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I actually feel a lot better today from a week of being out of focus, and I have lost 4lb and actually want to regain it please ((shock)).......and THEREISNOTHINGTOEAT.....<sob>
((I am not going to listen to reason by the way, I want to have a strop and there is nothing you can do to stop me!!!!))
I have the opposite problem - loads of food that I want to eat and I shouldn't because I'm not hungry and that Dairy Milk Caramel in the fridge is calling to me...calling...you want to eat me...you do...
I know, I know. I generally just end up eating fruit, which is a Good Thing, or almonds, which are generally a Good Thing, because I have problems with wheat, milk and egg (great combination of staples, eh?) Unfortunately I do not lose weight. I have to run at least 3 miles a day to lose weight- even 4.5 miles of fast walking don't do it... Have taken to crunching ice again.
So you can have plain choc? Eggs? Wheat? Meat, fish? Rice - all grains? All vegetables? (I'm hoping I can create a recipe here for you - even if you are seeking attention!)
Chips? Crisp sandwich? Oh I do feel for you. What do you have in the house that you can eat? (I am an expert in making meals from seemingless shite due to poverty )
I REALLY know how you feel Psycho. I am sick to the back teeth of reading every sodding label. It's over 100 degrees out threr right now and DH as put a stash of oranges he picked this morning in teh fridge. They're looking at me. Can I have one? NO. In this weather all I want to do is lie in the shade and eat grapes. Can I eat them? No. Can I have a nice wedge of pineapple or even a sodding fruity icepop? No. Oh go on then, have a nice glass of water with icecubes in, you know you'll enjoy it <shuffles off to get another can of diet coke to try and lift somber mood>
cannot have milk in any form (could die<<eek>>), nor apples/pears/fruit in gerneral unless alone and only one per day!.
I am allergic to house dust mite too, so my allergy response is always high, meaning that I am always on the edge of annaphalactic[sp?], so feel sorry for myself a lot and unable to eat a lot at times.....and tonight it led to attention seeking!!!
I can have pasta and rice tho, and all veg, and all meat......as long as any sauces are dairy free!
Oh Califrau, you're making me want to come to LA to see my brother now... It's a little cool and damp today. Still, bummer about not being able to eat fruit. It's about the only thing I can still eat without trouble. Don't know what I'd do if I couldn't eat them.
I have just had a cheese-less pizza (DH got my strop about lack of cheesey stuff and pizza so ordered me one)....as much as I love DH for it, right now, CHEESE-LESSPIZZAISSOBLAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I stick to safe boring stuff now like roast, spag bol without the parmesan, chips with plain chicken breast, salads, fish.....
tis the snacky 'lift me' stuff I miss...
icecream (can have soya icecream, but tis plain and boring after a while....I want ben and jerry's chew chew, or haggen dahz cookies and cream)...choclolate....plain is ok, but I want caramel or flake etc.....
Basically it's eggs and chocolate. Use medium eggs and it's more of a velvety truffle texture (drool)
What about using onions, garlic, herbs, spices, beans and pulses in your cooking? These are all amazing ingredients, you can make quick and tasty dishes with them. E.g.:
Basic Italian tomato sauce:
1) gently fry 3 cloves garlic (sliced or crushed) in lovely olive oil 2) before they start to brown, add 2 cans tomatoes 3) cook until tomatoes crumble into the sauce and it all thickens
There. That's your basis for lots of meals: You can add chilli and chopped red pepper for an Italian Salsa Arrabiatta ('angry' tomato sauce)
You can add chick peas - instant pasta sauce with veg
You can turn it into a delicious bean/ veg stew by adding chicken stock and beans and veggies.
You can use it as a pizza sauce, then add lightly fried sliced peppers, courgettes, red onions, olives.
You can crumble chorizo (not sure if it contains dairy, though) into it and add courgettes for a lovely sauce over rice or pasta.
You can slice potatoes into it and add some lovely fresh spring lamb (on the bone) plus rosemary, thyme, red wine and bay leaves, then leave it on the lowest possible heat to cook for 2 hours until the meat virtually drips off the bone. Adding parboiled aduki beans gives it texture and more flavour (they soak up the lovely meaty flavours).
Is this a good start?
You could make a FAB broccoli-based sauce for pasta: (for approx 3 people)
2 heads broccoli, cut all the way down stem 1 red onion 3 anchovies 3 cloves garlic 2 pkts soya cream
Slice + fry onion, Add garlic and fry for 2 mins more, add anchovies and crush against the sides of pan with a spoon until they've crumbled.
Add broccoli + cover for 5 mins, mixing occasionally
Add soya cream and simmer gently for 3 mins more
Take out half brocc, set aside
Liquidise all the rest into a lovely green/ white sauce
Add whole pieces of broccoli, reheat and serve.
The anchovy/ garlic combination is what gives this dish its flavour.
Sorry to be glib here, but if we're talking instant snacky foods. Pot Noodles don't contain any actual natural real food so you can't be allergic to them?!?!? (trying to cheer you up?)
swedish glace ice-cream is dairy free and yummy. It comes in vanilla, chocolate and i think they have added rasbberry to the range. you can get it in Sainsbury's
I feel for you; I have coeliac disease and snacks are just the worst.
oops shit. sorry. Am I the grandma from the Royal Family and just not getting it . . . "vegetarian? Can she have wafer thin ham?" I still go with a chip buttie . . . use tom puree/ketchup/chutney or pesto instead of butter. Or a fish finger buttie (poss a midlander thing)
Mm, fish finger buttie, yum. I bet there's dairy of some description in a fish finger though?
Must be a nightmare though - I am only kind-of-allergic to random varieties of bean (inc the Canada navy bean, aka Heinz baked) and that's annoying enough.
Paella!!! fish, chicken, rice I actually find this kind of thing snackable as its easy and satisfying to eat. Fish 'n' chips. Prawns are an ultimate snack food as they are possibly the quickest food in the world to cook.
Yeah I ruined childbirth first time round but I got better!!!! try again - sllllloooooowwwwllly - keep adding fluid in little amounts. Don't move from stove (or get an older DC to stir) 'tis easy. Little weeny Thai style fish cakes with chilli/tomato dipping sauce? Make loads and freeze for snack times. I made loads of little 'tarts' that I had to freeze loads of. . . . I used puff but I imagine filo pastry would work. (you can use olive oil instead of butter to 'layer' or even water. Little circles of pastry, dollop of pesto (make your own minus parmesan - will still be tasty) roasted veg, peppers, onions, tomatoes, corgettes etc with garlic olive oil, balsamic vinegar, herbs etc on top . . . mmmmm. pitta bread with hummus dip.
a real Pizza Marinara (droolscroll down to teh picture) is cheeseless and, quite frankly, to DIE FOR! OOOh I coudl just eat one of those right now. mmmmmm
Gaaawd, Pizza- I've already got a serious wheat hangover from eating a load of bread yesterday (sometimes I have weak days, that are good to remind me why I avoid wheat in the first place).
If we had a meal together, pyscho, it would be like Jack Sprat and his wife...
)).......and THERE IS NOTHING TO EAT.....<sob>
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