Cooking with IBS (when you’re literally a chef)
I’ve been cooking professionally for a while, but dealing with severe IBS recently has thrown a massive wrench into everything. Suddenly, I can’t even taste-test half the dishes I make without dealing with terrible stomach pain a few hours later.
The hardest part isn’t just the restrictions, it’s how boring the “safe” food is. When I first started the low FODMAP diet, every recipe I found online basically tasted like cardboard. Eating felt like a chore.
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I set up this account just to document the ingredient swaps and recipes I’m figuring out at home to make my own diet bearable again. I’m basically just trying to get the flavor of garlic and onions back without using the actual ingredients (garlic-infused oil is saving my life right now).
Anyway, just saying hi. If anyone else is stuck eating plain chicken and rice and hating it, I completely get it. I’ll post some of the meals that are actually working for me soon.
- James
