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Hello all Ive been on the diet for about 3 weeks now and am trying to get as many ideas on new meals and foods i can have with the diet...So I was wondering what some of you are chowing on on a daily basis for some ideas ...?Since im new and dont have a big knowledge yet of safe food ..I have been eating a lot of eggs for the am but as I read some posts I find this might not be a good idea?Also been eating plain chicken daily also ..Is to much chkn no good also?I was snacking on raisins quite frequently but i gave it a couple tries and they seem to affect me rrrrrrrrr.Thats no good since I love raisins!!My snacks now consist of pineapple ,strwberry,blueberry,dried cran,fruit cocktail,.Well it comes down to me just looking for some food and snack ideas since im new but I have allready learned so much from this site(I love it!!).Tomorrrow im gonna hit the local library for a starch free diet book!Thanks everybody Steve
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Hi Postal
My husband is on the NSD and this is what he typically eats every day:
Breakfast: Either fresh fruit or bacon/eggs with a black filter coffee (instant coffee is mildly starchy so he avoids it and he is also going dairy-free). Be careful with the bacon to check the label for any weird starchy additives like maltodextrin etc.
Lunch: Chicken or tuna or salmon salad with homemade olive oil dressing. I will usually roast the biggest chicken I can find on a Sunday night and break it up for him to put in his lunch salads through-out the week.
Dinner: Usually chicken or fish of some kind with salad again. For some people (incl my husband) too much red meat is an issue. We are also quite new to the diet so our dinners are a bit basic and boring at the moment. Better to be safe than sorry though.
Once a week he has cooked mushrooms. Also has cooked spinach and onions regularly. All other veges he eats raw.
Snacks: Fresh green grapes, dates, raisins every day, any other dried fruit.
For us we can't seem to find any tomatoes round here that don't test starchy with iodine so he doesn't eat them. But seems to be OK with all other raw veges. Also, some canned fruit has tested starchy so he avoids that also but you may have better luck with the brands you have over there.
He also drinks orange juice and grape juice.
Hope this helps a bit. Best of luck my friend! Chelsea
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Hi Kiwi thanks for the info im learning more every day about the diet and its allready helping me! I was wondering where your located because you wrote(some canned fruit has tested starchy so he avoids that also but you may have better luck with the brands you have over there.)I am located in nj...I have been eating a similar diet to what you have written i figure its safe and simple until I figure out more complex safe foods .I still need to learn some of the other tearms used in ingreadients that also have starch...Thanks again Steve
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Hi Steve, I'm in New Zealand so I think your brands of food will be quite different to ours!  As for names for starchy additives, avoid anything labeled as: maltodextrin, modified starch, thickener, stabilizer, emulsifier often these things are listed on the ingredients as a number - most starchy additives are a number in the 1400's eg (1442 is a really common one). Here's a website that lists the numbers for various additives to avoid: www.starch.dk/isi/applic/E-numbers.htm Hope this helps Chelsea
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Steve,
You may also want to avoid Guar Gum (412) and Xanthan Gum (415) which are vegetable gums added to some things as thickeners. Altho they are not technically starchy, they can cause problems for some people
Cheers Chelsea
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Hi Steve,
I recall the early months on the diet and then trying to find new foods to incorporate.... I can say after 2 1/2 yrs, I feel I have enough variety I do not worry about getting bored with it.
Breakfast: Protein - either Eggs (free range, Omega 3's) or turkey burgers (patties). Also have some steamed veggies (brocolli, collards, green cabbage or aspargus) and bowl of frozen fruit I left thaw while cooking/showering (typically blueberries... but also blackberries or cherries).
Snacks: Raisons, dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds (moderation), dried blueberries, apple, pears, carrot sticks, celery, plums....
Lunch: Weekdays either leftovers or a big salad with either tuna/salmon from packets/grilled chicken or turket
Dinner: Only eat dinner half the nights... usually not very hungry that I eat dinner. Do a lot of chicken, fish or turkey.
For chicken and turkey - love ground cumin as a spice while I grill it. Two main dishes, either buy bean sprouts as a substitute for rice and treat as stir fry with 3-4 other veggies (onions, brocolli, red/green peppers, black olives, kale, celery, collards... whatever in the mood for) or I buy a safe tomato paste product and stir grilled chicken into this and add several veggies.
I use a lot of spices with cooking... like pepper blends, basil, oregeno, parsley flakes to name a few.
Fish... always prepare a lemon/lime sause and love basil on top. Really like tilapia in this manner.
All for now... happy cooking!!!
Tim
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Hi!
Just a few ideas from me:
grilled salmon steaks with a liberal dose of Creole seasoning that has been rubbed in before grilling (just make sure, though, that spices, etc. don't have food starches added)
I often eat some leftover meat from dinner the next morning for breakfast with some fruit.
I've been sauteeing diced onions and peppers in olive oil and adding them with cumin to a mixture of ground turkey and venison (my dad is the ultimate sportsman!) and making patties. Sometimes I top them with a red onion marmalade (red onions, shallots, sliced garlic, a little salt and dry mustard cooked in olive oil until very, very soft). Other possible toppings -- pesto without the cheese if you're watching dairy (I grow basil in my garden) and salsa.
Sometimes for dinner, I just make up stir fries by using whatever veggies I want and a meat. A honey ginger sauce goes well with chicken.
I usually just try to pair a lean meat or fish/seafood with several veggies and/or fruits for every meal.
If I'm going somewhere for a meal (like at grad school we have community meals together every Wednesday) -- I've started taking an "emergency food kit" -- a small can opener, canned meat like tuna in olive oil or chicken in water, and non-sugar fruit bowl. Often, the only things that I can have there are the salad and veggies, and that just doesn't get me through the day. But be careful with anything canned or in packets --- check the ingredients for food starches.
Best wishes! Paula
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Meals for me have become lashings of protein and fats with veg or condiments which add enzymes, vitamins and minerals to assimilate the basic nutrients. I choose chicken because it is sweet (broken down glycogen), it is fatty and it is full of very edible cartilage which will hopefully break down and reassemble in glucosamine/condroitin like formations inside me and my joints. Greens are essential - every meal is best Green=Chlorophyl=OrganicMagnesium=gut healing. Food is medicine Fish are great, fatty fish are ideal. Breakfast - main meal (two glasses of water previously) Glass of grape/lytchee/apple juice first Slow cooked chicken, cabbage, garlic or Smoked cod poached in coconut milk/cream, with ginger, tumeric, mushrooms and greens or Quick fried squid with spring onions and diced tomatos or Slow cooked mushroom and veg omelette/frittata All with beetroot, sauerkraut, kelp granules LuncheonZiptop tinned tuna/salmon at work sauerkraut home-made chicken soup (taken to work frozen) SnacksFruit, dried fruit, nuts, dark chocolate DinnerExtra purposely cooked at breakfast or Soup and salad or Soya yoghurt with cherries or soft fruit. Often accompanied by a well-rounded red. Limit the bug food at nite. OutSpicy Thai food with some rice Smorgasboard/buffet (no sauces or unknowns) Ted I've got Crohn’s disease... ...and he's got mine...Spike Milligan
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Wow Thankyou everyone for all of these great ideas they all have helped greatly on getting me on a path of safe and good foods !!! I have allready taken a lot of everybodys ideas and cooked them up and was very happy with the taste results ....Its been three weeks on the diet and ive had great results thanks to this site and the great people on it giving friendly advise and gidelines...THANKYOU Steve
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what I can eat on the diet (click here) -- my blog -- contact me (PM is broken) "Some men, in truth, live that they may eat, as the irrational creatures, 'whose life is their belly, and nothing else.' But the Instructor enjoins us to eat that we may live." -- Clement of Alexandria (about 200 AD)
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