If hiring a chef were an option, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But it's not, and I am throwing my hands up in despair.
Can any anti-yeast diet and cooking gurus help me?
I need super easy, kid-friendly, allergen-free, and easily digestible meal ideas.
Help! I'm not up to cooking much, and totally not up for making multiple meals 3 times a day.
Kiddo has life-threatening allergies to all tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, bananas and seeds. So none of those items or anything that may contain those items are in the house. All breads, kid treats etc for kiddo have to be baked (by me).
I have a raging case of C. Diff and need easily digestible food.
Couple all that with anti-yeast diet needs and I am spending too much of a limited amount of energy in the kitchen juggling it all.
Anyone have some simple ideas?
Thanks!
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
I wonder if you couldn't ask a hospital dietitian for help?
Wouldn't hurt to ask.
Anti-yeast, anti-nut, etc.
Very complex!
Your choices are very limited and will require an expert to make sure what foods and beverages ARE permitted supply the right balance of nutrients factoring in all the allergies, etc.
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
Take a look at Wholeapproachforums.com and look for non-nut recipes- there are two approaches to baking without high-carb wheat flour- one approach is to use nut flour, and the other is to use quinoa, amaranth, and millet types of flour.
I also have a group at http://www.lymefriends.com/group/healthylowcarbrecipes that has a lot of easy recipes. unfortunately I'm one of the nut-eating crowd, though not everything in there is made that way.
Posted by c3mom (Member # 16412) on :
Cactus,
You can prepare the marinade and ckn a couple days in advance to avoid last min prep.
Here are some I do:
Sliced Ckn brst sauteed w/ gr onion, garlic, peppers and thai basil served w/ steam veg. The veg can also be mixed in the garlic and peppers.
Roasted califlower w/ cheddar on top
Diff marinades for Ckn:
Basil, oregano, thyme, 3 cloves garlic chopped. Add olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Toss w/ ckn brsts and marinate for at least an hour.
Chopped Cilantro, juice of 1 lime, 2 cloves Garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Add olive oil and marinate.
I serve this w/Sauteed red bell peppers and sauteed Vidalia onions, sour cream and cheese.
I know some avoid the aged cheese sorry if you do.
I have more stuff w/lemongrass and curries if interested.
C
Posted by cactus (Member # 7347) on :
Thanks so much!
Marnie - I will check into seeing a nutritionist for some fresh perspective and ideas. Great plan.
Maria - thanks for the link to wholeapproachforums - I will check that out! I tried your other link, but I think you have to be a member to see it.
c3mom - wow, those are great ideas! Thank you, thank you! Sometimes practical suggestions are exactly what we need. I wold love any more ideas, too!
Posted by Carol in PA (Member # 5338) on :
I put chicken thighs or a chicken breast in the oven at 350 degrees, for an hour. Breastmeat on the bone, with the skin, turns out better than deboned and skinned.
Baked sweet potatoes have a much better flavor than boiled. Scrub and pierce with a fork several times. Bake about an hour and a quarter, until they "give" when you press them. I place them on a baking pan, rather than just on the oven rack, to make them easier to handle. Serve with sea salt and butter.
Chili con carne with beans is a favorite at our house. I serve it on rice, but you can omit that.
Pork chops turn out well if baked for about a half hour, until done.
Homemade soups are great. Split pea soup with ham Bean soup Chicken soup
I just discovered that you can buy dried soups at Amazon. (Look for Nile Spice Soup and others.) You can check the list of ingredients to see if your child can have them. These are really simple...pour boiling water and wait five or ten minutes.
Carol
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
Cactus- just join- it's unfortunate that you can't see it without joining the site, but that's not a Lymefriends decision, it's just what the software makes you do.
Anyway, I've got a LOT of info from different sources, and am thinking about gearing a lot of it to people who are too ill to cook complicated stuff, or never cooked much in the first place, so I think it's a bit different than WHole Approach (even though a lot of it comes from there) in terms of how it's organized. I also talk about where to order supplies and ingredients if you don't have a health food store in your area.
I'm going to do a separate recipe website sometime, devoted to multiple dietary restrictions- but in the meantime, I'm collecting my info there...
(about the website I'm thinking of launching- I eat low-carb but not completely- another friend of mine who I like to cook with eats low-carb and gluten-free, and I want to build a website where you list what foods you're trying to avoid and it just spits out recipes at you that meet your criteria, so, for instance, you can be gluten-free, and nut-free, or dairy-free and low-carb, or fermented foods OK and otherwise gluten-free)
Posted by cactus (Member # 7347) on :
Thanks, Carol. Just reading your post makes me hungry.
Maria, your website idea is excellent - it would be great to just put in what we're avoiding and say we need no-fuss, uncomplicated recipes and have it spit out ideas.
Posted by Amanda (Member # 14107) on :
How about eggs, milk or soy?
Eggs are one of the easiest foods to digest. Hard boil them ahead of time. Easy.
You can make a custard, with splenda or other artificial sweetner, for a dessert that has almost no carbs and is sweet.
Do you have a crock pot? Buy inexpensive meat, cut up carrots, celery, other favorite veggies, put in broth, throw in sage, rosemary, garlic turn on crock pot, 5 hours later you have meals. A couple of strips of precooked bacon can really add flavor.
Buy fennel bulbs, chop up coursely, roast them in oven, a few minutes before they are done, put some cheese on top.
Posted by Amanda (Member # 14107) on :
Buy already chooped garlic to frying pan with butter. after a few minutes, add 1/4 cup of lemon juice and chicken breasts. Ignore it for 10 minutes or so, turn chicken, let cook until done.
Good with broccoli or green beans.
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
As I say in one of my threads at the lymenet group, you can buy all kinds of vegetables already chopped up if you're really super fatigued. Expect to pay more of course. Bigger supermarkets with a bigger produce section, and Walmart supermarket section, have this.
i've assembled a quick chili this way in the past- couple of cans of beans , a crockpot, peppers and onions from the 'pre-cut' section of the store, etc. that may not fit your diet restrictions but you get the idea.
Posted by Shosty (Member # 12232) on :
I would give up the anti-yeast diet in its most scrupulous form while you heal from C-diff. Obviously, nuts, bananas etc. still need to be avoided, but baking all your son's bread and snacks seems kind of extreme to me, if you yourself are really sick.
We have multiple food allergies but keep the whole cooking thing pretty simple.
Posted by CathyMary (Member # 20071) on :
I'm far from a cooking guru but I have an idea.
A bread machine.
My neighbor use to give us homemade bread, it was
soooo delicious.
She said it was easy to make just throw
the ingredients in , close the lid, and wait.
I checked online you can buy one for as low as
$55.
Posted by cactus (Member # 7347) on :
Amanda - thanks! Your ideas sound delicious, yum. And I had forgotten about eggs. Funny how we need these little reminders sometimes.
Maria - pre-cut veggie - great idea! I had forgotten about those too!
Shosty - I totally agree, the baking thing is a real pain. But we haven't been able to find a bread co that does not have *any* of kiddo's allergens in the facility. Sesame seems to be the stickler here. [Sigh] ...So kiddo often goes without bread and treats, until I get a burst of energy!
CathyMary - wow! Perfect plan! I've been using the dough hook on a mixer - but a bread machine is totally the way to go!
Thanks so much, all - for the fresh perspective and great ideas!
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
bread machines are at the thrift store constantlly, too, often very cheaply. Also try looking for one on Craigslist.
Posted by Shosty (Member # 12232) on :
Have you tried rice tortillas?
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
MariaA...I love your comment: "I eat germs for breakfast" (Probiotics)