Before I discovered Eden’s intolerances I used to love making a Bolognese sauce for pasta that I got out of Jo Seagar’s Italia Cookbook. I have adapted this recipe to suit a FODMAP friendly diet. It is gluten and dairy free also and it is too good not to share!

Makes 4-6 serves

3 tablespoons olive oil, small bunch spring onions, 1 carrot peeled and finely diced, 1 stalk of celery, 500g pork mince, 1 cup gluten free bacon, 1/2 cup dry white wine, 2 x 400g cans crushed tomatoes in juice, 1 cup gluten free chicken or beef stock, 1/2 cup rice milk, salt and freshly ground pepper, 500g gluten free pasta (we love quinoa spaghetti)

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the spring onions, carrot and celery. Cook until  veges are soft – about 6-7 minutes.

Raise the heat to high and add the mince and bacon. Stir fry until meat is sealed. Add the wine and stir until most of the liquid has evaporated. Add the tomatoes and juice and the stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat until the mixture is just simmering. Simmer for at least an hour, then add the milk and cook for a further 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook the pasta and drain. Serve in a bowl and ladle over the sauce!

This is a great meal for mums with children struggling with intolerances/allergies. I recommend Spaghetti Bolognese in general because most recipes you can adapt to meet your dietary requirements.  My girl loves it and you can hide other veggies in there like capsicum or eggplant.

FODMAP is an acronym for fermentable, oligo, di and monosaccharides and polyols. I came to remember these things as the foods in our diet that are complex carbohydrates that those with a leaky gut and other gut issues really struggle to digest and as such cause gas, pain, diarrhea and constipation.

A low FODMAP diet limits lactose and fructose, sugar alcohols and non-digestable fibers. This meant for Eden cutting out beans and high fructose fruit, galactans (in beans) and high fructan vegetables, plus soy and wheat.

This diet worked wonders for Eden. We identified her struggle with FODMAPS through an elimination diet after we had already eliminated dairy.

For more info on FODMAPS please do not hesitate to contact me! In the meantime enjoy the pasta 😊😊😊 It’s so good! And if you double the ingredients above you’ll have enough for the freezer.

Much love! Happy Labour Weekend if you’re in NZ!