I'm so glad I didn't just launch head first into the FODMAP diet. Instead, I've been doing some research and reading. This afternoon I spent time making a start on a seven day menu. It would have been rather difficult to deal with festive foods whilst in the elimination stage of FODMAP.
Breakfasts are simple, most days it will be homemade granola, with lactose-free yogurt and fruit. Then, every so often it there will be a BLT on gluten-free toast. Lunches are proving to be simple too, mostly salads with other bits thrown in. Dinner is the one that will take the most work. Normally dinner starts with 'Take one onion...' and that's not on whilst FODMAPing. I seriously hope to be able to get back to onions and garlic. Living without those would be a sadness. But, it's now only a little bit of sadness when I smell a Danish pastry or a croissant. I'd rather have a happy gastro-intestinal system than a few titillated taste buds.
Dinners I have planned are maple-glazed salmon with new potatoes and green beans, butternut squash with pasta and home made blue cheese dressing, roast chicken and roasted veggies, and jacket potatoes with tuna and salad. I'd like to add another three to my menu. Seven meals in rotation will be easy to maintain for a number of weeks.
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