and add more vegetables into my diet, but often stick to the ones i feel 'safe' with. I have been asked by my family which vegetables i would like to have with my Christmas roast so... Continue Reading →
Festive Eating: Which Nuts are Low Fodmap?
Christmas with my family has always meant bowls of nibbles in the lounge, watching Christmas films. Usually we would have chocolate, olives, smoked salmon and nuts. The festive period can be tricky enough on the fodmap diet, especially when eating out. I want to help all my fellow fodmappers to eat at home, in comfort... Continue Reading →
Kombucha: Taste Tests
In a previous blog post I talked about how I learnt how to make Kombucha with Jarr and have now started to brew my own kombucha at home. As my love for Kombucha is growing, I wanted to taste test some different kombucha brands to get an understanding of flavours (for when I'm creating at... Continue Reading →
Tesco Free From Christmas Treats
As Mr FFL knows I love visiting the Free From section in any supermarket and buying new treats! As part of my birthday present he could not go wrong with gifting me some Free From treats to try. He bought me the Choc Selection, Chocolate Ginger Tiffin and the Chocolate Brownie Christmas Pudding kit all... Continue Reading →
Fodmapped For You: Fodmap Product Review
Low fodmap ready made food I hear you say?! Too be good to be true? Let's find out more...... If you are not on the fodmap diet, I think my readers will now understand, eating a varied and flavoursome diet can be quite difficult. So when Fodmapeasy contacted me to try some 'Fodmapped' products, I jumped... Continue Reading →
Low FODMAP Gluten Free Mince Pies with Brownie filling, topped with Candied Orange
Bowel and Cancer Research in conjunction with Lily Soutter have been running a great campaign leading up to Christmas this year #giftsforyourgut I was honoured to be chosen to work with them on this campaign, by pulling together an alternative dish for people living with bowel conditions using ingredients that are friendly to the digestive... Continue Reading →
FODMAP News: December 2017
I personally feel that once I was put on the Fodmap diet by my NHS consultant, I was left to my own devices and as previously mentioned, struggled to re-introduce food. I honestly do not know what I would have done without social media for support. Not only have I found a great community of... Continue Reading →