Due to a newly diagnosed medical condition I have been given a list of food restrictions that has slashed the kinds of food I can eat by...a lot. I'm out of ideas, help! It's a short list:
1) No tomatoes (Goodbye so much Mexican and Italian food. And pizza.)
2) No nuts (Okay, not that into nuts, until...)
3) No chocolate (It's harder than you think to find treats with no nuts OR chocolate.)
4) No cinnamon (Goodbye, half the remaining desserts.)
4) No strawberries or citrus/acidic foods (Goodbye, the only fruits I really like.)
5) No "exotic" spices. (Not spicy, spices. Although not spicy is also mandatory. Herbs are okay, salt pepper, garlic, all okay. But goodbye Indian food.)
6) It must be soft. (Goodbye chips, breaded stuff, crispy bacon, I mean, even chopped raw kale in a salad isn't great. And sadly, goodbye, the crust from the no-tomoato pizza someone will think of suggesting.)
Basically, the doctor said, "Eat like you live in the midwest in the 1950s."
Bonus PITA: I would really like to avoid bad/empty carbs, although a small amount is ok (so no mashed potato recipes.) I've been eating an awful lot of rice and pancakes (and still not gaining weight, which tells you how bored I am of freaking pancakes already) but I cannot go back to carbo loading like I used to. Otherwise, this would be a lot easier. (Hello, mac & cheese diet.)
Oh, and I've become lactose intolerant in my old age. Cheese is ok, a splash of milk or cream is okay, ice cream and Alfredo sauce, not okay.
I'm looking for any recipes, ingredient suggestions, and even packaged food (like those packs of madeleine cookies they sell at most coffee places now) that fall within these parameters that will make food fun (or at least not boring) again.
To head off some broader questions: this isn't an allergy, inflammation, or low-acid diet. These particular foods and textures are setting off a rare auto-immune response that basically messes up my mouth to the point that it's too painful to eat anything at all. Even talking too much can cause too much irritation. None of these things will kill me but my doctor has admonished me for seeing how much of these things I can tolerate, which is making it hard to track my response to meds.
I hate avocado and coconut, but no other allergies or preferences. I have access to most any food and I know my way around my small but decently-equipped kitchen.
Halp please!
1) No tomatoes (Goodbye so much Mexican and Italian food. And pizza.)
2) No nuts (Okay, not that into nuts, until...)
3) No chocolate (It's harder than you think to find treats with no nuts OR chocolate.)
4) No cinnamon (Goodbye, half the remaining desserts.)
4) No strawberries or citrus/acidic foods (Goodbye, the only fruits I really like.)
5) No "exotic" spices. (Not spicy, spices. Although not spicy is also mandatory. Herbs are okay, salt pepper, garlic, all okay. But goodbye Indian food.)
6) It must be soft. (Goodbye chips, breaded stuff, crispy bacon, I mean, even chopped raw kale in a salad isn't great. And sadly, goodbye, the crust from the no-tomoato pizza someone will think of suggesting.)
Basically, the doctor said, "Eat like you live in the midwest in the 1950s."
Bonus PITA: I would really like to avoid bad/empty carbs, although a small amount is ok (so no mashed potato recipes.) I've been eating an awful lot of rice and pancakes (and still not gaining weight, which tells you how bored I am of freaking pancakes already) but I cannot go back to carbo loading like I used to. Otherwise, this would be a lot easier. (Hello, mac & cheese diet.)
Oh, and I've become lactose intolerant in my old age. Cheese is ok, a splash of milk or cream is okay, ice cream and Alfredo sauce, not okay.
I'm looking for any recipes, ingredient suggestions, and even packaged food (like those packs of madeleine cookies they sell at most coffee places now) that fall within these parameters that will make food fun (or at least not boring) again.
To head off some broader questions: this isn't an allergy, inflammation, or low-acid diet. These particular foods and textures are setting off a rare auto-immune response that basically messes up my mouth to the point that it's too painful to eat anything at all. Even talking too much can cause too much irritation. None of these things will kill me but my doctor has admonished me for seeing how much of these things I can tolerate, which is making it hard to track my response to meds.
I hate avocado and coconut, but no other allergies or preferences. I have access to most any food and I know my way around my small but decently-equipped kitchen.
Halp please!