I'm on a roll with my ?s, so here is another one...
#169113 - 04/12/05 12:55 AM
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"What is in YOUR fridge always???"
So thats my ?
I hadda talk with hubby and he agreed to letting me get alternative milk....I dunno what kind is best and cheapest, soy? rice? Goat? What?
Thankfully growing up with an IBS-D mom then I'm aware of the "milk" choices and know I love the flavor! yay!
So what else do you always make sure to have in your pantry/fridge??
Noooo you don't have to list it all.
Like for me so far I'd say
Pretzils
Quaker rice cakes
Applesuace
Oatmeal
Rice chex
Sadly that all I've stocked up on so far so you can imangine what my meals look like and the pain following if I don't down alotta herbal tea.
What I really need are recommendations that are cheap.
I think Heather already has a "sticky" list that I'm gonna write down.
But wanted your lists too.
Thanx!!
You all rock!!
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Hi there,
I have a lot of the ones on there that you've already put, but those are mostly for snacks and things.
These are the things I usually like to keep in my kitchen...
-Rice
-Pasta
-Pasta sauce (tomato sauce)
-White or Sourdough bread
-Peanut butter
-Pretzels
-Rice cakes
-Canned and frozen fruit
-Mango/Peach Applesauce cups
-Rice noodles
-Teriaky sauce
-Chicken breasts (sometimes I buy a lot if they are on sale and freeze them - Turkey Breasts too)
-Frozen breaded fish fillets and chicken fillets (Be really careful with stuff like this, make sure there are no bad ingredients).
-Canned Tuna
-Extra Light Mayonaise
-Lots of spices and other safe sauces
-Baked Lays
-Carrots
-Baby potatoes
-Garlic
-Onions
-Arrowroot cookies
-Herbal teas!
Of course, I don't always have all that stuff.. that is just usually what I buy when I make a trip to the store - in bits and pieces.
As for the milk question, I'm not totally sure but I think goat's milk is still on the no-no list as I think it may still count as dairy the same as cow's milk.
I think as far as rice or soy milk, it's mostly personal preference. I don't know what the difference in pricing is 'cause I only tried rice milk once and didn't enjoy it at all.  I find that even buying soy milk, I only use a fairly small amount of it so can buy a smaller container which makes it cheaper.
Okay, good luck!
--Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
IBS-D,pain.
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My fridge:
Hellmann's extra light mayo
Mushrooms
Soy/rice milk
sunflower dairy free spread
Chicken breasts
prawns
ground turkey
salmon fillets
Frozen stir fry vegetables
Zucchini
Red/green peppers (not safe for everyone)
Pantry:
White and brown rice
pasta
Tins of tuna
Tins of corn
Bread
Applesauce
fruit puree
rice cakes
ginger snaps
oatmeal
rice krispies
luna bars
couscous
soy sauce
Tins of tomatoes (NB lots of people can't tolerate these)
pasta sauce
Noodles (for chinese food)
herbs and spices- everything from black pepper, basil, rosemary, tumeric, cinnamon
honey
Mustard
Fat free crackers
I'm hungry now!
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S.
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Goat milk is not safe BTW. It still has the milk proteins. Rice milk is cheaper than soy. The kind of soy milk I buy is pricey but tastes much better (eighth continent- lite).
plain rice milk singles for cooking and baking
dried fruit
Willow Run margarine for baking/cooking
smart balance marg for eating
honey nut cheerios
oatmeal packets
scottish oatmeal- Bob's Red mill
cream of wheat
oatmeal sliced bread
French bakery baguettes and other breads
jasmine rice 25# sack
long grain rice
rice noodles
pasta in various shapes
canned fruit and veg
cake mix
lite cool whip in freezer
canned strawberry jam
canned yellow tomato sauce
pretzels
haagen dazs sorbet
frozen peas, snap peas, spinach
Luna bars up the wazoo
lite coconut milk- a bit contraversial
lots of chicken broth
applesauce for cooking but I don't eat it
lots of bananas
onions and potatoes
fish and chicken breasts and whole chickens in freezer
white wine, sake and sherry etc for cooking
good spices and good vinegars
flour tortillas
reduced fat bisquik
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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In the pantry, I always have:
Crispix
Oatmeal
Cream of Wheat
Pretzels
These yummy tea biscuits I found at a discount store
Graham crackers
Fat-free saltines
A TON of pasta
Jasmine rice (so much tastier than normal white rice)
Jars of safe tomato sauce
Cans of peaches and pears in juice
Safe white bread
More spices than I can even count! Spices are important in LF cooking!
A huge bag of potatoes
Apples (for homemade applesauce)
Bananas
A container of Better Than Milk vanilla rice milk powder ($10) and a bag of soy milk powder ($5) from which I mix my own soy-rice milk combination that's very tasty and cheaper than buying cartons of rice milk.
In the fridge...
All-fruit jams
Soy parmesan
Lite dairy-free margarine
Eggs
(not much of what's in the fridge are my "essentials", haha)
In the freezer...
CHICKEN! Bone-in chicken breasts for grilling and baking, skinless boneless for kabobs, sautes, and other recipes.
Lots and lots of frozen vegetables
A box of soft pretzels
That's probably about it for things I always have on hand. Well, other than baking basics like flour and sugar, and cooking basics like cooking spray.
Personally, I like the taste of rice milk better than soy, but soy is better for cooking, at least in my experience. Soy is also cheaper in some instances. (I can get store-brand soy milk here for $1.49/qt, rice milk is $1.99/qt.) Avoid goat - it's still an animal milk.
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I am IBS-A, but more towards D.
I'm still sorta getting the hang of eating right for IBS, but here's what I try not to run out of:
Soy milk (I've tried different brands, but 8th Continent Light is also my favorite)
Baby carrots
Apple sauce (various flavors)
Oatmeal
Fat free saltines
White rice
Potatoes & potato flakes (they work fine with soy milk)
Skinless boneless chicken breast(a staple before IBS anyway)
English muffins
Smart balance light margarine (it's dairy free, tastes okay)
Eggs & powdered egg whites
Canned peaches (the only IF I'm not afraid of right now)
Bananas
Papaya or mango
Edited by Snorkie (04/12/05 02:23 PM)
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As the diet "staples" may vary. I would think the C's might need more IF in there kitchen stock??
Thanks!
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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In the fridge:
unsweetened applesauce (individual cups for work, and large jar for baking)
seedless strawberry jam
water filter pitcher, always full
Prego Garden Combination tomato sauce
rice cheese
In the freezer:
sorbet or whole fruit bars
frozen veggies (right now, green beans, and some Trader Joe's stir fry)
Usually some of the baked stuff I'm going through, since it's just me and stuff goes bad if I leave it out for too long (at the moment is spiced pear cake and spinach bread)
Pantry:
rice
quinoa
pasta
plain bagels
pretzels
baking essentials: flour, sugar, baking soda and powder, bread flour, yeast, etc
Pam spray
unsweetened cocoa
peanut butter
no pudge brownie mix
I can't do soy, and I don't really like the taste of rice milk, so I only buy it when I need it to bake with.
Oh, and for Beth, I'm IBS-A.
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Melissa
Friendship is thicker than blood. ~Rent
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Let's see here... well the basic staples of my diet look probably something like this (in no particular order)...
french bread, bagles, english muffins...
oatmeal (that's a cheap one!)
egg whites (oh yeah I eat lots of these)
applesauce
canned soups (usually whir them in the blender to puree)
canned beans, fruits (i.e. pears) and veggies like beets and spinach (cheap!)
some fresh produce like apples, bananas, carrots, zucchini, as well as potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips etc.
lots of frozen fish (cheap) and sometimes frozen chicken breasts too
(soy) margarine
soy milk
dry pasta (so cheap)
canned tuna and salmon sometimes (oh so cheap)
rice cakes, rice crackers
chicken and vegetable broth
spray oil like Pam (I use this sooo much)
teas teas and more teas
almonds (they're a bit expensive but I can only eat so few of them at a time, and I only eat them chopped, that they last forever!)
hummus (or you can make your own quite easily with canned chickpeas)
...hmm that's the main list I'd say.
Oh and warning - goat's milk is NOT safe. Some people with lactose intollerance find they can tolerate it better than goats milk - but there are lots of other things about cow's milk (not JUST the lactose) i.e. proteins, hormones etc. that mean those with IBS should cut it OUT. Rice milk is a bit cheaper I think but I go for soy milk because it's usually fortified with protein and vitamins like D and B12. It's on the pricey side compared to everything else I buy - it's my treat for myself 
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Ok, let me think of my fridge right now... Warning big vegan/vegetarian food list with many things starting with the word tofu! 
Vanilla and chocolate soy milk (2 different brands)
Water
Fresh berry smoothie drink
Apple juice (low acid, unsweetened)
Open bottle of red wine (not a staple)
5 bottles of beer that someone didn't drink..not me (not a staple)
Many tofu products including Tofutti cheese slices, tofu sausages, marinated schezuan tofu, Tofutti sour cream, etc.
Fresh mild salsa
Leftover rice
Grapes
Lentil curry
Tomato (for burger)
Alfalfa sprouts (for burger)
Freezer:
Amy's vegan burritos
Real Fruit (dairy-free) popsicles
Tofu chicken nuggets
Tofu-corn patties
Tofu-brocoli patties
Portobello mushroom burgers
2 loaves of bread
Fat-free french fries
Organic bluberries
I won't even go into my cupboard or this post would be way too long. 
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