Comments on: Mini Sweet Potato Soufflés & Give-A-Way

By: Carla Wingfield

Carla Wingfield — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:54:39 +0000

Kate, I am a newbie. I just started the low FODMAP diet this week on the advise of my gastroenterologist. I’m a bit overwhelmed by what I can and can’t eat so you are becoming my “go-to” person. I am making my grocery list based on many of your recipes. Thank you. So much of our Christmas celebrations center around food so your holiday recipes are extremely helpful to me. I am looking forward to feeling better in 2015 and feel blessed by all the research that has brought us to the point where living pain/discomfort free is a real possibility. May your holiday (however you celebrate) be merry and your new year filled with happiness!

By: Hollis Adams

Hollis Adams — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:07:51 +0000

Kate,
Love your blog. Our Christmas family tradition is to go over the cute sayings and doings that our children had when they where young. It’s fun to listen to the new ones that the kids remember and the old favorites that get repeated every year. For example, my son used to dress up in my Mother’s winter gloves and his older sister’s ballerina shoes and twist and dance on the tile floors. My daughter remembers hiding from her Daddy when he would come home and jumping out to scare him. Kids are a senior and junior and high school.

By: Juliane Baerwaldt

Juliane Baerwaldt — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:25:58 +0000

In reply to katescarlata.

Dear Kate,

thanks a lot for your quick answer. Indeed it is real strange with these cornflakes… Anyway the products here in Germany are not comparable to your products or to the Australian products. May be the GF Brand here is worse than the common one…?! Who knows… In our German diet guideline cornflakes are completely forbidden at all!
But when our son was diagnosed I have directly told my husband not to follow these German guidelines! I`m convinced the low FODMAP diet works better. For example: here in Germany dietitians cut off all fruits except bananas and mandarines/clementines if you are diagnosed with fructosemalabsorbtion (our son neither likes mandarines nor bananas too much but he likes kiwis and passion fruits). On the other hand no one tells you what a huge triggers wheat and rye are.
Me, for example, I`m only a lactose malabsorber but I absolutely profit from cutting off wheat and rye and eating my rice/tapiocca bread instead!!! But no one told me! After cutting off lactose it took me another year to find that out on my own!

Have a good time and thanks for all !!!
Juliane

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By: Cate

Cate — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:29:11 +0000

Hi, Kate. I’ve been enjoying your blog for several months now. Thank you for posting all the up-to-date info on eating low FODMAP. I can’t believe the change it’s made in my life! I have a question — or a challenge! — for you: Although I eat fish, I haven’t eaten meat or poultry in more than 20 years. One food I miss in my low-FODMAP diet is vegetarian sausage patties. They either contain wheat, garlic … or both. I love them with eggs or pancakes! I’ve tried concocting my own with lentils, GF bread crumbs, herbs, etc., but that wonderful, smokey, sausage flavor just isn’t there. Any chance you could create a recipe for vegetarian low-FODMAP sausage patties?

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 02:21:12 +0000

In reply to Juliane Baerwaldt.

Juliane-You pose a great question–and I am not sure why that is. Growing conditions & types of corn used can alter FODMAP composition–perhaps these factors play a role. Food is very variable–ripeness impacts FODMAP composition too. So…perhaps use the gluten free corn flakes with hopes that your son can enjoy a larger portion without symptoms. The oat cut off is about 3 US TB or ~1/4 cup dry oats.

Kate

By: Juliane Baerwaldt

Juliane Baerwaldt — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:07:35 +0000

Dear Kate,

I got another question: Keeping in mind that the low FODMAP diet is not neccessarily a glutenfree diet, I don`t understand that the GF cornflakes are better for us than the standard product (source: Monash App. chapter with cerals and grain). The serving size of the GF product is 50g whereas the serving size of the normal ones is only about 30g.
My eight years old son is freshly diagnosed with both lactose and fructose malabsorbtion. I bet he would be happy eating 50g of cornflakes with a lactosefree milk for breakfast. I have recently cut off his chocolate muesli as he is having more than two tablespoons of oat flakes than. Unfortunately he doesn`t like my banana/raspberry Bircher muesli too much 🙁 But I like it!

Best wishes from Juliane

By: Cecily R Bornemann

Cecily R Bornemann — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:07:31 +0000

When I was little my favorite tradition of giving was giving our neighbors rum balls that my mom would make. They were so good and I would get to take them over to the neighbors on Christmas Eve. Fun times.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:19:01 +0000

Hi Kate! That recipe sounds delicious! I am new to the low FODmap Diet and am looking for yummy recipes! Can’t wait to try it. My holiday tradition has been trying to give back to the community and help those in need. I donated food and clothes, volunteered at a church for Thanksgiving, have been volunteering for Holiday Express and will be gift wrapping for the Food Bank at my local mall. Somehow I am doing all this while working 50 hours a week! Hope you have a great holiday.
P.S. Your holiday tags are beautiful!

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:07:12 +0000

This year we are having the kids pack a Santa bag on Christmas Eve. This is a bag that they will fill with old toys for Santa to “pick up” and give to other kids in need before they can get any new toys from Santa. (Mom and Dad will take the toys to Goodwill). They are looking forward to it and so are we!