Re: Need protein ideas.


Julie Bove wrote:
> Now that I know of my food allergies, egg (severe), milk (and all dairy) and
> almonds, these things are out of the question. My typical breakfast had
> been cottage cheese. I quit eating eggs shortly after Thanskgiving because
> I seemed to be having violent reactions to them. Now I know why!
>
> At any rate, I am stumped for things to eat. I've been eating sausage for
> breakfast, but I don't want to do that every day. I also like bacon, but
> again, don't want to eat this every day. There is really no other meat I
> like other than beef, occasionally. I don't want to eat beef every day.
> And I only like it in the form of ground beef or sometimes pot roast. It
> really depends. Sometimes I find pot roast to be so vile I can't chew it or
> swallow it. I can only stomach chicken if it is cut up fine and mixed with
> something like the chicken and noodles I made tonight. I used rice noodles
> and added plenty of carrots, celery, onions and French cut green beans.
>
> I can occasionally manage to eat sliced turkey breast, but I can't stand to
> have that very often. I don't like veal, pork, lamb or any other meats.
> Can't stand fish or shellfish other than tuna, on occasion. Don't like that
> very often either. I do love dried beans but I can't eat those 3 times a
> day and especially not at breakfast because of the carb count.
>
> Peanut butter is okay, but after having eaten that two days in a row now as
> my bedtime snack, I'm already sick of it.
>
> My main source of protein in the past had been cheese. Oh, how I love
> cheese! Although I was beginning to suspect an allergy because all of a
> sudden I had developed an odd aversion to it. I wanted it, but when I put
> it in my mouth, my first inclination was to spit it out. I seemed to only
> be able to eat it if it was mixed into something or melted on something. I
> can eat Vegan-Rella. It actually tastes like cheese. However, it's not a
> good source of protein. I will probably reserve it for garnish. Like a few
> small scrapings on a taco salad to make me think there is cheese.
>
> Is there anything I'm missing here as a protein source? I know quinoa is
> high in protein. But there's also the carb issue. And the last time I made
> it, it didn't taste very good. There has got to be something I'm missing.
> But I just can't think of it.
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Wow Julie, that is a tough situation you are in. It must be hard to be
such a knowledgeable cook who can't enjoy the delicious receipes you
fix for your family. I would be very frustrated too!

The only thing I could think of was that maybe your egg allergy is just
to the white of the egg, which I *think* is the most common allergy.
So maybe you could still tolerate egg yolk, which I believe is still a
good protein source? But maybe your allergy is to both, so that might
not be an option.

The other thing I thought of was that if you could control your BG with
insulin or a fast acting med, that would allow you to eat foods that
you do enjoy that have protein but that you have to avoid or limit so
as not to spike your BG? So, you could have potatoes or yams or rice,
etc. if you enjoy and tolerate those, and could take control of your BG
with the med. Is that something you might consider or that your endo
might help you with?

Anyways, here's wishing for a good solution,

Ricavito

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