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low-FODMAP diet could be perceived as limiting with loved ingredients such as wheat, garlic and onion in the ‘no go zone’. In reality, the low FODMAP diet has so much variety and opportunity - all you need is a few tricks up your sleeve to make the diet work for you.
By learning how to adapt to the low FODMAP diet, you will quickly learn that you can have delicious food just like you used to whilst also maintaining your gut health.
My top tricks to making the low FODMAP diet work for you include garlic-infused oil to provide the much-loved garlic taste, healthy and delicious aged cheeses like pecorino or parmesan to act as easy swaps for higher-lactose cheeses and spelt, a variety of wheat much lower in FODMAPs than traditional wheat yet as versatile and satisfying. This recipe makes use of all of these.
This crumble works really well as a main dish paired with a fresh and zesty salad however, it also does well as a side to your favourite protein such as chicken or fish. Aside from being in low in FODMAPs, it is a rich source of iron and calcium making it a great dish for bone health and general energy maintenance.
Whilst it looks like a low protein dish, each serve also has around 18g of protein in it thanks to the cheese, pumpkin seeds and whole grains making it good for low FODMAP vegetarians who are finding it difficult to get enough protein without beans and legumes in the mix.