IBS Diet - Low FODMAP Oatcakes
A Simple Recipe For Oatcakes Suitable On A low FODMAP Diet
The FODMAP diet can be tough. For years, the information given to IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers has focused on such issues such as how much fibre you are getting in your diet, avoiding well known gut irritants like caffeine and alcohol and leading a stress free lifestyle. But, for many suffers, following this advice to the letter still didn’t help significantly reduce or eliminate the symptoms experienced on a daily basis. The FODMAP diet takes things a step further, identifying additional food groups that are potential causes of IBS symptoms.
Since following the 
One type of snack I particularly enjoy is cheese on crackers, but finding crackers that are gluten free and not stuffed with other additives is hard to find. Fortunately, this recipe for oatcakes, makes great flavoursome treats that go exceedingly well with cheese, and in particular my favourite, brie.
Oatcake Recipe
Ingredients:
300g of oatmeal, not so common in supermarkets but easily found in health food shops.
80ml of palm or olive oil
Few pinches of salt
Hot water
Method:
Simply mix the oatmeal, salt and oil together in a mixing bowl and then add enough hot water to turn into dough.
Roll out the dough on to a floured board (gluten free or corn flour) and cut out into biscuit shapes.
Put the cut out pieces onto a floured baking tray and pop into a pre-heated oven at gas mark 4 or 180C/350F.
Bake for about 30 minutes, turning over during that time.
Place on a cooling tray, leave to cool, then enjoy.
You can reduce the oatmeal and make up the amount with porridge oats if you want a more rustic oatcake.
These oatcakes are easy to make, use little in the way of ingredients and are gut friendly for most individuals following a low 
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