Lovely yeast-control-approved lunch

[cjsmith]

Slices carved from roast turkey (not cold cuts)
Black beans with shredded cheeeeese on top*
Chilled asparagus and almond "salad" with some fresh-ground pepper

I managed to get this at the cafeteria in our building. Yay me! I think it involved every permissible food they had in the whole place except the mushrooms.

I am trying very hard not to think about the group that went out for dosas today. For months I'd tried to get people interested in going for dosas, and now, on day 2 of my being unable to eat pretty much anything South Indian, they all go. Grump. But I'm not thinking of that; I'm eating my yummy asparagus. Right? Right.

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*Most beans are on the "eat in moderation" list

Comments

[busysuzy.livejournal.com]

So a "yeast controlled" diet is a gas-excessive diet?! Man!

Sorry about your co-workers. Those bums.

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

Well, hey, if you can be full on this diet, you're doing OK.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to eat only a little bit of beans. Does turkey or asparagus tend to cause gas? I've never had problems with those...

Maybe if I do have gas I should go to my coworkers' desks this afternoon and have nice lengthy chats with them. ;-)

[brooksmoses]

And she can have asparagus! Yummy asparagus! Who needs anything else?

Er, hmm. I seem to be channelling tiger_spot there. Oops.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I can as long as there's a company cafeteria nearby and as long as they have enough approved items that day. Yesterday's lunch was mighty skimpy, and dinner was a disaster. My easiest breakfast option is peanuts (I can also have whole oatmeal in moderation, which probably doesn't mean a big bowl every morning) and I'm already getting tired of peanuts. I expect to lose some weight.

I went shopping last night and you should see the fridge. I took over. I plan to hard-boil a pile of eggs for snacks and breakfasts, and then see what I can do with the meats, cheeses, and veggies without using any sauces. Since most restaurants are now Mostly Not OK for me, I'll be going through this food pretty fast. Knowing my cooking skills, it won't taste good. I expect to lose some weight. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I adore asparagus. I need to go get me some at home. :-)

[brooksmoses]

There's a person at the Mountain View farmers market who sells just asparagus (and mushrooms, I think is the other thing), whose asparagus is absolutely delicious even on a scale just of asparagus.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh NICE. Mmmmmm, asparagus! :-)

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

Time to look on craigslist for that second fridge!

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Hey, I need things besides asparagus. Garlic, for instance. To go with the asparagus....

[busysuzy.livejournal.com]

Haha. No I suppose I was just focusing on the beans. I eat a lot of beans and it gets ridiculous. OK. TMI. Sorry. : )

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

I would think you could eat Indian cuisine in general... Pakoras are traditionally made with chickpea flour. You could eat tandoori and saag paneer.

How strict a no-yeast diet are you on? Because some advocate scrapping *all* dairy (I see you're eating cheese above) and some don't (esp they push plain yoghurt, but none with sugar/fruit). Most of what I see definitely axes bread, sugar (including sources of sugar like fruit), and simple carbohydrates.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

(Hm, I seem to have gone all helpful and brainstormy. I can stop if it is not in fact helpful.)

Are other nuts besides peanuts okay? Getting some variety in there would at least help things taste different, although nutritionally I think they're all pretty similar.

Eggs scrambled with veggies (and cheese!) in are quite different from just plain eggs.

Sauce makes life better. Would some kind of simple salad dressing (olive oil + vinegar, maybe herbs) be possible, or is one of those things on the prohibited list? Vinegar and herbs go well on a lot of vegetables.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Asparagus is one of those vegetables I can't fathom eating cold. More power to you for liking it that way. :-) The rest of your meal sounds good.

For months I'd tried to get people interested in going for dosas

I hate situations like that. I'd give up on repeated "Let's go for...", being tired of falling on apparently deaf ears, and then, when I couldn't, the others do just that. :-/

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It gets ridiculous when I eat them a lot, too. I know exactly what you mean!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Ideas are great! Thank you!

Yes, pretty much all nuts are good. Scrambling eggs with veggies and cheese is something that's definitely on my list, although that's kind of a weekend-only breakfast due to the time factor.

Whole grains are okay, if truly 100% whole grain, although of course even those shouldn't show up all the time. Sadly, most whole grain breads in the supermarket -- even "100% whole grain" ones -- have sugar in them. Basically, if yeast can make the bread rise, then any yeast in my body can live on that bread.

Olive oil and vinegar are great, and so are most herbs. The problem comes with cornstarch in thickened sauces, or sugar in pretty much every salad dressing except oil and vinegar. Lemon juice is also fine as best I can tell.

Certain fruits are good. I need to look them up - all berries for sure, dried apricots, I forget what else. I need to lay low on the apples and pears, and I can't have (ripe) bananas, raisins, or pineapple at all. I forget where the dividing lines are exactly.

Apparently, this is the time in my life wherein I learn to use spices. :-)

[ed: I should note that only some whole grains are OK. Oat = OK in moderation. Corn = never eat in any form. I suspect wheat = never, and I suspect rye = okay, but I have to go look it up.]

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, I could eat a lot of Indian cuisine, and I need to find out exactly what, 'cause I adore Indian cuisine. :-) I could eat dosa as long as there wasn't any filling.

I'm supposed to scrap milk, but I can have cheese or unsweetened yogurt. I'm told I can have some whole grains (depending on the grain of course - corn in any form is absolutely verboten), but if we think of "bread" as something that yeast can make rise, then obviously I can't have any of that. I'm being really leery of the grains in general. I need to go look and see whether I can have any form of wheat at all; I'm guessing no. Rye might work though -- 100% rye bread doesn't rise.

The chart I have seems to indicate that berries are okay, which puzzles me, because my tongue perceives most berries as very sweet. I haven't gone there yet either, and I may be super-cautious and leave those alone. The only fruit I've dared was some dried mango, which when I looked it up later turned out to be forbidden (oops). At least I didn't eat much of it.

What do your guidelines say? I have done minimal research web-searching and am surprised at the variation in the yeast-control diets out there. It may be that there simply hasn't been much solid research on them yet.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew where we could put it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not raw, just allowed to cool down. I don't know if that'd make it any better for you.

I think you and I both have the Voice of Subliminal Suggestion. When we say "Let's go for...", no one can hear what we say, so they don't respond, yet when they're suddenly at a loss for what to do, the subliminal message comes out. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Lemon juice and pepper is my fave, but I did love those little sliced almonds all over the asparagus at lunch. I think I just like food :-)

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

Garage where the water heater used to be. As long as you could get the door open with the steps there.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I think you and I both have the Voice of Subliminal Suggestion.

That makes a lot of sense considering how often I also seem to be invisible. Although sometimes that one has been as useful as it has been frustrating. ;-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the door would be a problem. Chest freezer might work there, as long as it was tiny.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Me too, man, me too. I grew up invisible and I think one of the reasons I deeply hated going from girl to woman was that I was suddenly visible -- as prey -- to a portion of the population. I didn't know what to do with visibility.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Gosh, but why would you want a salad dressing other than oil and vinegar? (Or oil and lemon juice.) I mean, I do buy commercial ranch to use for dip sometimes, but oil and vinegar and herbs is Better.

I have gone and checked my breads, and they do not have sugar listed but do have yeast, so are probably not useful recommendations. I was hoping the pita bread might be safe. Hey, how about whole wheat tortillas? Might those be okay? Or matzo or something? Utter lack of bread is sad.

Spices are very important. Basil and oregano are good on pretty much everything. Cumin's very tasty with black beans. Hm, hm, things you might not know already.... Sumac's tasty with lemon juice; we can give you some if you want to try it (we have a big bag from Penzey's).