Perhaps one of the best things you might try is making a pot of minestrone soup which incorporates many veggies into it. I also cook some pasta on the side and add this after I have finished cooking the veggies and turned off the burner to cool. I personally don't like the starch from the cooking of the pasta right in the soup as it clouds the clarity of the broth, but that's just me. Add some cooked beans too!... like a few garbanzos, pink or pinto beans, etc., whatever you like for some added protein.
Minestrone soup freezes well if you can't consume all you made within a few days. A small cup of this is a great introduction to any meal. Homemade french bread or sour dough croutons are also good floating in Minestrone soup.
As for meat protein, I really would suggest that you purchase free range chicken or turkey that has not been given antibiotics nor steriods. Most of us IBSers cannot tolerate red meat, though if you cannot give that up entirely then make sure you purchase only grass fed beef with no antibiotics nor steriods. You won't usually find these items in your local supermarket and will have to visit a local independent butcher who buys from local ranchers.
Red meat is very difficult for many to digest, and particularly us IBSers. As Heather suggests, salads are best eaten AFTER the meal rather than before. She says, pretend you are French. Europeans eat their salad after meals, not before like us Americans. The roughage really is hard on IBS when it is not preceded by something more soothing.
Best of luck to you.
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