Roasted Radishes

Now that I’ve shared our journey to finding the Low FODMAP diet and how much it’s helped us, I feel that I must also share my struggles. Because I don’t follow the diet, I can certainly have additional items from my husband (namely a bread here and there). But the reality is that our dinners are for us, so they’re all low FODMAP friendly, including these roasted radishes.

The Hardest Part about Low FODMAP for us?

Once we got into a groove, however, coming up with Low FODMAP recipes wasn’t that hard. We’ve found gluten free pasta that he can eat (finding brands without other no-no ingredients wasn’t easy). He doesn’t miss bread anymore. And we never have garlic or onions in the house, so pretty straightforward.

The hardest thing for me, however, has been the limitations of fruits and vegetables. Because fructan – found in fruit – is a one of the groups to avoid, almost all fruit is out. This one isn’t terribly difficult for my husband, but I would certainly struggle. 

But then come the veggies. There are a wide variety of vegetables we can’t have at home. The big ones I miss are cauliflower, beets, and mushrooms.

What Veggies Can you Eat?

Basically we eat red bell peppers (only red is ok), zucchini, green beans, broccoli, eggplant, and greens. I love all of those, but I WANT THEM ALL!!

Occasionally, we discover a food he can eat, however, and then we usually go to town. My latest discovery was radishes. 

But while radishes are fine for him to eat, getting him to eat them is another thing. So I decided to try roasted radishes one night to add to our collection of side dish ideas. I made other veggies in case they weren’t good though.

You all. THEY WERE DELICIOUS. I expected a root vegetable flavor that would be edible, but they actually had a surprising sweetness, a nicely soft texture, and such great color!

Roasted Radishes

The first time I roasted the radishes, I did olive oil, salt, and pepper. It was delicious. This time I used butter – obviously amazing. You could honestly do either or switch off between times.

And then I just do salt and pepper for seasoning. I bet other dried herbs would be delicious on these roasted radishes as well, however. So we’ll be trying that next!