Low FODMAPS Diet

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

Hi Ladies!

I have a question. So my boyfriend was recently put on the Low FODMAPS diet by his doctor. He also cannot have any cheese, alcohol, chocolate (he is very sad right now), and garlic and onions. We eat a lot together and I have noticed that almost every recipe has onions and garlic in it!

Is anyone on the same or similar diet? If so, would you have recipe suggestions in mind that I could use? This is actually a good thing because it is making us more concious about what we eat but we love onions and garlic and it is making it difficult to find recipes that don't have that plus are gluten free, lactose free, and corn syrup free.

Thanks!

novella1186 · January 2015

There's a bunch of vegan stir fry stuff I love to make, with tofu in it. (I'm not vegan but I like to eat that stuff sometimes). There's no gluten or dairy either. There is a little bit of garlic but it's easy to just leave that out, and with the ginger and other stuff in the recipe, there's still plenty of flavor.

I would highly recommend going to the Cooking Light website and searching their vegan, and tofu, and stir fry recipes.

OliveOilsMom · January 2015

How about chili? You can completely control what goes into it. Brown your desired meat (beef, pork, turkey, or chicken), then I usually will add a jar of picante sauce, but that would have onions. So try a few cans of stewed tomatoes or diced tomatoes. Then add cans of drained beans (I usually use kidney for darker meats and cannaloni for white meats). Then season to your taste. You could add a combo of salt and pepper (best while meat is browning) and cayanne or chili powder. I have a seasoning mix specifically for chili, but it probably has onion in it. Sometimes you can also find tomatoes that were stewed with peppers in it.

You could then serve it as is, or over rice or glueten free noodles.

SBmini · January 2015

Oh wow, that is depressing! Use other aromatics in place of onions and garlic. Spices and peppers can go a long way to make a dish enjoyable. You can also kind of trick yourself if a recipe calls for onion by adding a little bit of sugar. Here's some good substitution ideas: http://foodallergies.about.com/od/cooking/p/cookingwoonions.htm

I would try the Forks over Knives recipe book. It's technically vegan, but it includes a lot of non-wheat grains and obviously doesn't have any lactose in it. You can add meat to any of the recipes.

classicalandedgy · January 2015

Ahh the dreaded FODMAP diet. I am assuming your boyfriend was put on it due to intestinal issues that they are unable to diagnose specifically and he was told he has IBS and was placed on the FODMAP diet? Was he tested for Celiac, was it positive, is that why they recommended gluten free?

So I recently was also placed on a FODMAP diet, I found it incredibly difficult to follow, which vegetables were OK, which fruit was OK etc... and the same issue with garlic especially, I find leaving onions out does not really make much of a difference in most recipes. But reading labels becomes challenging and it is really trying on the nerves sometimes. So all this to say he should probably go to a nutritionist. It is what was the most helpful to me. By going to a nutritionist you are able to slowly weed out the items on the FODMAP, that are likely making him sick. So I started by eliminating certain things at a time. If I did not sick, it was safe to say, I was OK to eat that item. I was able to determine what more of my triggers were, that way instead of just eliminating blanket items that "may" be making me sick. If he hasn't been tested for celiac he should, If he has been gluten free for a while, and its not making him sick, then it is most likely not the culprit. Also not all cheese has the same level of lactose, some are much more tolerable than others because of the small amount of lactose in them. So, the best advice I can give as someone who has dealt with this is for him to see a nutritionist, not everyone reacts the same to foods, and the FODMAP is a super limiting list of foods and not every item may need to be eliminated. I also found foods not on the FODMAP by going to the nutritionist that happened to be triggers for me.

Best of luck

Also, Amazon has some good gluten and lactose free cook books too.

novella1186 · January 2015

Here's some that I have saved: If there's noodles in the recipe, we usually replace them with rice noodles, or you could sub-in gluten-free noodles. And if it has garlic or another ingredient he can't have, again, just leave that one out and it won't ruin the recipe. I always have to leave the spicy ingredients out cuz of my stomach, and FI will either add spice to his food after I cook it or just eat it without the spice. When sauces call for a little bit of flour to thicken, you can just leave the flour out and cook it a couple minutes longer to reduce it down. It won't be exactly the same, but it's still gonna taste good since obviously the flour is not what gives it flavor.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/shiitake-cabbage-noodles-with-tofu

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/tofu-steaks-shiitakes-veggies

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pan-crisped-tofu-with-greens

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/garden-vegetable-stir-fry-with-tofu-brown-rice

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-eggplant-tofu-steaks

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/teriyaki-tofu-steaks-with-soba-noodles

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vegan-chili

kat1114 · January 2015

I've looked in to the low FODMAPS diet because I've been diagnosed with IBS, but I don't really think that's the issue, so I wanted to try a second approach.

Anywho, although I haven't tried it out yet, Stanford has a great informative sheet about what to eat/not eat, and some recipe ideas (clicky).

dolewhipper · January 2015

I'm supposed to be on a low fodmaps diet. Fell off it during the holidays. Whoops.

I find that garlic powder is okay in very small amounts. Once he gets on the diet you can slowly begin reintroducing these foods you love back in, one at a time, to see if it causes a big flareup. Onions are the worst for me but garlic powder is okay.

Fodmaps are carbs that are osmotic, bringing water into the intestines and may not be digested well, thus fermenting (ever wonder why you get gassy from beans? thank fodmaps) in the tract when eaten in access. Here is what is not allowed for those that don't know (a lot of the PP are suggesting things he shouldn't eat)

Fructose (fruits, honey, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), etc)

Lactose (dairy)

Fructans (wheat, garlic, onion, inulin etc)

Galactans (legumes such as beans, lentils, soybeans, etc)

Polyols (sweeteners containing isomalt, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, stone fruits

such as avocado, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, etc)

Honestly OP, I'm going back on the diet (as I should be) and after a couple weeks it's not too hard. I was already gluten free because of my digestion problems, and that was the biggest offender for me (and the hardest to cut). I love avocados and taking those out of my diet helped me a lot too. But everyone is different.

I eat a lot of rice (get basmati rice grown in California for lowest amounts of arsenic), quinoa and potatoes for my starch. Veggies was the hardest to cut out, I use an app called "IBS Diet" which is free and it tells you all the low and high fodmap foods. Helped a lot in the beginning and I still reference it when I'm at the grocery store.

I reference THIS website and THIS one for recipes. Do yourself a favor and just throw everything away, give it to friends/family, or you eat it now. not having it in the house is so much easier for him. Also, you are helping your Fi SO MUCH by doing this; my Fi can't get rid of his garlic, onions, waffles and bread

He taunts me with it.

amelisha · January 2015

I have a friend who's on this too right now, and she is using a ton of herbs for flavour - basil, sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, cumin, cilantro, mint, dill, tarragon, all that stuff. I would have such a hard time with this too because we put garlic and green onion in everything, but a heavy hand with fresh and dried herbs should make a difference. Can he have lemon or vinegar? A good slosh of balsamic or champagne vinegar helps out a lot too with flavouring food.

lmcooper86 · January 2015

My friend's BF was put on this diet (IBS, possible celiac or crohns) and she's found a lot of recipes on pinterest. Just search FODMAPS. Hopefully that will give you some inspiration.

STARMOON44 · January 2015

I've had a lot of success substituting fennel for onions and garlic, particularly in Italian and French dishes. It has a different flavor but I find similar qualities.

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!

To answer a couple of questions:

- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.

- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)

- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.

-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)

- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!

Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

novella1186 said:

Here's some that I have saved: If there's noodles in the recipe, we usually replace them with rice noodles, or you could sub-in gluten-free noodles. And if it has garlic or another ingredient he can't have, again, just leave that one out and it won't ruin the recipe. I always have to leave the spicy ingredients out cuz of my stomach, and FI will either add spice to his food after I cook it or just eat it without the spice. When sauces call for a little bit of flour to thicken, you can just leave the flour out and cook it a couple minutes longer to reduce it down. It won't be exactly the same, but it's still gonna taste good since obviously the flour is not what gives it flavor.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/shiitake-cabbage-noodles-with-tofu
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/tofu-steaks-shiitakes-veggies
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pan-crisped-tofu-with-greens
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/garden-vegetable-stir-fry-with-tofu-brown-rice
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-eggplant-tofu-steaks
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/teriyaki-tofu-steaks-with-soba-noodles
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vegan-chili

Unfortunately he can't have anything with cabbage or mushrooms :-( Another bummer because we both love those ingredients but I am most definitely going to check out those other links!

classicalandedgy · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 said:

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!
To answer a couple of questions:
- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.
- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)
- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.
-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)
- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!
Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

Yes, you can use the infused oils and they are super easy to make yourself and can be yummy!

dolewhipper · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 said:

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!
To answer a couple of questions:
- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.
- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)
- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.
-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)
- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!
Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

You can have the oils!

Make sure you get coupons for the gluten free bread; it helps tremendously. Wheat/gluten is high on the fodmap list; don't let him have it. There are other substitutes and you can bake your own gluten free bread much easier.

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

dolewhipper said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!
To answer a couple of questions:
- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.
- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)
- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.
-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)
- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!
Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

You can have the oils!

Make sure you get coupons for the gluten free bread; it helps tremendously. Wheat/gluten is high on the fodmap list; don't let him have it. There are other substitutes and you can bake your own gluten free bread much easier.

Any suggestions for recipes, like a go to recipe?

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

classicalandedgy said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!
To answer a couple of questions:
- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.
- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)
- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.
-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)
- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!
Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

Yes, you can use the infused oils and they are super easy to make yourself and can be yummy!

Oh! One more question. Can he eat curry? I saw on one website that it said he could have curry powder. I won't make it spicy because that will hurt both of our stomachs. That would not be fun.

novella1186 · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 said:

novella1186 said:

Here's some that I have saved: If there's noodles in the recipe, we usually replace them with rice noodles, or you could sub-in gluten-free noodles. And if it has garlic or another ingredient he can't have, again, just leave that one out and it won't ruin the recipe. I always have to leave the spicy ingredients out cuz of my stomach, and FI will either add spice to his food after I cook it or just eat it without the spice. When sauces call for a little bit of flour to thicken, you can just leave the flour out and cook it a couple minutes longer to reduce it down. It won't be exactly the same, but it's still gonna taste good since obviously the flour is not what gives it flavor.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/shiitake-cabbage-noodles-with-tofu
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/tofu-steaks-shiitakes-veggies
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pan-crisped-tofu-with-greens
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/garden-vegetable-stir-fry-with-tofu-brown-rice
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-eggplant-tofu-steaks
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/teriyaki-tofu-steaks-with-soba-noodles
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vegan-chili

Unfortunately he can't have anything with cabbage or mushrooms :-( Another bummer because we both love those ingredients but I am most definitely going to check out those other links!

--------------Edited because what the hell, boxes?---------------------------------------------

Dang

I went for the vegan recipes cuz of the other restrictions, but I don't know much about FODMAP. What has worked for my weird stomach is to find recipes that generally fit and then leave out or sub the bad stuff. Like roasted jalapenos with chicken? Can't do it. But I can do other roasted veggies with chicken and steal the same sauce, without any of the spiciness, ya know?

Restrictive diets are a huge bummer. I had to be on one 5 years ago when they finally figured out why I'd been so sick, and it was torture because I was literally allowed to have water, baked chicken with no oils and no spices, plain rice, steamed veggies of certain varieties, and fat-free yogurt, and that was IT. So for breakfast it was water and yogurt. Lunch was rice with veggies. Dinner was chicken and rice with veggies. Every day. For 30 days. Ugh.

Best of luck! I hope he can find something that gives him some relief, and I hope you can find some delicious recipes that work.

dolewhipper · January 2015

Breakfast: potatoes (hashbrowns or breakfast potatoes) with an egg on top. Sometimes I will add kale or spinach. Egg fritatta with veggies he can eat. Rice cake with peanut butter for a quick breakfast.

I love seafood, so like a salmon with soy sauce, white wine vinegar, a little bit of brown sugar and ginger. I think I did this with mahi before and it worked. Or a white fish with lemon and rosemary. Super easy.

Chicken, lemon pepper chicken. I will do a roasted or crockpot chicken. I LOVE tacos.

Probably my simplest meal is chicken sausage and peppers. He can't have yellow peppers (from what I remember) and shouldn't have a lot of red, but green peppers are good. I think I'm making this tomorrow actually, I have a pablano pepper, two green peppers so I just need to get some sausage. Cut the peppers in strips, add salt, pepper and some italian seasoning (I usually get the italian chicken sausage so it brings it together) and roast on 400 for 30 min or until the sausage is done.

For work I brought a cold quinoa salad: quinoa that I boiled in chicken stock, tomatoes and cooked kale.

dolewhipper · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 what kind of tests has he had? Have they looked to see if he has diverticulitis? That can cause severe pain.

classicalandedgy · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 said:

classicalandedgy said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!
To answer a couple of questions:
- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.
- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)
- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.
-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)
- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!
Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

Yes, you can use the infused oils and they are super easy to make yourself and can be yummy!

Oh! One more question. Can he eat curry? I saw on one website that it said he could have curry powder. I won't make it spicy because that will hurt both of our stomachs. That would not be fun.

Curry should be fine especially if you make your own like here.

dolewhipper · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 said:

classicalandedgy said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

Oh wow! Thank you so much ladies!!! All of this information is so helpful and I cannot wait to share it with my boyfriend!
To answer a couple of questions:
- BF has been having issues with his stomach since middle school. There will be times where his stomach is in constant pain and he can't sleep for 3 days on end. He is lactose interolerant and doctors have ruled out IBS (but I'm doubtful of previous doctors). His last doctor said "don't know what's causing the pain, must be in your head, take this heart burn medicine and come back next year". I almost flipped my lid!!! I was finally able to convince him to see my GI because I've had issues with my stomach for a while. Doctor put him on the FODMAPs diet and in a couple of months they will revisit to see if he can start adding things back in his diet like @classicalandedgy explained in her post.
- Doctor also prescribed him a new medicine (something for IBS I believe but not hyosciamine) and has taken several tests (which, btw, previous doctors never did - what the hell!?)
- I don't believe he has a gluten intolerance. The doctor just wants him to cut down on his gluten for a while.
-@amelisha, he can have vinegar and lemon (so happy about that!)
- we will be eating a ton of rice because the gluten free things are expensive. We went shopping last night and he had to buy bread for $8!
Question: On many websites it says he CANNOT have onions or garlic but he CAN have onion infused or garlic infused oils. Has anyone done this before? Has it worked out for you? He really likes the idea of that and I would like to try it out if possible.

Yes, you can use the infused oils and they are super easy to make yourself and can be yummy!

Oh! One more question. Can he eat curry? I saw on one website that it said he could have curry powder. I won't make it spicy because that will hurt both of our stomachs. That would not be fun.

Curry with coconut milk though is not spicy

Thats another recipe: chicken thighs in red thai curry sauce. Omit garlic and red flakes:

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/curry-coconut-sauce

OliveOilsMom · January 2015

I had no idea the FODMAPS diet was that restricted either! So forget chili! How about breakfast casserole?

I make mine in a cast iron pan that starts on the stove and finish it in the oven. So start with small strips of bacon, once bacon is mostly cooked through then add cubed or sliced pre-cooked potatoes (I will bake them in the microwave usually). Once the potatoes are brown, beat your eggs (I use 6 typically for our dinner). Then add the eggs to the pan. Spread the egg so that its even around the pan and place into a pre-heated 375 oven for about 15 minutes. If you don't have cast iron you can use any oven safe pan or put everything inot a 9x9 pan for baking. I will usually pepper the potatoes for seasoning and leave out salt because of the bacon. You could also add other veggies to it, if there are things that are allowed that you care for. The other good thing is that this can be a one pan meal!

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

dolewhipper said:

ChemFanatic25 what kind of tests has he had? Have they looked to see if he has diverticulitis? That can cause severe pain.

I don't believe he has been tested for that. So this is TMI (you have been warned and I apologize), they are doing a urine analysis because there is cloudiness in his urine and it causes TONS of pain. That is one issue. He also has had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy (the one that goes down the throat I believe). He has heart burn and acid indigestion. That is not the really bad stomach pains though (which could be causing the issue with the urine). That he describes as the closest to the feeling would be that feeling of being hungover and constantly wanting to throw up but you can't. That is always in the morning and will sometimes carry through the day. He also has sharp stabbing pains in his stomach that radiates to the back. Those keep him up for several days. That I have and I believe it's my gall bladder. They have NOT tested his gall bladder or pancrease. I don't know much more than that though.

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

OliveOilsMom said:

I had no idea the FODMAPS diet was that restricted either! So forget chili! How about breakfast casserole?

I make mine in a cast iron pan that starts on the stove and finish it in the oven. So start with small strips of bacon, once bacon is mostly cooked through then add cubed or sliced pre-cooked potatoes (I will bake them in the microwave usually). Once the potatoes are brown, beat your eggs (I use 6 typically for our dinner). Then add the eggs to the pan. Spread the egg so that its even around the pan and place into a pre-heated 375 oven for about 15 minutes. If you don't have cast iron you can use any oven safe pan or put everything inot a 9x9 pan for baking. I will usually pepper the potatoes for seasoning and leave out salt because of the bacon. You could also add other veggies to it, if there are things that are allowed that you care for. The other good thing is that this can be a one pan meal!

Yum! That sounds really good. He can most definitely have potatoes and eggs. I have considered chili but I can't use the garlic and no tomato paste. I use it to thicken chili. I have find another way to thicken it but I know it is possible :-D

OliveOilsMom · January 2015

ChemFanatic25 said:

OliveOilsMom said:

I had no idea the FODMAPS diet was that restricted either! So forget chili! How about breakfast casserole?

I make mine in a cast iron pan that starts on the stove and finish it in the oven. So start with small strips of bacon, once bacon is mostly cooked through then add cubed or sliced pre-cooked potatoes (I will bake them in the microwave usually). Once the potatoes are brown, beat your eggs (I use 6 typically for our dinner). Then add the eggs to the pan. Spread the egg so that its even around the pan and place into a pre-heated 375 oven for about 15 minutes. If you don't have cast iron you can use any oven safe pan or put everything inot a 9x9 pan for baking. I will usually pepper the potatoes for seasoning and leave out salt because of the bacon. You could also add other veggies to it, if there are things that are allowed that you care for. The other good thing is that this can be a one pan meal!
Yum! That sounds really good. He can most definitely have potatoes and eggs. I have considered chili but I can't use the garlic and no tomato paste. I use it to thicken chili. I have find another way to thicken it but I know it is possible :-D

Corn Starch is a thickener. You could also try Xantham Gum, as a thickener. I believe that is the thickener in glueten free flour mixes that are for baking. It is expensive though. Or you could just make a paste with glueten free flour and water to add as a thickener.

ChemFanatic25 · January 2015

OliveOilsMom said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

OliveOilsMom said:

I had no idea the FODMAPS diet was that restricted either! So forget chili! How about breakfast casserole?

I make mine in a cast iron pan that starts on the stove and finish it in the oven. So start with small strips of bacon, once bacon is mostly cooked through then add cubed or sliced pre-cooked potatoes (I will bake them in the microwave usually). Once the potatoes are brown, beat your eggs (I use 6 typically for our dinner). Then add the eggs to the pan. Spread the egg so that its even around the pan and place into a pre-heated 375 oven for about 15 minutes. If you don't have cast iron you can use any oven safe pan or put everything inot a 9x9 pan for baking. I will usually pepper the potatoes for seasoning and leave out salt because of the bacon. You could also add other veggies to it, if there are things that are allowed that you care for. The other good thing is that this can be a one pan meal!
Yum! That sounds really good. He can most definitely have potatoes and eggs. I have considered chili but I can't use the garlic and no tomato paste. I use it to thicken chili. I have find another way to thicken it but I know it is possible :-D
Corn Starch is a thickener. You could also try Xantham Gum, as a thickener. I believe that is the thickener in glueten free flour mixes that are for baking. It is expensive though. Or you could just make a paste with glueten free flour and water to add as a thickener.

So awesome thing! For Christmas I bought him a molecular gastronomy kit that he absolutely loves. Included in the kit was a pound of xantham gum :-P I'll check out the corn starch though :-)

kat1114 · January 2015

OliveOilsMom said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

OliveOilsMom said:

I had no idea the FODMAPS diet was that restricted either! So forget chili! How about breakfast casserole?

I make mine in a cast iron pan that starts on the stove and finish it in the oven. So start with small strips of bacon, once bacon is mostly cooked through then add cubed or sliced pre-cooked potatoes (I will bake them in the microwave usually). Once the potatoes are brown, beat your eggs (I use 6 typically for our dinner). Then add the eggs to the pan. Spread the egg so that its even around the pan and place into a pre-heated 375 oven for about 15 minutes. If you don't have cast iron you can use any oven safe pan or put everything inot a 9x9 pan for baking. I will usually pepper the potatoes for seasoning and leave out salt because of the bacon. You could also add other veggies to it, if there are things that are allowed that you care for. The other good thing is that this can be a one pan meal!
Yum! That sounds really good. He can most definitely have potatoes and eggs. I have considered chili but I can't use the garlic and no tomato paste. I use it to thicken chili. I have find another way to thicken it but I know it is possible :-D
Corn Starch is a thickener. You could also try Xantham Gum, as a thickener. I believe that is the thickener in glueten free flour mixes that are for baking. It is expensive though. Or you could just make a paste with glueten free flour and water to add as a thickener.

I use arrowroot powder in place of corn starch, and it works well. It's not too expensive either.

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