Fruits and Veggies for Non-Cooks - Updated
#53919 - 03/24/04 02:17 PM
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LauraSue
Reged: 01/14/04
Posts: 4812
Loc: New York City
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Here's an update:
Now that I'm stable, I'm trying to increase my fruits and veggies to 5 servings a day. It's not easy because 1) I don't have the strength to do more than heat things up due to a disability, and 2) I am allergic to or have an intolerance for a gazillion things.
So I'm starting a list of easy fruits and veggies for non-cooks, with notes on common substitutions for people without my allergies.
I'm going to keep this post going as a note to myself. Feel free to add on.
Fruits:
Pineapple Juice
Canned Pineapple
Fresh pineapple in small quantities (acid)
Citrus:
Low acid orange juice
Half grapefruit with sugar to cut the acid
canned mandarin oranges
Berries:
Strawberries, fresh and frozen
Blueberries, fresh and frozen
Raspberries, fresh in season
Craisins (dried cranberries) or raisins.
Veggies:
Potatoes (baked in microwave)
Sweet Potatoes (ditto)
Carrots (boiled)
Beets (canned)
Soups:
Borscht (Manischewitz bottled beet soup -- heavenly with boiled potato cut up into it)
Potato Soup (homemade)
Vegetable Soup (Campbells Healthy Request)
Green Pea Soup (Campbells)
Green Veggies:
Green Peas (frozen)
Green Beans (fresh or frozen)
Broccoli (florets only, small quantities)
Asparagus (well done, just the tips)
Lima Beans (frozen)
Bottled Tomato Sauce (over pasta, add sugar to cut acid)
Sundried Tomatoes
Roasted Peppers
Lettuce and Tomato on sandwiches
Small Green Salads
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As many of you know, I've been stable (no attacks of D) for over four months now. As many of you also know, I have real problems getting enough fruits and veggies for a healthy diet that's also IBS-safe. There's two reasons, 1) I have a lot of food allergies and intolerances, and 2) I have fibromyalgia which makes me too weak and tired to cook from scratch much. Which is why I started this list for myself a couple months ago. I got away from it when my battle with migraines was raging in March and April, but now that they're better, I realized I need to pay attention to getting a healthy diet again.
So I'm resurrecting my list and my "5 a day" goal. Wish me luck everybody, and help me out with ideas and get after me to make sure I don't get lazy.
Bevrs, you can even threaten to spank me, okay?!
So today I've had a couple strawberries but not a full serving, 4 oz of pineapple juice and a serving of green pea soup. I have some leftover cooked spinach to go with dinner and need a citrus -- it's too cool here for lemonade to sound good, so I guess I'll go have a glass of orange juice with some soluble fiber food right now.
Thanks, YAWL!!
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oops, I need more strawberries to make a full portion. They're great here right now - farm fresh from south Jersey!
And the OJ went down okay. I drank it in little tiny sips between bites of soluble fiber food (a Carrs cookie!).
Okay, 2 more strawberries just stem em and eat em like I used to at my grandma's!
Later!!
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First of all...I have always wanted to say this, but I have a hard time believing that you are as old as you say you are because your picture makes you look like you are in your late 20s-early 30s. I am NOT kidding when I say this!
Okay......I have a few more to add that you might like.
Canned Pears in juice (less sugar and fat)
Canned Mangoes in light syrup (usually sold under the brand names Roland or Polar)
No cooking necessary--just pour into a Tupperware container and stick in fridge!
 Jen
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Jen, Jen, Jen, you absolute sweetie!! You made my day!! Yeah, a lot of people tell me I look younger than I am. Thanks so much for the compliment.
Canned pears I can't eat because I'm allergic to them (yeah, isn't that weird?). But canned mangoes sound GREAT!! I never would have thought of that. Thanks!!
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