Reprinted from The Blood Type Diet Website (www.dadamo.com)

Roasted Onion and Fig Jam Appetizer
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Description:

Can be used as an appetizer served with a flavorful cheese (per compliancy) and crusty bread. Also used as a side dish with roasted chicken.

Best Used By Blood Types:
  • Type A (3 beneficials)
  • Type A Non Secretor (3 beneficials)
  • Type AB (2 beneficials)
  • Type AB Non Secretor (2 beneficials)
  • Type B (1 beneficials)
  • Type B Non Secretor (3 beneficials)
  • Type O (3 beneficials)
  • Type O Non Secretor (3 beneficials)
Category:
  • Appetizer
Ingredients:
  • 1-1/2 pounds onions, cut in chunks
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 Tablespoons fig preserves (if preserves not available, substitute 1 tablespoon honey mixed with 2 finely chopped dried figs.)
How to make it:
  1. Toss onions and olive oil in a roasting pan.
  2. Roast in preheated 450 F oven for 30 minutes or until onions are caramelized, tossing onions halfway through roasting time.
  3. Scrape up any browned bits in pan.
  4. In a food processor, chop onions until minced and sticky.
  5. Remove to a bowl.
  6. Stir in fig preserves and salt.

BTD Core Ingredients Analysis:

NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Onion (Red/Spanish/Yellow/Whit...1 ,2 B B N N N B B B
Olive Oil1 ,2 B B B B B B B B
Fig (Fresh/Dried)2 ,3 B B B B N B B B
Sea Salt2 N N N N N N N N


BTD Variations and Substitutions Analysis:

Sweetener Product(s)
NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Honey2 N N N A N N N A

[1] This recipe uses ingredients rich in lignans.
[2] This recipe uses ingredients which may help limit bacterial overgrowth.
[3] This recipe uses ingredients which may be high in chitinase, an allergen.

  • This recipe is low in common allergens.
  • This recipe is gluten free.
  • This recipe uses ecologically friendly ingredients.

    If an ingredient is an avoid for your blood type, then try using a BTD compliant variant/substitute or leaving the item out of the recipe.

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    Revision History:
    • Revised Jan 22, 2011 at 11:55 PM By: Joe