Charcuterie Board: Low Fodmap Edition
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HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT!!! UGh… I felt like I was missing out on all the beautiful charcuterie boards floating around on Instagram so I decided to make my own gluten-free, dairy-free, low FODMAP edition!!
This was so easy to do, pretty to look at and yummy to scarf down. Plus, Coco loved grabbing all the different foods and I loved that her gut was getting the variety it NEEDS! One of the usual downfalls with the Low FODMAP diet is the lack of diversity your microbes need but with THE REFRESH: BODY & GUT GUIDE, you’ll see I make sure to include a huge variety, with lots of different colors to keep you and your gut well fed.
Make sure to not do a Low FODMAP elimination diet on your own. It’s incredibly important that you are guided through it so that you know when, how and in what order to reintroduce foods. Plus you want to make sure you’re also including the necessary gut healing, microbiome balancing techniques so that your gut is in tip top shape when you reintroduce foods.
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GOODS TO GET:
Crackers: We love these cassava, almond, coconut flour crackers. I’ve always used these cassava crackers.
Grain-Free Chips: The Siete grain-free chips are really good. My favorite is their lime flavor.
Vegan Feta Cheese: I was super excited to find this approved vegan feta cheese that actually tasted like feta! I added it to 1/4 an avocado, topped with salt & pumpkin seeds. It’s on the pricey side but I used it over a few weeks so it was worth it to me to have a little extra flavor on top of salads or in my dip.
Ham: Make sure to get one without celery, garlic or onion.
Turkey Slices: Same goes with the turkey.. garlic and onion are no goes on Low FODMAP
Chocolate: I love adding chocolate to balance out the salty, savory snacks. This chocolate is super low in sugar, high in fiber and actually tastes delicious. These gems are a fun, easy way to snack on chocolate.
Macadamia nuts: These are one of my favorite grab and go nuts.
Grapes: We use fresh grapes for the board but we love freezing grapes during the summer for a cold, sweet treat. 1 cup or less is considered low FODMAP.
Strawberries: It’s easy to stay below the 10 strawberries allotted to keep em low FODMAP.
Blueberries: We gotta keep them below 20 but also consider only eating a few of each type of berry because the fructose in each serving adds up to some tummy troubles.
Raspberries: A single low FODMAP serving is 40 raspberries.
Kiwi: I’ve always found kiwis to be a little weird but Coco is obsessed with them so I made sure to include them in our snacks. I now have grown to love them. Make sure to stick to 2 or less to keep it low FODMAP>
Pineapple: Fun fact about pineapple is it has bromelain, a digest enzyme in it that is great for digesting meat. Eating this along the ham or turkey will help break em down and increase digestion.
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