Re: Mayo, Miracle Whip and Salad Dressings
04/05/08 08:38 AM
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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So far I have tried FF Kraft Mayo and Light MW. Both times just a smidge and I had pain. I know it had to be the spread because everything else I ate was stuff that's always fine. Am I doomed to dry sandwiches? Any suggestions?
It may just be too soon. I can now use Hellmann's Light Mayonnaise - the one with the green top - but it took me a while to be able to use any mayonnaise. I suspect Syl is right and it was the additives and/or HFCS. I couldn't tolerate them until I was fairly stable.
There are recipes for mayo on the Recipe Board (I haven't tried them although I've been meaning to make Kree's tofu mayonnaise for a couple of years now). You could also look at some "health food" mayonnaise and see if you do better with that. Be careful, though: all natural ingredients doesn't always mean low-fat.
(A warning about Hellmann's Light - When I first started using it, it had sugar but at some point they switched to HFCS. I can tolerate that now but wouldn't have been able to when I first started on the EFI plan.)
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How about the spray salad dressings? I noticed Ken's has natural one. I was thinking of trying this on a sandwich. Anyone have luck with that?
I haven't tried that but as long as you don't end up with too much fat and there's nothing problematic in the ingredients, I'd think you'd be okay.
Have you considered trying either cranberry sauce (say, for a turkey sandwich) or chutney (for a chicken sandwich)? Whole Foods makes a cranberry sauce without HFCS; I'm not sure about chutneys without HFCS. Preserves or marmalades should work, too - Bonne Mamam is HFCS-free and I think apricot preserves with chicken sounds kind of good.
Alternatively, Heather's EFI Cookbook has a wonderful recipe for a tuna-lemon sandwich that doesn't use any mayo at all. And cruise through the sandwiches in the Recipe Index - there are at least a couple that don't use mayo including one that calls for sourdough bread, peppered turkey, and Smucker's seedless raspberry jam.
HTH.
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