Living Without
Adventures of an Elimination Diet
Sunday, November 20, 2011
It's Gluten Day!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Dairy Update
Adding back Dairy and Soy
We added soy yesterday and ordered Thai food for dinner--lots of tofu in the curry and other dishes. Everything was tasty and no reaction. Angel is done, but I'm looking forward to gluten tomorrow! Gonna start the day with cinnamon bread--yum.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Adding Back Eggs
I had a great workout in the park and afterwards my snack was pineapple and pecans. Then we went kitty shopping for Roxy’s 10th birthday. We found the perfect little kitty that Rox named Cougar.
For Lunch, I had two eggs on Gluten free toast, this was SO good! I was waiting for egg day to have this bread because it is made with eggs, but no other elimination ingredients.
For dinner, Mom made an AMAZING Frittata with potato crust. It had spinach, onion, mushrooms and peppers and it tasted like it had cheese and bacon, even though there wasn’t. This is a must repeat recipe! I served mine with salad, butternut squash soup and gluten free toast. Mmm Mmm!!
No reactions what so ever, yeah!!! Eggs are great!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Back to the elimination diet for 2 days
Lunch was some leftover chicken, beans and green sauce with some rice crackers. Paul found some rice crackers with no soy or dairy, woo hoo!
Snack: Pancake with almond butter and apple sauce
Dinner: Vegetable soup
Recipe for Vegetable Soup:
Blend chicken broth with 3-4 tomatoes, 2 chopped garlic clove, cilantro and chile pepper optional.
Add chopped vegetables, hard to cook first. Beets, then carrots and celery, then zucchini and cauliflower and broccoli last. Cook until desired tenderness. Top with fresh cilantro and onion.
Adding Corn Back
So it’s been 3 weeks of digestive rest from the common allergens and I feel great! But now it is time to add one food back at a time and observe for any symptoms. We chose to do corn first.
Lunch: black beans with roasted corn and red chile with corn tortilla chips on the side
Snack : pan fried polenta with onion, garlic and mushroom
Dinner : Chicken enchiladas with green sauce, fried green tomatoes and black beans with roasted corn
After dinner snack: Popcorn
I am unsure if I had a reaction or not. I had to blow my nose after I ate. Was that due to the spice or the corn?? Also, the next morning when I did sprints, I was phlemier than usual, I had to clear my throat a lot. So, I think I will retest corn again at the end of the diet and see if I get a similar reaction.
First Addition: Corn!
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