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I want to ask about salad recipes. I have fibromyalgia, anxiety, and a few other medical conditions. I also have a lot of pain in my GI system, especially stomach pain after eating. All this has been true for many years. Recently I decided to do a test (trial) diet in which I eliminate many of...

I'm a guy with a testosterone and growth hormone deficiency (diagnosed by my doctor via blood tests). I'm age 42 so my hormones are naturally slowing down, but mine are way below average for my age. I've had no luck with supplemental hormones... they cause major side-effects. I'm wondering if...

So week 3 of the post-op diet, I'm allowed "full liquids" which basically means that in addition to the vile protein swill I've been living on, I can now have fruit and vegetable juices, strained Campbell's cream soups, no-sugar-added custurd or yogurt. This is a great relief. But on the...

I had weight-loss surgery on April 28. In a few weeks I'll be done with the liquid stage of the post-op diet and move on to pureed foods. My primary care physician encourages me to go on a low-carb diet. I'm wondering if I could get suggestions about low-carb recipes, such as a good cookbook...

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The restrictions with my surgery are less than with the gastric bypass. I got the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. They remove 85% of the stomach but don't reroute the intestines. There is no danger of dumping syndrome when eating sweets. I want to avoid ice cream and things like that, but carrots...

Did this place used to have a forum for special dietary needs? I couldn't find it. I just had weight-loss surgery. I'm still on a liquid diet, but in a few weeks I'll be allowed to have pureed food. It must be THOROUGHLY pureed. So I want to do something with carrots, but not end up with...

JoeV, I will take your post as teasing. The truth is that the initial taste of bean sprouts is delicious. They are very rich, a little fruity. It's just the presence of bitters that needs to be balanced. "Work"? It's enjoyable to experiment and the results will be delicious. Salads made from...

How to Balance Flavors In Your Cooking I found this general description of flavor balancing (the link above). Apparently the basic flavors are sweet, sour (acid), salty, bitter, and spicy. Or something like that. I took my bean sprouts and added some italian dressing. It didn't work: the acid...

Hi, I'm experimenting with a raw food diet. For one week I've been eating raw food, mostly gourmet-style dishes that I am purchasing from Whole Foods (I know, it's ridiculously expensive, but it seems to be a good way to get myself motivated for now). I'm starting to look into recipes. I have...

Thanks for the ideas. I'm also avoiding egg, so that's out. I don't know about the mushrooms.. by spongy I mean compared to crisp veggies. I love peas.. that's a great idea. Also balsamic vinegar. Mike

How long do you marinate them for? Thanks, Mike

I have a recipe in the "5 in 10" cookbook which says that sauteed mushrooms and orange/yellow/red bell peppers go really well together, which is true. However, I would like to make a raw dish like that. I have some jaw pain so I can't chew things very much, but in spite of that I would like to...

My landlord just installed a new stove. It's a Kenmore electric. There's no model number on the stove, but I think it's their cheapest model. It is not self-cleaning. It has the flat ceramic top (no visible burners). Anyway, it has a problem. The burners take a long time to come up to...

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. There's a good local farmer's market which I should visit soon! Also a friend of mine goes to an Asian market and says they have incredible deals on vegetables. She is very poor but likes to get a few fresh artichokes every week. I do have a nice freezer so...

Recently I did a juice fast.. no solid food, just drinking light vegetable juices and some fruit juices. I felt terrific and kept it going for two weeks. Then I transitioned back to solid food, sticking with an allergy elimination diet. I didn't feel as good as the juice fast. I started...

I'm interested in how much money I could save. Right now I'm single and probably spend $160/week on food.. which includes lots of inefficient things like snack bars, lots of organic produce from higher-end stores, but hardly any restaurant eating. I need to save some money, but I would still...

That's interesting. I like rice & beans. Mike

Here's a recipe I got from allrecipes.com for a millet pilaf. I'm avoiding gluten so millet is a good choice of grain, and I want to try this. However, it calls for tofu and oranges and corn and white wine, which I'm also avoiding. It calls for ground coriander, which I love. Can someone think...

My brother gave me this recipe to try. I'm on an allergy elimination diet and have to avoid corn. Is there a substitute? Lime and Honey Glazed Salmon with Warm Black Bean and Corn Salad 1 medium red onion, chopped 2 large garlic cloves, chopped 1 tsp red pepper flakes 1 tsp ground cumin Salt...

I have several recipes for quinoa pilaf. I'm a cooking newbie, so I noticed something and I would like to know why the recipes do this. Most of these recipes call for sauteing onions as part of the pilaf, but one recipe has you do this in the saucepan first, then add the quinoa and simmer it...

For some reason I didn't get email about the follow-ups so I didn't respond. I followed the recipe above for braising the broccoli. The rice pasta was delicious.. I didn't realize it could be so good. I undercooked the broccoli slightly, not my favorite way to eat it. I also discovered I was out...

You know, I don't know if goat's milk is okay. I think it might be. I'll have to check with my doctor. Goat cheese might be a terrific addition to this recipe. -Mike

Yeah, eliminate everything, then add back in one at a time. I'm also going on an extended trip in November (fortunately will have access to kitchen and plenty of standard health food stores) and I don't want to mess with adding things in during that time, so I probably will be on this diet for...

Anyone have an idea for a recipe with broccoli and rice pasta? I'm on an allergy elimination diet, so no wheat, soy, milk, peanuts, eggs, oranges, etc. I have this lemony olive oil from Trader Joe's that might go good... maybe steam the broccoli partly, finish in a skillet with garlic, then toss...