Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Are these foods safe to eat?

Sommer, you need to get Heather's "The First Year" and you need to read it. All these questions -- and MORE -- will be easily answered for you in her book.

The pizza was an issue for me as well. I LOVE PIZZA! This Board introduced me to Amy's frozen SOY CHEESE pizza. The only kind of Amy's pizza I could find at Safeway was the "no-cheese" pizza, so I bought it. YUK. Then the Board told me I misunderstood and needed to find Amy's SOY CHEESE kind. I had to drive down to the health food store, way out of town, but they had it -- and it turned out that it was well worth the long trip to get it. YUMMY! Now, whenever I go down there I always stock up on it. Hubby even wants my pizza -- it's really GOOD!

You have a sweet tooth? Excellent. Check out the recipes in the recipe board. There are some incredible dishes in there, magnificent cakes -- and of course our fave ADBs! I don't think there's anyone on this board who isn't addicted to the ADBs! Easy to make, and absolutely scruptuous.

Those frozen veggies are fine in a casserole or a soup. Why not buy some whole chickens on sale, whip up a nice soup stock, and throw those veggies in it? Yum. I posted my chicken stock recipe in the recipe board -- anything and everything tastes great with it. Veggies are fine, provided you chop, grind, pulverize, and cook them well first. Ditto with canned veggies.

Margarine is a fat. This eating program is very low in fat. You have to use it very sparingly. Also, margarine is high in the bad fat (hydrogenated). When you go down to the health food store, look for Soy Garden; it's a butter substitute that is totally NON-hydrogenated and tastes more like real butter than anything I've ever tried. It's still 100% fat, so you have to use it sparingly, but it's much, MUCH better for you than any margarine.

Do you like bagels? What about pretzels? I love pretzel rods. You can take those in your purse for emergencies. (Okay, so get yourself a big purse.)

Also, in that new big purse you should make up a little zipper bag of emergency supplies, such as your meds and a little Tummy Mint tea. Buy some Equalactin and put a little acacia in a Zip-Loc bag. You've got yourself a nice emergency medicine cabinet with you at all times.

In that medicine cabinet I keep peppermint Altoids. Excellent for tummy -- and satisfies that sweet tooth of yours!

I like Nature Valley granola bars, and I keep a little supply in my emergency medicine cabinet. They're a little higher in fat than they should be, so I share it with hubby.

There's no reason for you to be "sitting [t]here, sulking and complaining while [you] have to watch over a frozen pizza that's cooking in the oven for [your] hubby" because there are SOOOO many good things you could make for BOTH of you. My hubby loves everything I make, so I make ONLY IBS-safe foods. Okay, so initially I cleaned out my pantry of all fattening stuff -- but that's a good thing -- hubby actually helped me! You might be surprised, Girlfriend! (By the way, check out the recipe board for pizza -- yep, we make our own, and it's to die for!)

Good luck -- and get Heather's book; it'll help you A LOT.

Bev

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