A Safe Substitute for Onions

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Because of my dysphagia, I only eat pureed foods. I’m also on a very tight budget. Buckwheat and broccoli puree is the kind of thing you could use to torture your enemies, lol.

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I can’t have much salt because of issues with my autonomic nervous system.

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I’ve eaten raw onions a couple of times, and the results were mixed. I boiled some onions, but it’s hard to say if that helped.

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I bought some thyme, but it didn’t help—the taste was still bland.

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What’s a safe and cheap substitute for onions that won’t make me want to throw up after every meal?

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Otherwise, I’ll keep eating onions, despite my body’s mixed reactions. In my case, this always results in throat swelling of varying degrees and types. I hate my throat. As the saying goes in my culture, “The hedgehogs got pricked, but they kept eating the cactus.”