Your grocery shopping list
#141992 - 01/24/05 01:24 PM
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Ravenndark
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What are your IBS "must haves" that are automatically on your grocery list when you go shopping? I finally arranged for my father to take my shopping, so I can buy IBS friendly stuff, but now I need advice!
So far, I have:
Soda crackers,
soup stock,
couscous (and other pastas)
oatmeal,
rice milk (I've never tried this before, I don't like soymilk)
baked beans (I can tolerate these, thankfully)
Rice crackers,
soy cheese
Anything else you'd recommend?
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I'm more D, but I always get plain bagels. Also, low fat spaghetti sauce with veggies (Prego Garden Combination is what I get, which only has 1.5 g fat per 1/2 cup serving), peanut butter (if you can tolerate it, I like Peter Pan creamy with honey, it's a little less fat than regular creamy), and seedless strawberry jelly (since I'm a strawberry freak). You might also want to try some canned or frozen veggies so that you can safely add some of those into your diet. Oh, and unsweetened applesauce is also fantastic, for eating and for baking. Ok, I'm going to stop now, I could so keep going....
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Your list looks a lot like mine. My staples are:
vanilla rice milk for tea & drinking
plain soy milk for cooking
chicken breasts, bone-in and skinless/boneless
redbush (rooibus) tea
canned peaches
oatmeal
"cooking" bananas (I buy them overripe - half price & no waiting for them to ripen!)
graham crackers - plain and chocolate
*sometimes* bakery bread, although more often flour and yeast to make my own
fresh or frozen carrots
potatoes
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Bananas
sweet potatoes
mushrooms in everything
soy milk
baguettes and similar bread
Haagen Dazs sorbet
oatmeal bread
Healthy choice soup
chicken broth
pretzels
pasta and rice
and fillers for meals
At Sam's club I buy:
chicken breasts
whole chickens
seafood
instant oatmeal and honey nut cheerios
eggs and flour and sugar and I bake a lot
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"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Tofu
Chick peas
Lentils
Tofu dogs and burgers
Rice
Bread
Potatoes
Frozen blueberries & strawberries for smoothies
Bananas
Frozen spinach
Advocadoes
Bean and rice burritos (Amy's)
Honey (not considered vegan but I eat it)
Fruit leathers
Baked Lays and baked Doritoes
Popcorn
Tofu cuties
Black licorice
Gee, that's all for now.... Good luck Isabel! 
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Yeah, mine looks a lot the same too...
fresh french bread from the bakery
rice crackers or rice cakes
melba toast and bread sticks
plain bagels
english muffins
applesauce
oatmeal
potatoes and sweet potatoes, turnips sometimes too
carrots
zucchini
chicken breasts
salmon, cod
egg whites
soymilk (if you're trying rice milk, Rice Dream is my *favourite*... I use soymilk because I like it just as well but it has lots more protein and calcium in it)
soy cheese (really good if you don't expect it to taste exactly like cheese! lol)
hummus
salsa
pasta
white rice (I buy Uncle Ben's 5 minute stuff, it comes precooked all you do is soak it in boiling water... WAY too easy!  )
rice krispies
boxed rice krispie squares if my sweet tooth gets the better of me
peppermint tea
hmmm that's all I can think of for now... Hope that helps a bit! There's nothing better for IBS (imho) than having safe foods close by at all times. Good luck!
Laurel.
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I see you listed popcorn, which prior to IBS, was one of my favorite foods, however, I stopped eating it because of the little kernel shells that are still left with the white popped part.
Do you really eat popcorn and feel okay? Any particular brand?
thanks
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Yep, I eat it very often! I have the President's Choice Organic kind. Never had a problem.
http://www.presidentschoice.ca/en/products/product_page.aspx?ProductId=10655&Section=pc_great_foods&CategoryId=193
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What kind of lentils and chickpeas do you buy? Are they canned or dry?
Also are the lentils red or normal white color?
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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Tina, have you tried the mini-chefs stuff that PC just came out with? They have some pretty tasty fruit leathers, and some good looking arrowroot crackers that I've been meaning to pick up!
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To say that I have just been to your website - I love your art!! Keep it up!
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Heh, thanks! I keeps me sane, though I don't have as much time as I used to for that kind of thing.
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No I haven't. I'll look for them! 
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I'll email you the answer Beth!
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I just have a quick question about your list: you mentioned that you buy the Baked Doritos, but what about the cheese? Or do you mean regular Doritos, not cheese flavored?
I'm hoping the stores up here will start carrying the baked chips...all they carry are the Baked Lay's (regular), but not the baked Ruffles or Baked Tostitos. I tried those when I on vacation earlier this month, and they are de-lish! Much better than the Guiltless Gourmet...
Anyway, just curious...they also have baked Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream. Every try those?
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Now they have a new kind that comes in packets that you open, and microwave for 90 secs. That's it!
(I mention this for people who find boiling water as potentially hazardous as I do, lol....I'm not that bad of a cook, just not strong enough to care a very big pot of water over to the sink where the strainer is--I learned that with a pot of boiling water....)
At any rate, comes in all kinds of yummy flavors (I think they are all safe except the "Buttery" one, but check, as my store may not have them all).
Nice and Easy, especially when away from home.
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Oatmeal (I get the big cannister so I only need to buy it about once a month)
Low fat granola (I put a handful in my oatmeal
4-packs of individual servings of light canned pears
4-packs of individual servings of canned peaches
Rice crispies (Shurfine brand doesn't have HFCS)It's a store brand in the US)
Chicken Breasts
Fresh ground turkey (NOT the stuff in the tubes)
Lean pork chops (Yes, I know, but I tolerate it very very well)
Fish (salmon, tilapia, catfish)
Low fat soda crackers
Soy milk (8th Continent regular or lite)
Chocolate soy milk (for a treat)
soy cheese slices (Galaxy brand)
White bread
Baby carrots
Mushrooms (I throw them in froze dinners or canned soup to sneak in a safe veggie)
Fresh tomatoes
Rice crackers
Frozen green beans
Smart Ones Turkey & Green Beans frozen dinners (the Lean Cuisines of this dinner are fine, too)
Deli turkey (I guess this isn't tolerable for everyone)
Rice
100 Calorie Packs of Honey Grahams
Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup
Progrosso Chicken Barley Soup
Edy's or Hagen-Daz Sorbets
Potato flakes
Low fat Biscuick
For the last 2 items, I of course mix with soy milk instead of cow's milk. You cannot taste the difference.
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#190818 - 07/01/05 08:32 AM
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Augie
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What brand rice cakes do you buy? There's a lot of folks looking for a safer brand that isn't really hard to digest.
Also, don't rice krispy squares have dairy in them? They do in the states. 
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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And is your rice brown or white or both? Just curious as to how many can do brown! I know, where all different...but I hate that!
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~ Beth
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Beth
#190821 - 07/01/05 08:43 AM
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I was buying Quaker rice cakes, but that was before they started making them with brown rice (or, at least, before I noticed, lol). They never really gave me a problem but I don't really buy them any more just to be safe. I'll have one on occassion without problems, but I more often eat rice crackers instead now.
Re: rice crispy squares. I don't think I've ever heard of them having dairy in them!  The problem with the Kelloggs brand is, as far as I know, that they have HFCS in them. The brand I was buying was a store brand (Our Compliments) that was HFCS-free.
Also to chime in on deli meats, those can be deceptively high fat - even things like chicken and turkey breast. I don't know how or why they do it. But if you don't have a label to confirm that it's ok (i.e. if you get it from a deli counter) I'd be careful.
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quaker brand with white rice too...or maybe I'm just reading labels more diligently now too! They seem so light and "airy" compared to HFS kinds, I never assumed they were brown rice! 
I think the rice krispy treats have butter in them? That's why I thought it contained dairy. I've been GF so long, I forgot exactly what the problem was with them.
I always ask the deli counter people to see the ingredient listings on the back of an unopened meat package if the one they have is removed already. I get the dirtiest looks when they have to go back to the freezer or refrigerator to get another package! If they refuse, I don't buy it. I tell them I have food intolerance, and they look at me like "whatever"! 
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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They use nitrates to preserve deli meat and some people can have issues with them or just don't like the idea.
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I think I handle brown rice fine, but I don't like it so I never eat it. I had it some time ago in jamabalaya. I would rather have white rice with lots of insoluble veggies. 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
Edited by Little Minnie (07/01/05 11:34 AM)
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