Poaching salmon is a way to infuse flavors into the fish while it is cooking over low heat on the stove. It's also a very quick way to prepare salmon! Serve over cooked White Basmati Rice for a complete meal. If you are following a low-carb or keto diet, then serve over Cauliflower Rice.
This festive autumn salad pairs well with roasted turkey breast, chicken, or a hearty vegetable bean soup. You will need to cook 1½ cups of wild rice to equal 6 cups cooked.
Serve this refreshing smoothie when you need an afternoon treat on a hot summer day. It is sweet and refreshing rather than filling, so it is best served as a fun beverage rather than a meal.
This classic potato salad is perfect for your next summer picnic or backyard barbecue. Serve it with Classic Hamburgers or Slow Cooker Barbecued Chicken and a Green Salad for a complete meal.
This classic sole dish, also known as Sole à La Meunière, comes together quickly and is packed with fresh flavors. Serve it for a light Spring dinner with your favorite steamed vegetables and a green salad for a complete meal.
These green beans have a bright flavor and are quick to come together, making them the perfect vegetable side dish for your favorite roasted chicken or baked fish dinner.
This easy-to-make granola is perfect to have on hand for busy mornings. It can top fresh fruit, be served with a dollop of organic yogurt, or be served as a breakfast cereal with Raw Almond Milk or homemade Coconut Milk Yogurt. You can add any dried fruit after it has been cooked.
This salad is a complete meal. Serve it in the summertime when your garden is overflowing with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce. This salad pairs well with Rosemary Sea Salt Breadsticks.
This dressing recipe is so nutritious and flavorful that it might become a family favorite. Walnuts are an excellent source of healthy fats, and recent research shows that eating walnuts can improve brain function and memory. Soaking walnuts overnight makes them more digestible and also creates a creamy white salad dressing!
Serve these lovely muffins as an after-school snack to your children. Oats are high in beta-glucans, which serve as a substrate for Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli bacteria in the gut. These bacteria then produce short-chain fatty acids which nourish the cells lining the gut. Look for organic rolled oats to minimize pesticide exposure. If you are gluten-free, then choose organic rolled oats that are also certified gluten-free.
This satisfying snack comes together quickly and is easy enough that a school-aged child can make it. If they aren't yet ready to cut vegetables, you can slice the cucumbers and onions ahead of time and store them in the refrigerator so they are easily accessible. Make your own hummus, or look for a local brand of hummus made with olive oil.
These turkey and cheese roll-ups are great for a nutrient-dense and filling snack or light lunch. They are perfect for packing in a lunchbox, and are so simple to make that school-aged children can make them themselves. Slice the vegetables ahead of time and store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a couple of days to make it easier for your kids to assemble and quicker for you.
Traditional enchiladas are very high in FODMAP foods. These enchiladas are low-FODMAP, delicious, and are sure to satisfy your enchilada cravings. Serve with Low-FODMAP Pico de Gallo.
Sheet pan meals are the ultimate dish to prepare on weeknights when you are short on time. This dish was designed to use ingredients that you are likely to have in your kitchen already—other vegetables such as zucchini, green beans, cauliflower, mushrooms, and red onion could be used in place of the ones suggested here, if you prefer.
Making our own corn tortillas is a fun family activity; my twin boys like to mix the masa and water together, while my girls like to press the dough into tortillas and cook them. Use homemade tortillas for chicken fajitas, black bean tacos, or Fish Tacos. Be sure to purchase organic masa harina to avoid consuming genetically engineered food.
This snack is a great one for kids to make for themselves! They can practice spreading and slicing the soft bananas, and you can put a few chia seeds, hemp seeds, and cinnamon in a tiny bowl for younger children to sprinkle on themselves.
This low-FODMAP whole-grain salad is hearty and holds up well in the fridge, making it the perfect lunchbox meal. Serve it over a bed of baby greens for an extra serving of vegetables.
Chicken parmesan is a delicious classic and actually quite quick to prepare. Serve it with a green salad and your favorite whole grain pasta for a complete meal.
This classic homemade gluten-free macaroni and cheese recipe can be served creamy, or baked with crispy topping in a large baking dish or individual-sized bakers.
These roasted potatoes are packed with a bright lemon flavor, and they're the perfect side dish to serve with any herb-roasted chicken or fish, such as a Whole Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Herbs, Lemon Butter Roasted Chicken with Green Olives, or Herb Roasted Halibut. Because of all of the liquid in this recipe, the potatoes will not end up crispy, but very tender.
These high-protein muffins make a great snack when on a restrictive diet. I like to cook butternut squash in my Instant Pot to have on hand for muffins or to serve as a simple side dish. Serve warm muffins with raw honey and coconut butter for a treat!
This easy-to-prepare side dish helps boost your detoxification pathways! Serve with baked chicken breasts and cooked black rice for an easy, nutrient-dense dinner.
These grain-free peanut butter banana bars can be whipped up in minutes—perfect for when you are in need of a healthy sweet treat! Pack them in your child's lunchbox or serve as an after-school snack with a green smoothie.
Slow-roasting a whole turkey at a lower heat is an excellent way to produce very tender meat. If you have the time, I would highly recommend trying this method! Every year I like to purchase a couple of extra whole turkeys in November when they are in season and put them in my deep freezer.
Incorporating sea vegetables into your weekly diet is one of the healthiest things you can do. Seaweed is a rich source of iodine, a mineral needed to make thyroid hormones. Serve this refreshing salad with baked fish or adzuki beans and brown rice.
We have a black currant bush in our garden that produces so many berries. My children will pick the berries by the handfuls and bring them into the kitchen for me to deal with. We simply cannot eat them all right away. I like to toss them into our green smoothies, make strawberry-currant-honey jam, and make this nourishing vinegar. You can use this beautiful purple vinegar in salad dressings or eat it by the spoonful as daily medicine.
This raw cheesecake is dairy-free and still ever so rich and creamy! The combination of raw soaked cashews and coconut oil is what makes the “cheese” filling. I use hazelnuts and almonds for the crust but just about any nut will work. If you would like to savor this cheesecake then slice it up and freeze each piece in serving-sized containers. When ready to serve, put a container of frozen cheesecake in the fridge to thaw for a day before serving.
This nutrient dense lunch or snack will keep you energized all day. Soaked pumpkin seeds are more digestible and also easy to blend down into a paste. Add your favorite veggies to the nori rolls along with the pâté. Try sliced cucumbers, red bell peppers, shredded carrots, or microgreens!
Serve this spicy Korean noodle salad for lunch or dinner! Add a few extra hardboiled eggs for more protein. Jjolmyeon is a type of Korean noodle typically used in this dish that is made from wheat flour and starch, giving it a chewy texture. Using cassava noodles may not be traditional, but it does make it grain-free and gluten-free! This noodle dish also typically uses a spicy Korean red chili powder or paste—instead, I have created a dressing that uses ingredients most home cooks have in their pantries.
This easy Instant Pot bean soup recipe can be made in minutes! It's a spinoff of traditional hot and sour soup that typically uses egg and chicken with a cornstarch thickener. Use homemade chicken stock or vegetable stock—this is the key element to a flavorful soup!
Serve this colorful salad during berry season! The red wine vinegar can be replaced with a fruit vinegar such as raspberry vinegar or Black Currant Vinegar. Add other berries that might be in season, such as black raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries. If you can tolerate dairy products, then try adding a little crumbled feta cheese to the salad.
These healthy, high-protein, flourless cookies make a great after-school snack. You can also pack them in your child’s lunchbox as part of a balanced lunch.
Macadamia nut milk is so easy to make using a high-powered blender! Macadamia nuts don't need to be soaked before blending like other nuts do. If you are looking for a low-oxalate nut milk, try this recipe!
Gluten-free pizza night can be a fun family ritual! This pizza crust recipe is similar to traditional gluten pizza dough, just with less rising time. The dough does not need to be pre-baked like other gluten-free crusts, you simply create your pizzas and then carefully slide them onto a very hot pizza stone for baking. Try setting out a variety of toppings so everyone can enjoy creating part of a pizza.
Red quinoa masala is an Indian-flavored grain-pilaf dish that is delicious served with curries or a legume-based dal. Using red quinoa creates a beautiful presentation and nutrient-rich dish. I like to serve this with the Red Lentil Dal along with a yogurt-cucumber sauce.
These beautiful gluten-free crackers are speckled with black chia seeds and little chunks of red tomato. Serve them with pesto or hummus for dipping, or with a good quality raw organic cheese. When I make this recipe I double, or triple it so I can have a jar of crackers on the counter ready for school lunches or an on-the-go snack. In this recipe, I use my own homemade Sun-Dried Tomatoes, but you can also use organic dehydrated tomatoes found at your local health food store.
This heart-healthy frosting is full of monounsaturated fats from the avocados and is very rich and creamy. Avocados contain oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that has been shown to be protective against heart disease and beneficial in reducing inflammation. Use this frosting with your favorite cupcake recipe. This recipe makes enough to frost one dozen cupcakes; double the recipe for a layered cake.
This easy-to-digest and nourishing stir-fry is designed for those who have a very limited diet, don't have the energy to cook, and need to increase the consumption of healing, anti-inflammatory foods. Use any type of ground meat in this recipe, however, I prefer ground chicken or ground light meat turkey. Serve with Low-FODMAP Chimichurri Sauce for a delicious anti-inflammatory meal!
Chimichurri sauce is usually loaded with fresh garlic, which is off-limits during a low-FODMAP diet. Here I have created an anti-inflammatory low-FODMAP and low-histamine chimichurri sauce for those on limited diets. It is delicious dolloped over a rice and chicken stir-fry, on hamburgers wrapped in lettuce leaves, or on top of scrambled eggs in the morning!
Make this easy and nourishing fried rice dish when you are short on time! Use leftover white rice or quickly cook a batch in your Instant Pot before making this recipe. It's preferable to have cooled or cold rice for fried rice recipes, so it doesn't clump up when adding it to the pan. You can quickly cool down your freshly cooked rice by spreading it out to cool on a cookie sheet or large glass baking dish.