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Hello everyone! Back in need of help with figuring out what to eat. I am totally grain, potato, egg free and going to cut dairy, beans and almond butter (don't eat any other nut butters) once again! :( The food I am going to try to really stick to to limit inflammation and pain are zucchini, bison, avocado, salmon, cooked celery, baby corn and cabbage. I am lost at what to eat for breakfast. I find meat too heavy early in the morning and veggies less than appetizing before leaving for work at 6:00. Need some creative minds to help me. Thanks!
Hi Christina, as a fellow
Hi Christina, as a fellow member on the simple-eating train, I've found that I can handle my veggies better in the morning especially when I've made them into a soup puree. I sometimes pretend it's cream of wheat! I make a soup with a head of cabbage, a bunch of celery and a head of cauliflower (can you do cauliflower? It seems pretty innocuous. If not, I'd double the celery becuase the cabbage is a little pungent). I chop the veggies coarsely and then sautee in butter (but you can skip that part) and then bring to a simmer in about a liter of water. Once they are soft, I add some salt and puree with an immersion blender (best invention ever!! - I would totally do infomercials for immersion blenders.)
I have been eating my soup 3x/day for several weeks and have yet to get sick of it. Totally wierd, but hey, I'm feeling better so I don't care! It's good with a side of grilled salmon. I know it sounds super boring, but I really love it and have yet to get sick of it whereas everything else was turning my stomach. Good luck!
Sorry if I am repeating
Sorry if I am repeating myself but I much prefer Napa or Savoy cabbage. I actually LOVE it. I slice it into seriously think slivers and then cook it down with some salt in oil (I add shallot but I didn't always)
It is so delicious that way and I would eat it in the morning.
I also think the soup sounds delicious
Maybe if you make your bison into tiny little hamburgers it will seem more like a little sausage patty. I know I get sick of the same "shape" of food and sometimes, a little change helps.
PS- Ia m asking for an
PS- Ia m asking for an immersion blender for my birthday!
HI CP
HI CP
Did Dr. B ask you to cut those foods? I know we go around about this, but I thought she wanted to focus on her process of trying to reduce inflammation with you and not to break apart your already ultra limited diet? Just wondering what her latest thinking is on this or how you came up with cutting those foods? I just dont see how cutting your small amount of goat yogurt is going to make a huge difference. Did you try cashew butter over almond? Somone said it is less harsh for them. When you were eating almond butter, what kind was it? What dairy were you eating that you will now cut? I love my immersion blender!!!!!
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
Is an immersion blender
Is an immersion blender different than a vitamix?
Katie YES! Buy on Amazon.
Katie YES! Buy on Amazon. Blend your soup in the same pot you cooked it in. Partail blend with give you a creamy soup broth with chunks still in. Or you can blend completely until smooth!!
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
Me again. I'm so glad
Me again. I'm so glad everyone is into immersion blenders - I feel like an evangelist, but I LOVE it so much! I think in part because it reminds me of using a drill and it makes me feel so handy. Plus, I am a giant mess-maker in the kitchen (think Swedish Chef), and it really helps keep me from being to spilliferous.
CP, I also wanted to add that during my uti/flare from hell, Dr. M put me onto cashews instead of almonds and they have been so much more gentle on my system. I would ask her about it. I know we are all different but I think they might be a mild nut (kind of like me!)
I had another breakfast idea: Cut a fat zucchini in thin strips length-wise and either fry or bake them until they're yummy. Brown some bison meat in a pan. Then take mashed avocado and bison and spread on top of the zuke and eat them almost like little tacos? You could do that with cabbage leaves, too and have a "burrito".
One more thing: if you tolerate it - I have recently made A LOT of "pot roast" with just celery, water, and beef. The "broth" gets very flavored by the meat. Brown the roast, then add about a cup of water and coarse chunks of celery. Cover and simmer anywhere from 2-4 hours depending on the size of the roast. It's super easy and you can eat it for a few days.
Thanks Claire! I will have to
Thanks Claire! I will have to try these very creative ideas! :)
Thanks ladies! I am in so
Thanks ladies! I am in so much pain like a hole is being burned through my stomach. I am trying to cut out all possible foods and gas causing foods. I have discussed with Dr. M and it is more important to remove all offending foods then nutrition at this point. I am worse with cashew butter all nut butters burn my esophagus. I have had the poop soup many times and can't tolerate cauliflower too gas producing and makes my insides burn, but may try again with just the cabbage and celery and have tried the bison patties but always hated breakfast at most would eat a small bowl of cereal growing up. I find food so heavy in my stomach especially first thing. It comes down to me having developed a bad relationship with food because it has always made me feel bad. Trying to find food that doesn't cause pain, maybe that is completely unrealistic goal? There has to be some combo that doesn't cause pain so we can get past the inflammation stage and more to the healing phase, right? Like I have said before I didn't know until just before starting treatment that eating didn't cause pain for others, so I turn to others to ask how they feel after eating. Do you all have foods that don't cause pain at all? This is where I get so lost when people talk about flares. Maybe I am stuck in constant flare stage still it just moves and shifts from one area to another throughout the day.
CPrince, I am so sorry to
CPrince, I am so sorry to hear you are needing to cut back on your already restricted diet. The flare concept always perplexed me, too. The bladder pain was always there, but a flare for me was when I was housebound by an escalation in pain vs functioning pain- which was constant. It sounds as though you are absolutely right....the inflammation is just shifting throughout the day.
Are you eating any grains now?
No. Not doing any grains or
No. Not doing any grains or starches really at this time. My beans were my carbs, but I am addicted to beans and need to cut ties for now! :( Yes, flares confuse me, not sure what else to do other than trying to limit pretty much all food for now.
I don't get any bloating or
I don't get any bloating or stomach pain, bladder pain is very mild most of the time. The only foods that have really caused problems was celery early in treatment and I am fine with that now, if I have too much pepper, I just tried strawberries and caused increased bladder irritation, other than that I guess I have been pretty lucky with foods. Have been in treatment 16 months and on list 4.
Thanks Cathy, that is helpful
Thanks Cathy, that is helpful to know that food doesn't or maybe won't always cause pain. After passing my 3 year mark feeling beyond defeated to say the least, but know unless I stick the course I will never have the chance to be pain free!
Hi CPrince,
Hi CPrince,
Really sorry to hear about your gut /food issues. It must be horrendous to try and live an already busy life like this. Are you able to tolerate buckwheat (not from China)? Several members of my family eat it every day and swear by its gentle on the gut action. I eat it too and it causes no pain at all. I can tell you how to cook it if you are able to give it a go.