Recipes that are safe for people suffering from IBDs, IBS, and missing gall bladders?
Hello :)
I've been sans gall bladder for a year now, and in the middle of battling a yet-to-be-determined IBD. I do pretty well food-wise but I'm starting to get very tired of the same ol' few things I can eat. I need to find ways to mix it up a little, maybe cook them differently or add new ingredients I'm not aware of, and was wondering if any of you are/were in the same situation and might be into sharing some safe recipes?
And if anyone else would like to chime in and help, here is some info about my restrictions:
No:
Chocolate
Caffeine
Oils
High-fat
Dairy
cream sauces
Spicy hot things
overly acidic things
red meat
Yes:
Potatoes, yams, squashes
rice
pasta
skinless chicken/turkey
soluble fibres
low acid
low fat
Thank you! Your help is hugely appreciated!
Posted Dec 1, 2011, 2:44 PM UTC
I'm chiming in cuz I have IBS m'self. You have most of the same triggers I do (though I can have dairy, just skim stuff only, and milk chocolate but no dark).
I eat a LOT of chicken (Turkey actually makes me sick). I BBQ it, which if you don't have too much of it should be fine for you.
Oven to 350, cut all the fat you can off of the chicken, baste it with BBQ sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray's original-not really spicy at all), then put it in for 10 mins. Take it out at the buzzer, turn it over and baste it again, then put it back in the oven for another 10. At the end of that buzzer, it's done.
You can also substitute BBQ sauce for any other kind you like and the recipe is the same. I also make Raspberry vinaigrette chicken (Maple Farms of Vermont makes a tasty fat-free version you can get at the grocery store), lemon chicken (where I bought lemon juice and soaked it in that), and most recently a Frontera mango key lime salsa. That one I basted the chicken in the salsa, then put it in aluminum foil and wrapped it up and put it in the oven. Same deal though-20 mins, but no need to re-baste in the middle.
Also, my husband made a new recipe last night-taco meat without the shells (we're avoiding most carbs for a while). You get 96% fat free lean ground beef and some taco seasoning (we used Old El Paso). Brown the meat in a pan on the stove and mix in the seasoning. Easy peasy, and it didn't make me sick at all.
Good luck!
Wow thank you so much! That mango lime salsa sounds delicious. I could probably make my own mango salsa. Not sure I've ever seen that in a store (I'm in Canada). I love chicken so these are perfect.
You're welcome! I would make it, but I'm lazy. The kind I got sucks as salsa, but was good on the chicken (weird, I know). What part of Canada are you in? There are a few Costco's in Canada, and they have the most amazing mango salsa by a company called Chachie's. Or if you don't want to make it, you could google someone who does :)