Category: Sides

Hummus

Nutritious: Hummus

Note: Green FODMAPers are limited to 42g of chickpeas per serve.

INGREDIENTS

  • 300g tin Chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 4 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 4 Tbsp Garlic Infused Oil
  • 1 Tbsp Water
  • 60g Tahini Paste (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Add all of the ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth. Add additional water to reach desired consistency.

SERVE

As a snack with gluten free crackers, chopped carrots and chopped celery, or as an accompaniment to a main such as iskander, kebabs, wraps, or stuffed pitas.

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Beef Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Fresh: Beef Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Serves 2 as a main, or serve as a side without the steak.

INGREDIENTS

  • 400G Potato, chopped into 2cm cubes approximately
  • 250g Steak (2) (I used Porterhouse)
  • 150g Green Beans
  • 100g Tomatoes, diced into 2x1cm cubes approximately
  • 50g Rocket Leaves
  • 1 Tbsp Oil
  • 1 Tbsp Butter
  • 30g Blue Cheese, crumbled
  • Dressing: 1/8 C Garlic Infused Oil
  • 1/8 C Orange Juice

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200°C.
  2. Place the potato, in a single layer, in a large shallow baking dish; drizzle with oil. Roast about 20 minutes until cooked.
  3. Make the dressing and set aside.
  4. Heat oil and butter in a pan over a high heat.
  5. Cook steak until browned both sides. Cook to desired doneness, then remove from heat.
  6. Cover steak, and let it rest for 5 minutes.
  7. Steam/boil beans until cooked – about 5 minutes, then drain.
  8. Slice steak in thin strips.
  9. Combine steak, beans, and potato with tomato and rocket, drizzle with dressing and crumble over blue cheese.
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Pesto Pasta Salad

Fresh: Pesto Pasta Salad

Serve this as a main or as a side.

INGREDIENTS

  • 350g gluten free Penne Pasta
  • 80g Baby Spinach
  • 100g Feta, crumbled
  • 200g Basil Pesto (made with garlic infused oil)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Cook pasta according to packet instructions.
  2. Drain pasta then allow to cool (but remain warm) and transfer to a bowl.
  3. While still slightly warm, stir through the basil pesto to coat the pasta.
  4. Once cooled, add the baby spinach to the bowl along with the feta. Stir through.
  5. Serve.

ALTERNATIVES

Add some toasted chopped walnuts, pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds.

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Brown Rice Salad with Greens, Slow Roasted Tomatoes, and Bacon

Fresh: Brown Rice Salad

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 1/2 C Brown Rice, cooked, cooled
  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Caster Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Pepper
  • 2 Tomatoes, medium (230g), chopped into 1x2cm pieces
  • 5 Streaky Bacon strips, optional
  • 100g Feta, broken into small pieces
  • 240g Green Beans
  • 100g Broccoli, cut into small floret bites
  • 30g Sunflower Seeds
  • 30g Pumpkin Seeds
  • 4 C Rocket
  • 100g Basil Pesto (without garlic to be FODMAP friendly)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C.
  2. Whisk the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, caster sugar, salt and pepper together, and toss the tomatoes through in a bowl.
  3. Place the tomatoes on a baking tray and bake for 40 minutes, tossing once halfway through.
  4. Heat a small pan on medium-high. Add the sunflower and pumpkin seeds and toast, tossing until starting to brown. Remove from heat.
  5. Increase the oven temperature to 200°C . Move the tomatoes to one side and add the bacon strips flat in the tray in a single layer, then cook for 15 minutes, turning once halfway through.
  6. Bring a pot of water to the boil and add the beans and broccoli. Cook for a few minutes.
  7. Drain the beans and broccoli, then run cold water over them.
  8. Once the bacon and tomatoes have finished cooking, remove from oven.
  9. Chop the bacon strips into small pieces, approximately 1x2cm.
  10. In a large bowl, toss the rice and basil pesto together. Add the rocket, green beans, broccoli, bacon, tomatoes, feta, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Toss through, then serve.

SERVE

Serve as a side dish or as a main.

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Roasted Tomato Salsa

If following a green FODMAP plan, only 1/4 of this salsa can be consumed for one meal (this would be quite a lot!).

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 Tomatoes (260g), halved
  • 1 Jalapeno, small (15g) (Increase if you like it spicier, 15g provides a small kick), halved and deseeded
  • 1 Tbsp Garlic Infused Oil
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 of a Lemon, juiced
  • Coriander, a handful

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200°C on grill.
  2. Place half of the garlic infused oil on a baking tray. Place the tomatoes on the oil face down, along with the jalapeno.
  3. Grill for about 20 minutes, until the tops start to blacken. Remove from oven.
  4. Add the tomatoes and jalapenos (and their cooking juices from the tray), to a mortar and pestle or a blender, along with the salt, lemon, and coriander. Grind/blend until smooth.

SERVE WITH

Tacos, burritos, or taquitos.

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Low FODMAP Lemon Aioli

Fresh: Lemon Aioli

INGREDIENTS

1/2 C Mayonnaise

1/2 Tsp Garlic Infused Oil

1 1/2 Tbsp Lemon Juice

1/4 Tsp Salt

1/4 Tsp ground Black Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Add all of the ingredients to a bowl and mix to combine until smooth.

SERVE WITH

Chicken fritters, hot chips, or burgers.

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Vegetable Fritters

Vege Packed: Vegetable Fritters

INGREDIENTS

  • 450g Mashed Potato
  • 1 Carrot (150g), grated
  • 1 Zucchini (120g), grated (I used yellow, green is more common)
  • 2 Broccoli Florets (50g), finely chopped
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt
  • 1/4 Tsp Pepper
  • 100g Cheddar Cheese, grated, optional
  • 1/4 C gluten free Flour
  • Oil, to fry

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
  2. Heat oil in a pan over a medium-high heat.
  3. Add large spoonfuls of batter into the pan, and squish down, to make a fritter shape.
  4. Fry both sides until golden.
  5. Once cooked through, place onto a paper towel to drain any excess oil once cooked through.
  6. Serve while hot.

SERVE AS

As a main with a green salad, or as a side.

Add lemon aioli for an extra flavour kick.

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Guacamole

Creamy and Fresh: Guacamole

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 Avocados
  • 1 Tomato, large, diced
  • 1 Lime, juiced
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • Coriander, bunch, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 Jalapeno, diced into small pieces OR 1/2 Tsp Chilli Powder, both optional (more if you like it spicier)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Cut avocado in half, remove pip, and remove skin from the flesh.
  2. Add avocado flesh to a bowl, and mash with a fork.
  3. Add diced tomato, lime juice, salt, and chopped coriander, and jalapeno/chilli if using. Mix to combine.
  4. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready.

SERVE WITH

Burritos, nachos, tacos, or GF corn chips.

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Mexican Rice

Tasty and Nutritious: Mexican Rice

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 Tbsp Garlic Olive Oil
  • 400g tin Chopped Tomatoes
  • 1 1/2 C Rice (I used Basmati)
  • 2 Tbsp Tomato Sauce or Tomato Paste
  • 1 1/2 C Vegetable Stock (1 1/2 C Water + 1 1/2 Tsp Vegetable Stock Powder)
  • 1 – 2 C Vegetables, diced (I used frozen mixed vegetables with beans, peas, carrots, and corn)
  • 1/4 Tsp Chilli Powder
  • 1/4 Tsp Cumin
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt
  • 1/4 Tsp Black Pepper
  • Coriander leaves, a handful, to serve

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Add everything except the coriander into a rice cooker and turn on.
  2. Once the rice has cooked, serve, topped with the coriander leaves.

SERVE WITH

Burritos or burrito bowls.

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Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)

Spicy: Tomatillo Salsa

Author Note: When following a green FODMAP diet, only 1/4 of this salsa can be consumed at any one time.

INGREDIENTS

  • 350g Tomatillos
  • 1 Tbsp Garlic Oil
  • 1/2 Jalapeno
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt
  • Coriander, a handful

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat oven on grill to 200°C.
  2. Chop tomatillos in half and place face down onto a baking tray, along with half of a fresh jalapeno. Drizzle with the garlic oil, then place into the heated oven.
  3. Cook until starting to brown on the top, then remove.
  4. Roughly chop the jalapeno, then put them and the tomatillos into a mortar and pestle. Grind until smooth-ish (some chunky pieces add some character to the salsa). You can use a blender for this step instead if preferred.
  5. Place salsa into a bowl.
  6. Roughly chop the coriander and add to the bowl, along with the salt, and mix until combined.
  7. Serve once ready.

SERVE WITH

Burritos, tacos, or taquitos.

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