Elaby's LiveJournal - 57 Academics

I've been having some stomach trouble over the last several months and the gastroenterologist I'm seeing has asked me to start avoiding dairy, eggs, wheat, soy, and nuts for a month. I know lots of people with varying food habits and choices and restrictions, so I wanted to ask you all for suggestions about anything in these categories that you like to eat.

Since I already don't eat meat, with this dietary change, I'll be eating vegan, wheat-free, soy-free, and nut-free. I'm particularly interested in sources of protein, snacks, and breakfast (I feel like lunch and dinner might be easier).

My wonderful mother has been looking up recipes online for me, but I also wanted to ask all of you, because I know what fabulous cooks some of you are and I'd love to hear any ideas that you have. <3

Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing if this makes me feel better. I figure it can only make me healthier!

P.S. We watched the "new" Starsky and Hutch movie last night (with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson) and I wasn't expecting to like it, but it was really good XD They OBVIOUSLY did their research, apart from the weird personality-switch they inflicted on the boys. I expect they did that because this was their "first meeting" story rather than the "known you for years" era of the show. I was impressed by the homages: we swore that they used the same sets and on-location scenes that were in the show, and there were shots that were straight-up recreations of shots from the openings and stuff. And of course they kept pointing out how much they TOUCH each other XD The cameos were worth the price of the DVD, too. AND THEY HAD THE SWEATER. The horrendous, amazing sweater that Starsky wears in the earlier episodes. I love that sweater.

I made tempeh for dinner tonight and it actually turned out really well! We'd made it once before, and it was okay, but it wasn't fantastic. The way they cook it at this vegan restaurant around here is utterly divine, and I asked how they did it, and they said they just used nutritional yeast and salt, so when we were in Portsmouth this morning, we stopped by the natural food store and got some of the former. We also picked up various vegetables on the way home to use in a stir fry.

I cut the tempeh up in tiny little bits, 1/4 inch by 1/2 inch-ish, and fried it in a little oil with a mixture of nutritional yeast and this seasoning salt that we really like. Then I stir-fried red and green bell peppers, onion, zucchini, summer squash, winter broccoli (*laughs* because it's neither summer nor winter!), and radicchio (yeah, I don't know... it was pretty in the store and looked like cabbage, and it turned out good). I also threw some of the nutritional yeast/seasoning mixture into it, because I didn't want any soy sauce today. While that was cooking, we heated up some noodles in a pan and put the vegetables on top of the noodles, and the tempeh on top of it all. It was DELICIOUS. *proud of self, as was quite skeptical that this would come out edible*

A question for our British friends:

We visited a British imported goods store last weekend because they're the only place around where we can find McVitie's digestive biscuits (thank you, kniblet and dibsy for introducing us to this delicacy!) and we came across a chocolate bar called Yorkies which proclaims "This is not for girls!" Naturally, taking this as a challenge, we bought one.

It tastes, as far as I can tell, like a regular, no-frills chocolate bar.

So what's the boy-only-ness?