Low FODMAP Meatball Marinara

 Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp parsley flakes
• 1 tsp garlic salt (substitute regular salt and pepper if garlic is not well tolerated)
• 1/2 tsp crushed red chili peppers
• Feel free to add 1/4 cup breadcrumbs. I kept burning my bread. :(

First, turn on some Frank Sinatra. Then start heating your favorite marinara on the stove top and boil water for the pasta. Mix together all meatball ingredients in a large bowl and form into golf ball size balls. Add pasta to boiling water and cook till tender. I used Ancient Harvest's quinoa/corn elbows. Nom. While pasta is cooking, heat meatballs on stove top with a little olive oil until cooked all the way through, flipping half way. Once finished top pasta with meatballs and marinara and enjoy!

Favorite Food Friday

I was really worried that being on this new diet (I hate the word diet, more like nutritional plan) would make me feel limited with my food choices, but it has actually opened my mind up to new things. There are a ton of new-to-me products I've fallen in love with, so I decided to start "Favorite Food Friday" to feature one every week. My husband wanted to call this post "Fantastically Flavorful FODMAP Free Food Friday", but I thought that was a little much. ;)
So the first most delicious food ever is... QUINOA PASTA!

Who would have thought? I used to hate quinoa. This pasta is blended with corn and you can't really tell it's not wheat, except that it has a delicious buttery flavor and texture. Which is better, so I will not miss traditional past at all! I've been making it with spinach and feta chicken sausage and 365 organic pasta sauce. They have one flavor of sauce that doesn't contain onions, just garlic. That seems to sit ok. I'd also love to try this mac n cheese recipe (minus the garlic and plus gluten free breadcrumbs).