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Try Bac-Os for bacon bits. Heather says she even uses them to make turkey club sandwiches.

Amy's makes two different mac & cheese products, one with regular cheese and one with soy cheese. The one with soy cheese does contain caseinate which is a milk protein. A lot of people on the Boards can handle that but you'll have to try it for yourself to see.

Soy sour cream is safe as far as being non-dairy but it is still very high in fat so you have to approach it cautiously. I love it in LittleMinnie's Chicken Paprikash which only uses 1/4 cup of soy sour cream for 4 servings. I serve it over noodles rather than baked potatoes.

If you miss beans, give them a try. There's a great Southwest Chili recipe on the Board or try one of the bean dips in Heather's EFI cookbook if you want to smush them up for easier digesting. If you have problems with gas, try taking Beano beforehand.

Try some seafood, too. I really like JenniferRose's Shrimp Scampi with lots of bread to sop up the sauce. There are other shrimp scampi type recipes out there, too.

Salads are trickier. I can tolerate a small tossed salad now with (mostly after) dinner but it took a long time. Some people on the Board make cold salads out of cooked vegetables: steam carrots, zucchini, green beans, whatever strikes your fancy, cool them, and serve as a cold cooked salad.

For breakfast, try some of the muffin recipes on the Board or the bread recipes from Heather's EFI Cookbook - her banana bread is yummy and so, so tummy friendly - and it freezes very well.

A good way to get more ideas would be to Search on the Recipe Board for posts called "What's Cooking". These popped up from time to time over the last year or two and were threads where people reported on what they were cooking that week. They're nice places to read what other people have tried.

As for side dishes, you can try different potato recipes, jazz up your rice dishes, use pasta, risotto, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, and so on. I'd suggest just browsing through the Recipe Index and seeing what looks good. There are a zillion recipes out there and while not all of them will be to your liking, there will probably be more than a few that you love enough to eat even if your IBS was miraculously cured tomorrow. And, as your mother probably told you, you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.

HTH.

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