Is There Anything Pre-packaged I Can Eat?

[raisin]

At this point, I cannot have :

• chocolate or coffee
  
• legumes (soy, nuts, beans)
  
• dairy
  
• gluten, potatoes, rice (unsure of corn)
  
• bananas, pineapples, kiwis, blueberries, strawberries
  

Is there any place I can either find recipes that for this insane criteria, or anything pre-made i can buy (at all)? Or even fresh/plain food recommendations?

shopping was irritating when all I had to avoid was gluten, it's hard to believe someone can even react to that many foods.

Ironically, I can also touch latex with no reaction - only the fruits set me off. Is that even normal?

[Janessa]

I have a lot of those sensitivities too but not quite as many

Open Original Shared Link is a great place for recipes, she has multiple food intolerances as well and provides substitution ideas for most of the recipes. And every single one I have tried has been amazing.

Chebe bread is wonderful, just tapioca, I just use water, oil and eggs when I make it and it is so good, also makes great crackers

You should be on a rotation diet, if you aren't already, to prevent any additional intolerances

[raisin]

I don't really know what a rotation diet is, but I know it's the opposite of eating the same thing at the same time every day for a long period (which I had been doing). It sounds exceedingly hard, considering.. The local grocery stores are the opposite of accommodating, none of them ever accepted a single stock request I've made.

But the food on that blog really does look good - I will have to sift through it and see which ones I can make. The chebe bread sounds especially nice! -The downer being, I can't find it's recipe on her site.

[Janessa]

chebe is a brand, go to chebe dot com

I can't find it in any stores near me so I order it by the case

Ask your doctor about doing a rotation diet, mine gave me good info, you can google it too but some of the info out there is confusing

It has really helped me get all me intolerances under control and if you have mild reactions to certain things it can make it more easily tolerated.

Hard at first but you get used to it

[Janessa]

Also terra chips has a lot of different root chips like sweet potato and casava, ect..

they are good when you want something salty and crunchy

[mommida]

You can look for Enjoy life products. They usually are free of the top 8 allegergens, so a good place for you to start.

[raisin]

Terra doesn't claim to be gluten-free (much less dedicated) and doesn't appear to make casava chips, and makes regular potato chips, and does all kinds of flavorings, so it's all kinds of CC in theory - not really an option.

Enjoy life doesn't make a single rice-free product (I've checked).

But the Chebe mixes look like a great option.

[mommida]

Oops, sorry. My bad. I read too fast and missed rice on your list to avoid.

I'll keep looking out for stuff.

My daughter is on all top 8 allergen free + gluten free (we don't risk oats) and no peas either. (To manage the recent diagnoses of Eosinophilic Esophagitis age 6 on top of the Celiac diagnoses at 17 months)

It's hard to eliminate so much, but it is possible.

I have seen carob chips as a replacement for chocolate. I don't know of any specific brands to reccomend, yet.

[mommida]

At least two of the chebe mixes contain dairy.

[raisin]

I'm not a fan of chocolate, so that's fine. In fact, I'm probably not allergic, just won't eat it to be on the safe side.

I will also be careful with those mixes, thanks for the heads up!

I also avoid all 8 allergens. But have some hope for fish/shellfish in the future, and eggs are only a minor allergen for me.

[brigala]

Most (but not all) carob chips I've been able to find are "grain sweetened" and include barley.

I was allergic to chocolate as a child, and although I can eat chocolate now I still think of carob as a comfort food. I'm always on the lookout for gluten-free carob.

I can't eat the Enjoy Life products, either. They contain dates, which I'm allergic to. They were my first nasty reminder that I always had to read the label, and that "dates" were the new thing I had to watch out for now that I was eating gluten-free. Imagine my surprise when I bit into my first "allergy free" cookie and had an allergic reaction to it. I'd actually forgotten I was allergic to dates because, really, who eats dates anyway? LOL! But they're in a lot of gluten-free food.

Raisin -- what about meat jerky? Tillamook Country Smoker makes some varieties of jerky that are gluten-free -- the ones without soy sauce, mostly.

Can you eat Quinoa?

[raisin]

I sometimes eat "Buffalo Guys" brand buffalo jerky - But Tillamook Country Smoker doesn't seem to be dedicated gluten-free, and I'm very sensitive to CC. I am unsure about quinoa (have yet to actually try it) but I think buckwheat is okay?

I just got a big cup of V8, after reading the ingredients, and finding out it is dedicated gluten-free. I am intolerant of potatoes, not allergic, so other nightshades (tomatoes) are fine. Feels good to expand my diet, even a little.

[brigala]

I sometimes eat "Buffalo Guys" brand buffalo jerky - But Tillamook Country Smoker doesn't seem to be dedicated gluten-free, and I'm very sensitive to CC. I am unsure about quinoa (have yet to actually try it) but I think buckwheat is okay?

I just got a big cup of V8, after reading the ingredients, and finding out it is dedicated gluten-free. I am intolerant of potatoes, not allergic, so other nightshades (tomatoes) are fine. Feels good to expand my diet, even a little.

Ah... the frustrating "very sensitive" -- how frustrating! I have quite a few other food issues (not quite as many as you) but at least I am not in the super-sensitive category. That would limit things quite a bit further!

Old Wisconsin meat snacks are marked Gluten-Free right on the package, but they do contain MSG, which it seems a lot of Celiacs have trouble with. I don't do well with MSG but I don't react to the Old Wisconsin things, so I don't think the quantity is very high.

What about fresh fruits? They come pre-packaged right from the tree. Are there any you can eat? I can do apples, bananas, oranges, grapefruits, grapes, and berries, but I have to be careful with quantities, and I try not to eat the same fruit more than twice in one day or two days in a row. It's hard for me not to focus on the list of fruits and veggies I *can't* eat (it's so much longer than the list I *can* eat!) but really when I look at the list it isn't all that bad -- especially since there's a whole category (berries) I don't have trouble with.

-Elizabeth

[raisin]

Ah... the frustrating "very sensitive" -- how frustrating! I have quite a few other food issues (not quite as many as you) but at least I am not in the super-sensitive category. That would limit things quite a bit further!

Old Wisconsin meat snacks are marked Gluten-Free right on the package, but they do contain MSG, which it seems a lot of Celiacs have trouble with. I don't do well with MSG but I don't react to the Old Wisconsin things, so I don't think the quantity is very high.

What about fresh fruits? They come pre-packaged right from the tree. Are there any you can eat? I can do apples, bananas, oranges, grapefruits, grapes, and berries, but I have to be careful with quantities, and I try not to eat the same fruit more than twice in one day or two days in a row. It's hard for me not to focus on the list of fruits and veggies I *can't* eat (it's so much longer than the list I *can* eat!) but really when I look at the list it isn't all that bad -- especially since there's a whole category (berries) I don't have trouble with.

-Elizabeth

I eat a lot of apples, grapes, and rasp/black-berries, some tomato, watermelon, pomegranate, and nectarine, and can tolerate sweet oranges, but don't go near citrus, pineapple, straw/blue-berry, banana, kiwis, dates, coconut, or peaches. Fruits I haven't really tried (but now think of) are.. Starfruit, avocado, honeydew, cantaloupe, horned melon, plums, cranberries, prunes, and pretty much any other fruits. - Long list now that I say it! Thank you for the suggestion. c:

it seems like my stomach is sensitive to everything, though, it's driving me crazy. I think I still have an unidentified allergy. I am hoping I have H. Pylori, because if that's what causes my chronic dyspepsia, I will be able to eat many more foods.