Making TIME a success
#206048 - 08/16/05 08:07 PM
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I honestly need some answers. Im feeling overwhelmed and not able to make time to cook my IBS recipes. How does everyone do it, with work, families, loved ones, friends, hobbies, etc.? I'm stuggling to find an adequete amt. of time to prepare and cook these recipes. I start school next week, so i will even have less time on my hands. I notice when i'm rushed i eat bad, even when i don't want to. I need to prepare some quick, easy recipes that make leftovers. Suggestions welcome....
Sara 
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Well, one of my #1 suggestions is actually kind of the opposite of quick: a crock-pot. It doesn't take very long to throw a bunch of ingredients in the pot, and then it cooks all day while you're doing other things.  There are THOUSANDS of crock-pot recipes out there, and most of them can be easily adapted to the IBS diet guidelines, because crockery cooking is a low-fat-required cooking method to begin with. There's also some safe recipes already in the Recipe Index to get you started. And the bonus is that a crockpot isn't a huge investment - mine was $10 brand new at Walmart.
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i've gotten into the habit of cooking sunday evening to last through most of the week - soy rice pudding (which makes a great breakfast), rice stir-fry, zucchini bread if i feel ambitious. that's usually good for three or four lunches and a dinner or two.
other than that, i rely on safe foods that don't take a lot of time to prepare - cereal w/ soy yogurt, sandwiches, egg white omemelets, sweet potatoes (microwaved!), baby carrots w/ hummus (more IF than some can handle), bagels w/ tofu cream cheese. i tend to be a grazer anyway, so it works well for me, but there are lots of healthy foods that won't get you ill that can be grabbed and eaten.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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Hi Sara, Along the lines of what Jaime said, on Sunday I usually cook up brown rice based dishes with veges, tofu,
or chicken in them or something like that, and in mass
so it lasts for five days. For breakfast, lunch and snacks,
I usually things you don't have to cook. However, I have
been baking a lot of Heather's zuc bread that I eat with
breakfast or use as my morning snack. -Bob
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Batches of muffins and freeze them.
bagels with peanut butter and pureed fruit (I puree some fruit, and put it in an old, cleaned out jelly jar in the fridge)
Make enough dinner one night to have leftovers for lunch/dinner for a few more days, such as large batch of pasta you can quickly throw sauce or spices on, or rice and stir-fry veggies. Risottos are also good for making leftovers.
Snack sized unsweetened applesauce cups, or small containers you spoon applesauce from a jar into
I'm the queen of bring your own food everywhere, since some days the only meal I eat at home is breakfast (which is usually toasted bread or a bagel with fruit puree or this week Canadian Maple syrup the my bf brought home from this conference in Toronto last week  ). I'm a college student and I have night classes occasionally, so I understand.
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Melissa
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It does get easier. The first few months I was on the IBS diet I felt like I was always behind, trying to read labels, cook new recipes, remember what I could and couldn't have, and just trying to figure out what to put on the menu. Once I got used to it, it got much easier and now it's second nature.
Here are a couple posts by someone who manages her IBS with little or no cooking. They might give you some ideas:
Post 1
Post 2
As for actually cooking, I agree with Casey - check out some crockpot recipes. I love Kree's CrockPot Chicken Stew, the CrockPot Bourbon Breast of Chicken, and the Crockpot Zesty Chicken and Rice Supper.
Other recipes we love are:
- Peking Chicken Burgers (made with ground turkey), serve with Crispy Potato Wedges
- Oven-Fried Honey Chicken, serve with Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes which you can prepare ahead in a casserole dish and pop in the oven with the chicken
- JenniferRose's Shrimp Scampi with bread to sop up the sauce
- Crispy Balsamic Baked Chicken, serve with Persian Rice Pilaf or Basmati Rice with Onion and Ginger
- Heather's Simple Herb Baked Chicken Breasts, serve with the same
- ShellMarr's Turkey Meatloaf, serve with Skinny Mashed Potatoes (I think you could put the meatloaf together the night before and bake it when you get home and you could make the mashed potatoes beforehand and heat them up in a casserole dish while you cook the meatloaf)
- Heather's Crispy Pizza with Shredded Chicken, Scallions, and Smoky Sweet Barbecue Sauce (I use Pillsbury's Classic Pizza Crust)
Heather's Crispy Pizza is in EFI; all the other recipes are in the Recipe Index.
Last, but not least, I would suggest you try to find just one week's worth of recipes you and your family like and you can make easily. Once you have a solid week's worth and are comfortable making those, you can start trying new things.
HTH.
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Confession: I hardly cook and detest cooking! (Although sometimes I get in the mood)
So, I cook enough for a few days and often more, or I cook and freeze. Also, it hardly takes 2 minutes to organize something to stick in the oven and broil and grilling is ultra fast as well. Smoothies, soups, etc. are all REALLY FAST and something I can do in my sleep.
I make use of my microwave, too, i.e. hmmm...I feel like some carrots to go with something therefore in they go and PRESTO!
It's awful because I could eat the same thing virtually everyday with few variations! (Although, I DO FORCE MYSELF TO INCLUDE A LITTLE VARIETY)
Kate.
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Thank you so much everyone for such awesome and helpful feedback. I def. think i'll cook on Sundays for the week and go from there, that's a great idea. Every day i'm looking for something i can tolerate to make, so 1day for cooking would help. It's also hard because i still live at home and my family thinks IBS food is crazy, so i'll show them when i actually cook a meal that they'll eat! I must invest in a crockpot, my mom says we might have one in storage, that's how much she used it, lol! So thanks again to all...
Sara:)
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