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People ask "What CAN you eat?" and I say "Well, no _________, no ___________ of any kind, no ________ including __________ ..."
That's not what they asked. It's the best and shortest answer I have at the moment, but it's in an unhelpful and inconvenient form. The harried admin trying to order lunch for thirty-five will understand only that I cannot have anything the restaurant offers. The guy doing the Costco snack-food run can read labels for an hour and still not find something I can eat. It's not even, when you get right down to it, a useful answer for myself. I know mainly what to avoid. It's a lot faster and easier to know what to go find.
[LJ-CUT TEXT="After five-plus weeks looking around, I can at least start this list now."]
If something's on here, presume that what's there is just that thing plain: ie chicken, NOT honey-roasted chicken or Kentucky fried chicken, JUST chicken.
I can eat these ingredients:
All vegetables except potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots, and parsnips.
Almost any meat or poultry. (Careful of the sugar-cured stuff, maple sausage, and the like.)
Eggs.
Any herb or spice I can currently think of.
Mustard (the condiment as well as the spice).
Oils such as olive oil, sesame oil, peanut oil.
Butter and margarine.
Soy products such as tofu.
Some fruits people don't tend to think of as fruits, such as tomato. (Need more examples here)
Any cheese. There are fussy details here, but frankly, this will do.
Unsweetened plain yogurt.
Any nuts.
Peanuts (technically a legume, but they're okay).
Unsweetened peanut butter or almond butter.
I dislike, but can eat:
Broccoli.
Mushrooms.
Artificial sweeteners.
I can eat in moderation:
Beans and legumes.
??Coconut??
??Milk??
Very dark chocolate with almost no sugar in it (careful of those "89% dark" but "16g sugar / serving" bars! Grab the "5g sugar in the whole bar" kind instead).
Lemon juice or lime juice used as flavoring or in cooking.
The basic things to avoid:
Sugars, fruits, starches, grains.
Nonobvious corollaries - also avoid:
Most commercially-made salad dressings, ketchup, bbq sauce, chili sauce, salsas, canned soups, marinades, dips, spaghetti sauces, Chicken Tonight sauces, and the like.
Most spicy foods made in Chinese restaurants in America.
Most fast-food burgers - full of sugar even if you ditch the bun.
Corn in any form including corn starch.
Alcohol including those stupid Atkins-bar "sugar alcohols".
Caffeine (may be unrelated to the yeast control diet, but it's listed in my treatment handout).
Fish or seafood of any kind (completely unrelated; these simply make me throw up).
Basically, if it isn't a fruit and isn't bread, and it's on the periphery of the grocery store instead of down one of the aisles, there's a good chance I can have it. If it is commercially prepared, there's a good chance I can't have it.[/LJ-CUT]
More helpful yet would be lists of made things somebody could buy rather than lists of raw ingredients. I'll get there.
That's not what they asked. It's the best and shortest answer I have at the moment, but it's in an unhelpful and inconvenient form. The harried admin trying to order lunch for thirty-five will understand only that I cannot have anything the restaurant offers. The guy doing the Costco snack-food run can read labels for an hour and still not find something I can eat. It's not even, when you get right down to it, a useful answer for myself. I know mainly what to avoid. It's a lot faster and easier to know what to go find.
[LJ-CUT TEXT="After five-plus weeks looking around, I can at least start this list now."]
If something's on here, presume that what's there is just that thing plain: ie chicken, NOT honey-roasted chicken or Kentucky fried chicken, JUST chicken.
I can eat these ingredients:
All vegetables except potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots, and parsnips.
Almost any meat or poultry. (Careful of the sugar-cured stuff, maple sausage, and the like.)
Eggs.
Any herb or spice I can currently think of.
Mustard (the condiment as well as the spice).
Oils such as olive oil, sesame oil, peanut oil.
Butter and margarine.
Soy products such as tofu.
Some fruits people don't tend to think of as fruits, such as tomato. (Need more examples here)
Any cheese. There are fussy details here, but frankly, this will do.
Unsweetened plain yogurt.
Any nuts.
Peanuts (technically a legume, but they're okay).
Unsweetened peanut butter or almond butter.
I dislike, but can eat:
Broccoli.
Mushrooms.
Artificial sweeteners.
I can eat in moderation:
Beans and legumes.
??Coconut??
??Milk??
Very dark chocolate with almost no sugar in it (careful of those "89% dark" but "16g sugar / serving" bars! Grab the "5g sugar in the whole bar" kind instead).
Lemon juice or lime juice used as flavoring or in cooking.
The basic things to avoid:
Sugars, fruits, starches, grains.
Nonobvious corollaries - also avoid:
Most commercially-made salad dressings, ketchup, bbq sauce, chili sauce, salsas, canned soups, marinades, dips, spaghetti sauces, Chicken Tonight sauces, and the like.
Most spicy foods made in Chinese restaurants in America.
Most fast-food burgers - full of sugar even if you ditch the bun.
Corn in any form including corn starch.
Alcohol including those stupid Atkins-bar "sugar alcohols".
Caffeine (may be unrelated to the yeast control diet, but it's listed in my treatment handout).
Fish or seafood of any kind (completely unrelated; these simply make me throw up).
Basically, if it isn't a fruit and isn't bread, and it's on the periphery of the grocery store instead of down one of the aisles, there's a good chance I can have it. If it is commercially prepared, there's a good chance I can't have it.[/LJ-CUT]
More helpful yet would be lists of made things somebody could buy rather than lists of raw ingredients. I'll get there.
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Do you want to get together and cook a big batch of stuff some weekend? I can definitely come up with stuff you can eat and I can cook (although there are lots of things that you will probably like better that I can't cook, what with the meat). Would it be helpful if I made out a list of vegetables and non-obvious fruits that you could just mark OK/moderation/avoid? There are a number of things not on your list that seem sort of questionable to me (winter squashes, as mentioned in another comment, and jicama, which is a root vegetable but not [I think] very starchy [it's very bland, makes a good cracker-substitute for dips and things], and jerusalem artichoke [pretty sure this is too starchy, but if it's not then it's quite tasty], and I can probably come up with more if I think about it for a minute).
I have two random suggestions:
1. Stuffed peppers. We did peppers stuffed with black beans and cheese and onions (and maybe some tomato, I don't remember) and appropriate spices (cumin, oregano, pepper of your choice) just recently; replacing the beans with ground beef or turkey should work well for you. Cut the peppers (bell peppers or pasilla peppers or anything else large and mild -- or, heck, do tiny little stuffed jalapenos, that could be fun) in half and remove the seeds and stuff. Cook the filling bits in a skillet until the onion is soft and the meat is safe, fill the pepper halves, put them in a roasting pan, and bake at 350 or 400 F for about half an hour (the peppers should be soft).
2. Roasted summer squash with tomato and cheese. On a cookie sheet, arrange thin slices of zucchini or yellow squash (or other summer squash). Cover with slices of tomato. Cover with cheese of your choice (I suggest mozzarella or parmesan, depending on the direction you want to go here). Top with fresh or dried herbs (basil, oregano, and/or parsley spring to mind) and maybe some pepper. Bake at 350 or 400 for about 15 minutes or until it looks like food.