So... I learned last week that I'm allergic to some foods. Based on some blood testing, it seems I am rather allergic to the following: milk (cow), casein (protein found in cow's milk), gluten, eggs, peanuts, soy, and beef (surprise!).
Well, the beef is easy to leave out of my diet, as I had never included it to begin with! The others are much harder to eliminate. The plan is this; I'm supposed to eliminate all these things from my diet for 3 months and then I can slowly reintroduce them one at a time and see how my body reacts. I highly suspect that I'll be able to add many of them back before too long, and possibly all of them eventually (excepting beef of course, as I have no real desire to add it in the first place). So that's the plan.
Now for reality... as Patrick so kindly put it, I'll be eating a lot of potatoes! I'm still trying to figure out what else I can eat. :) I did go grocery shopping today at Carrs (normal grocery store) and managed to find a lot of good things though that fit the diet, including pasta (rice pasta - gluten free), cheese (goat cheese! and sheep cheese!), veggies, beans, rice, almond milk, and plenty of other random but relatively normal things. So we'll see how it goes.
Two things that I have happily discovered so far...
1. I can still eat Thai green curry!!! (Just w/out tofu - chicken is good though!)
2. I've already found a cream cheese substitute - goat cheese! It's perfectly spreadable like cream cheese, tastes similar, and can probably substitute for it in my favorite potato leek soup as well. :)
I'd love to hear any suggestions if anyone has any. If it takes more than 20-30 minutes to make though... it's likely to get ignored. *wink*
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