Can anyone make suggestions on food choices that I can do. I am single with a jpouch and I am not much of a cook..
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I like to do simple foods and sometimes make a bigger batch of the food to eat on throughout the next couple days. Note that I stay away from gluten/dairy right now so you can always modify favorites to meet your needs.
Make a batch of soup and some cornbread
Fried Rice- I have a rice cooker, makes it super easy. Add some protein and veggies for a great meal.
Potatoes of all kinds! Hash browns, fried, baked...hash brown casserole with hamburger is a favorite of mine right now.
Making your own pizza is actually really easy! You can make your own crust or buy it ahead of time.
I like to cook a bunch of chicken breasts in the microwave or oven and then use them throughout the week. BBQ chicken wraps, chicken salad, plain with veggies, and chop up to add into things like rice, salads, or soups.
Tacos! Quesadillas, Nachos... I like cheddar cheese, avocado, and hamburger for my go to's. Having hamburger fried is really great to make a quick meal.
Having chips, sandwiches, and granola bars on hand our also nice.
Don't know if any of these ideas are super helpful, everyone can tolerate and likes to eat different stuff but those are some of my go to's!
Sounds like a lot of carbs in a lot of those suggestions? potatoes, breads...
Avery, that sounds like my diet! The carbs are quick/easy -- and I tolerate them just fine! I always look forward to weekly pasta dinner, canned sauce, bread and small salad. Even I can cook pasta and heat up sauce!
Hello, Pouchomarx.
Try quinoa grains if potatoes and bread or pasta bothers your situation. Quinoa is a superfood. It is packed with protein, fiber (soluable and insoluable). It is cooked exactly like rice, and if you have a rice pot that is the easiest and quickest way to cook quinoa. One cup quinoa to 1-1/2 cups water or broth to cook. Have it in place of potatoes or bread or rice with baked chicken, fresh salmon cooked in a toaster oven for 10 minutes at 300F (or canned, if you like). A piece of chicken drizzled with olive oil, dried oregano, squeeze a bit of lemon juice and grated fresh garlic and you've just made chicken souvlaki, and it is healthy for you. Any type of oily fish for the omega 3. Tofu cut into strips and stir fried or baked in a toaster oven, and mixed with some stir fried beef or broccoli, zucchini, squash, carrots. Or cook the vegetables in broth, then use a stick blender and turn it into a thick soup and add some chicken for protein. Roast a huge amount of root vegetables, (plenty and seasonal at this time of year) drizzled with lots of extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, grated garlic, spread in a single layer in a roasting pan and roast in the oven for an hour at 325F. Have that all week for lunch or dinner. Put the roasted veg on a whole wheat pizza round with cheese and chicken or beef strips. Look for sales on boneless, skinless chicken pieces and stock your freezer. And easy scrambled eggs with herbs (dried or fresh) on toast with sliced tomato is a quick meal. If you buy all these things on special and stock up your freezer, you will be fine. Spend a few hours on a Sunday and cook batches of food to last you all week.
I guess I should have clarified more...although I say things like BBQ wraps, pizza crust, and bread I make most of them myself and they are much lower carb. (Coconut flour for a lot of things)
Potatoes, yes are high in carbs but I can tolerate them.
Avery099, BBQ wraps are the best, and so easy. You can use lettuce leaves to wrap the fillings if a regular wrap is too carbo-y. And pizza crust is especially good when dipped in garlic wasabi mayo, which I make myself. I'm starting to learn how to bake cakes using almond flour instead of white flour. AKA KNKLHEAD, canned pasta sauce is really good if you throw in basil leaves and let them wilt while the sauce heats up. Fresh!
I don't have any issues as far as anything bothering me, I saw Shen the other day and told him I was still experiencing some leakage from surgery and he told me to try this diet and see if it helps at all.