Category: Sides

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Potato Latkes

This recipe makes 25 latkes.

Ingredients:

  • green parts from top of green onions, finely chopped [in place of yellow onion]
  • 3 medium russet potatoes, peeled and cut into large pieces
  • ΒΌ cup (arrowroot, yam, or spelt) flour [in place of all purpose flour]
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • vegetable oil, for frying
  • pureed cumquats [in place of cinnamon applesauce, for serving]

Note: You could also substitute 2 TBS dried chives for the onions in the recipe

Directions:

View original recipe at https://tasty.co/recipe/potato-latkes

Tips:

  1. The original recipe as written is to fry the latkes. I suggest putting a small amount of oil into a non-stick pan in order to limit the amount of oil used. Or simply, bake them in the oven.
  2. One FODMAP friendly serving of potatoes is 1/2  of a medium potato (as suggested by MONASH University).
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Potato, Cheese and Power Greens Casserole

I decided to begin with red potatoes as my first test potato while following a Low FODMAP Diet for a specific reason. I had been avoiding potatoes all this time and for the wrong reason. The potatoes I was eating were covered in onion and garlic which are High FODMAP foods, so I thought I was reacting to the potatoes when it was actually the seasonings that I always put on my potatoes. Yet, when I learned that potatoes are a low FODMAP food my mind still focused on other things I had studied about potatoes. One thing in particular was that red skin potatoes have less sugar than other varieties and do not feed yeast (Body Ecology Diet, page 52).  I wanted to take every precaution that I could possibly think of so that I could re-introduce this food in the best way possible.

This recipe isn’t the first time I tried the red potato, but it was the most delicious one I had tried thus far because this time I added cheese to it. Potatoes and cheese…it had been years since I had eaten anything similar! The cheese I chose was a hard parmesean cheese (low FODMAP for sure).

The smell of this dish was so wonderful and I enjoyed its aroma probably more so because it was something that I could actually eat this time.

Ingredients:

  • Red potatoes, sliced thin (1 medium size per serving)
  • Power Greens (Kale, Spinach, Arugula, Chard)
  • Parmesan Cheese (or use a Vegan cheese of your choice)
  • Oil to grease pan and drizzle on top (I used a blend of coconut and ghee)
  • Liquids: Low FODMAP broth (without onions or garlic) or simply use water
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Herbs of choice (Dried dill was used in recipe in photo.)

    Directions:
  1. Oil bottom of a casserole dish – just enough so food won’t stick.
  2. Lay the potato slices flat, being careful not to overlap so that it becomes unlevel
  3. Add power greens and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste
  4. Add more potato slices while keeping a nice even level again
  5. Repeat steps 2 – 4 as desired
  6. Sprinkle last layer of potatoes with salt, pepper, herbs and bits of Parmesan cheese
  7. Add a little of chosen liquid to the bottom of dish (about 1/8 inch)
  8. Cover with glass lid or parchment paper and bake for about 35 minutes at 375 degrees F

Note: I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did.