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Please help - I need zero-vegetable meals

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RatedDoingMagic · 09/04/2025 17:46

I am not-quite-vegetarian normally. I eat poultry & fish (no mammals) but DH is fully vegetarian and 95% of the time I eat veggie. When I do eat meat it's limited to eg a scattering of prawns on a veg pizza or adding some chicken into some leftover veggie tagine when there wasn't a full serving leftover.

I have a medical procedure next week in preparation for which I have to eat absolutely nothing that contains fibre for 3 days. Pretty much no veg at all except no-fibre carb things eg skinless potatoes and white rice etc. I can have chicken, fish, cheese, white carbs etc but I have no idea of anything I can do with this other than a bland and flavourless lump of protien on bland and flavourless carb - everything I can think of that gives flavour and depth is on the "not allowed" list. I would love to have some fish with a yummy salsa verde of other veg sauce but I can't. I can have Fish&Chips one night and that will be nice but I have 2 other dinners and 3 lunches to come up with

  • any suggestions?
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Wholeboxoftissues · 10/04/2025 04:02

On my colonoscopy diet days I always have Nigella's marmite spaghetti, you just melt some butter in a pan and add marmite, some of the pasta water and parmesan to make sauce.

And you're allowed smooth peanut butter so I have noodles with peanut butter, soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, and an egg scrambled in, it's quite filling.

Make use of the few types of fruit/veg you are allowed, my list says tinned peaches, cauliflower, sweet potato, melon, ripe banana so I have those.

Cream of tomato soup is allowed and the acidity is very welcome.

Take the opportunity to get some fancy shortbread or whatever low fibre junky thing you don't ever buy for yourself, you need a treat.

Going into different territory here but if you have the prep drink which I'm assuming you do - it's incredibly sweet so it's not helpful really to have a variety of sweet drinks around for your liquid only day (lemonade etc). Have some savoury or sour stuff like lemon juice to add to water, chamomile tea, miso soup, stuff like that and just have just one sugary thing for calories, like lucozade (not red).

Sudocrem and moist toilet paper for the arse.

snoopyfanaccountant · 10/04/2025 19:31

If red pesto is allowed, mix a teaspoon of red pesto with two tablespoons of natural yoghurt and half a teaspoon of dried parsley. Put the mix on top of a piece of white fish and grill it until the fish is cooked through. Serve with rice.

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