Tag: Gout Friendly Foods
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Cauliflower taco “meat” recipe 🥑
A simple but tasty plant-based taco/burrito filling recipe. Cauliflower, mushrooms, and pecans give a nice, almost meaty flavor to the tacos.
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Korean spicy tofu wings 🥢
Who doesn’t love spicy chicken wings? My favorites are the Korean ones with spicy or yangnyeom sauce. In Korean these are 두부 양념 치킨. To keep this gout friendly we will substitute extra firm tofu for wings. The sauce will have enough flavor to keep this from being a boring tofu recipe. Tofu cooked in…
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Bindaetteok, Korean mung bean pancake 🥢
I first had Korean Mung Bean Pancakes as street food in South Korea. They are delicious, full of protein and a great way to use up bits of leftover veggies. To keep this recipe gout friendly we leave out the pork that often finds it way into the dish.
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Korean fried cauliflower “wings” 🥦
I am a big fan of KFC, Korean Fried Chicken especially the wings. But let’s face it frying wings makes a big mess in the kitchen and is not healthy. And eating a pig pile of fried wings is definitely not gout friendly. I have found that cauliflower can make a pretty decent substitute for…
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Easy vegan pizza dough recipe.
Did you know that most pizza dough is vegan? Well for the most part it’s flour, yeast, salt, and water. It can also include oil or sugar. Depending upon how you top your pizza it is a food that is safe for gout sufferers. Most traditional toppings for pizza are not safe for gout sufferers.…
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Fried jackfruit “chicken” nuggets
I have to admit chicken nuggets have always been one of my favorite junk foods. But since I have gout regularly eating a 20 piece from the Golden Arches is out of the question. This is my alternative using jackfruit. Since they are fried they are not healthy but they are good. Especially with your…
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General Tso Tofu 🍙
This simple recipe for General Tso Tofu is a plant-based version of my General Tso Chicken. My family likes that recipe so I wanted a similar experience including flavor and texture. This meat-free recipe gives a similar taste and by freezing, pressing, and frying the tofu we can get a nice texture. It’s not the…
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Crabless Cakes
Since I have gout shellfish is off the menu. But I really do miss crab cakes. These make a substitute, not a perfect replacement but something to satisfy the craving. Let’s talk about the ingredients. Since I have gout shellfish is off the menu. But I really do miss crab cakes. These make…
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Vegetarian korean black bean sauce noodles 🍜
Korean Black Bean Sauce Noodles / Jajangmyeon is normally made with pork or seafood. But to make this a gout friendly version we are going to substitute King Oyster and Portobello mushrooms. King oyster mushrooms for a pork-like texture and portobello mushrooms for flavor.
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Roasted Tomatillo Salsa / Salsa Verde
After working in Mexico for a year and a half I definitely grew fond of the variety of salsas that could be found. The normal question is red (Rojo) or green (Verde). But that does not even come close to describing the verity of cooking methods for these two colors of salsa. Today’s salsa recipe…
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Vegan Cauliflower “Fish” Tacos
I wanted to create a recipe that is a gout friendly but still satisfies that roadside comfort food desire. Let’s face it a fried fish taco with good salsa is just amazing. So the first thing we need is a roasted tomatillo salsa and vegan crack cream sauce. Our fish sticks are made from cauliflower…
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Vegan Crack Sauce
Have you ever made a sauce that was so good it would make an old work boot taste good? Well, a few years back I did a collaboration with Diana of Sweet y Salado for Colombian style hot dogs. One of the things in the recipe was a cilantro sauce. This stuff was so good…
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Lentil Salisbury Steaks 🍲
As someone who suffers from gout, I have two choices a diet of reduced meat consumption or have painful attacks. I do not like pain so reduced meat consumption it is. My daily limit is four to six ounces of lean meat per day. That’s not per meal that’s per day. To stay within this…
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A Tofu Recipe that does not suck 🥢
Today’s Baked Tofu, Broccoli and Shiitake Mushroom recipe is one that most of the time consuming steps can be done ahead of time. Baking the tofu, soaking the mushrooms, blanching the green veggies, and making the sauce. Then when your busy schedule allows you can whip up a tasty and healthy meal in just minutes.…
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Pulled King Oyster Mushroom Sandwich
Before I started having gout attacks I regularly ate BBQ. Now that I have to severely limit my consumption of fatty meats traditional BBQ is a very rare treat. If you follow my Instagram account you will see that I recently did have ribs but it is no longer a normal thing. But by using…
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Squash and Mushrooms in Salsa Verde
Lately, I have been craving something cooked in salsa verde. But of course, it has to be something gout friendly. So why not squash and mushrooms. The most important part is a flavorful salsa made with tomatillos. Today’s raw salsa verde is just a basic salsa verde. If you want you can also roast everything…
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Baked Black Bean Burger
It was only recently that I had my first black bean burger. Luckily for me, it was one of the good ones made in house. Since then I have had some of the pre-made ones that are not so good (some pre-made ones are good). I decided that I had to learn how to make…
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Vegan / Gout Friendly Gumbo
One dish that I really do miss since going on the Gout Friendly Diet is gumbo. Most variations have something that is on the bad list for me. On the bad list is items that I have to severally limit. So why not do a version with nothing from the bad list. This is my…