Need inspiration for elimination diet

[nickykat]

Hello, I'm just about to start on an elimination diet (failsafe, gluten free, dairy free) for myself and my 3 children. To make it even more complicated my older son and I are both vegetarian, so will be combing the forum for recipes that will get enough nutrition into him!

[Cornish Cream]

Welcome to the forum Nickykat.
There are a few forum members who follow a failsafe diet,including Molly.Have you seen her recipe  blog. If you type in Elimination Diet in the search box on the home page you will see some helpful recipes.

[fundj&e]

Welcome to the forum NK

[gertbysea]

Welcome nickykat. Also have a look at  http://quirkycooking.blogspot.com.au/?m=1.

Gert

[judydawn]

Hi & welcome to the forum nickykat, good luck with finding all the recipes you need to keep your family healthy.  You may be spending as much time on the computer as in the kitchen until you can print off a pile of recipes to get you going.

[babyw]

Hi,  we did the elim diet a year ago.  I used the sue dengate cookbook, the elim diet book recipe plans and the friendly food cookbook. I made a failsafe stock which was the flavour base for lots of dishes.

I did a menu plan to help so I didn't have to think of something every night and I had the ingredients on hand.  I tried to make enough for 2 nights dinner or more at a time so I could cover lunches and not have to bother cooking every night.  Soup was a good one to freeze in small portions.
 
Off the top of my head the things I made were quiche, beef roast and veges, chicken kiev, fish bites and chips, risotto chicken, vege soup, potato and leek soup, lamb and swede pureee, baked pototo with meat sauce and cabbage salad, steak with wedges, swede and beans, eggs, and lots of rice cakes!  Breakfast was the biggest challenge on school, work days.  Rice puffs with rice milk just didn't fill us up.

I was really happy when we passed the gluten challenge.  We eat meat so that made it easier - good luck and it was definately worth it for us.

[mab19]

Hi nickykat, welcome to the forum.  Good luck with your diet

[obbie]

Hi and welcome

[droverjess]

Hello and welcome and good luck.

[Kimmyh]

Hi nickykat and welcome.  Wishing you all the best with the elimination diet.

[mcmich]

Welcome to the forum. All the best with the elimination diet.

[Jamberie]

Hi nickykat,
Good luck with your diet, it sounds like babyw has great advice, I've got those cookbooks and I really liked the friendly food one. I will be embarking on the elimination diet in a few months too. I'm hoping to work out triggers for my migraines. I'll be interested to hear how you go.
Good luck

[cookie1]

Good luck with the elimination diet and a big welcome to the forum.

[astarra]

Hello and welcome NK. 
Hope you fnd the recipes and inspiration you need for your diet. 

[consumerate]

It's going to be really tough without meat! I hope you have a good dietician.

I found doing it in winter easier than summer. Probably because of the fact that salad is pretty well out during elimination.

It's also really hard to get enough fibre, so keep an eye on that.

I hope it works for you. I learned a lot and now have a significantly happier time of life because I know how to manage my salicylate consumption.

Absolute hardest thing for me was giving up tea. Is till not entirely come to terms with that but the improvement is enough for me to stay off it for good. I find that salicylates in liquid have a faster and greater affect. On me than salicylates that are in solid food.

Best of luck