Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: breaking the "break the cycle" cycle

Well, there are always Imagine soups. They do require heating up - I'm not sure if you consider that cooking or not.

There are also two old posts that might have something in them you can try. They're called "What did I eat for 8 months to stay IBS-D free when I hate to cook??!!"
Part 1
Part 2

And there's an old post from Atomic Rose. It does involve some cooking but nothing too complicated:
What to eat when you're sick of "what to eat when you can't eat anything", but are still too sick to really COOK

If you sometimes feel up to cooking ahead and freezing, my mother always used to freeze leftover mashed potatoes in little aluminum potpie tins, then just heat them up in a 350 degree oven for an hour when she wanted something quick to eat. I haven't tried it with mashed potatoes made with chicken broth rather than lots of milk and butter, but it seems like it would work.

And I agree about sweet potatoes. I love them baked with a little safe margarine and salt

For protein, bake a chicken breast in aluminum foil with a little tarragon and a touch of chicken broth. It makes a nice sandwich when it cools.

Last, but not least, smoothies (if you don't count a blender as cooking). Rice milk, lots of soluble fruit (bananas, mangoes), and as much insoluble fruit as you can tolerate - I find peaches very tolerable. If I feel like I'm not getting enough protein, I throw in some dried egg white - it doesn't affect the taste or the texture. I tolerate very cold stuff well, so I make mine with cold rice milk, room temperature bananas, and frozen fruit thawed just enough to be blendable. Smoothies aren't as much fun during the winter as they are during the summer, but you do get calories, fruit, and protein down you.

HTH. Take care.

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