What are some quick, thrifty home cooking recipes for people with colitis?

Question

Can't eat nuts or seeds, or anything with small bits that irritate the intestine. Absolutely minimal, if any, dairy - pizza, mac & cheese, lasagne, etc. are right out. No raw tomatoes. Minimal fibre.

Answer 1

I too have Colitis.
NO tomatos, NO Oranges, or Juices.
it's been almost 3 yrs and it's such a drag.

I get www.thaikitchen.com thai pad rice noodles in the bowl, and eat that, it's 2 minutes in the mircorwave.

My safe foods are plain yogart or vanilla yogart
Whey protien that I mix with yogart or gatoraide.

I can eat skinless bonesless chicken cooked with salt, and garlic powder. NO spices.

I can eat liver, I like it, it's tender and easy to digest.

Rice, Mashed potato, I cook in microwave, minute rice. and I even have used instant mashed potato in the box when I travel.

Getting enough protien in the diet is a challenge, that's why I use the whey protien www.traderjoes.com is where I buy it at.

I use Bean-O with each meal, and Gas-X afterwards if needed.

If I eat something that I know is spicey, and may hurt me, you know what I mean???
i take 2 pills of ACTIVATED CHARCOAL TABLETS found at the drug store in the anti-acid isle.

I alway have Imodium AD and use it 1-8 x's a day.

I've been to the doctor and he can't give me a diet, just says everyone is different.

Fruits:apples PEELED!! Bananas and Pears PEELED!
Vegetables: Peas, Okra, Aspragrass
I can eat bean burrittos with cheese on white flour tortillias.

White bread, garlic bread agrees with me.

I call it the white food diet!

Yogart, Chicken, Dairy, Cottage Cheese, Bananas, Rice, White Bread.

The thai noodles really saved me! I use 1/2 of the powdered spice in the single serving packets. I have not used the spice in the boxes. I do use the noodles. I add chicken or sirlion steak.

I cut the lean steak meat up very small and thin and cook it fast, and add it to pasta noodles, or rice noodles.

Also I can eat mac and cheese, and Swanson's Chicken Pot Pies.

tuna fish, any fish!!

Just bland food.

Please IM me okay?
I'd really like to chat with you further, and I will give you my email if you want to trade recipes in more detail.
I"m happy to help and learn from you as well.

The doctor has me on Pentas 4x's a day.

I hope you IM me. Mystic_Gift

Answer 2

I don't know if this will work for colitis, but it seems to fit what you wrote.

Get a fairly lean cut of meat (inexpensive is fine, because of how it'll be cooked) and cut into 1/2-serving-sized pieces. Coat with lightly seasoned flour (salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder) and brown over medium-high heat in a well-sprayed (non-stick pan spray) or lightly greased skillet. Turn to brown both sides well. Once the meat is all nicely browned, remove the pan from the heat and carefully add about 2-3 cups water. Reduce heat to medium-low and return pan to heat. Bring to a simmer and cover. Simmer 45 minutes, stirring about halfway through. Add a little more water if it seems to be boiling dry.

Serve with rice or mashed potatoes. This stuff (simmered steak, we call it) keeps well for up to a week, so I make it ahead on an evening when I do have a little time; I can then pop it into the microwave and enjoy it again on another evening when I'm rushed.

Answer 3

Go the Yahoo homepage and type in "colitis recipes" and you'll get ten links on the first page alone for recipes suitable for someone with colitis and a whole handful of other ailments.