Living Well with PI-IBS/IBS
Did you ever ride a bicycle without using your hands when you were a kid? I did, all the time. Thought I was the coolest kid on the planet, too. There's something a little fun, a little exciting, a little fearless about the experience. You have to be confident in your balance and your ability …
Victor Hugo once said, "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." I have always loved music. I love to sing; I love to dance. I have a song for every mood and every moment. There's just something magical to me about music. So it's probably no …
This southern gal has ALWAYS loved some tasty fried chicken. Toss it on a salad, and you pretty much have one of my former favorite meals of adulthood. Now, obviously, fried foods aren't going to sit well in a sensitive tummy, so this recipe will hit your chicken-tender spot while being a LOT healthier than …
There's something about a good ol' sloppy joe that I just love, which means that this meal for two makes me really happy! You might not be able to eat a traditional sloppy joe and fries on the low-FODMAP diet, but this take on the childhood classic is so good you won't even miss the …
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As a child, I didn't have patience. I certainly had the aptitude for it (for example, when I would dangle myself from a doorknob for 30 minutes or so at a time because I wanted to go somewhere that my parents weren't planning on taking me), but I didn't practice it. I was a tantrum-throwing …
Ok, low-FODMAP-ers. I'm going to test your self-restraint on this one. You'll have to limit yourself based on your sugar and chocolate intake for the rest of the day to stay low-FODMAP, but these peanut butter bars are so worth it. We're talking Jack-Dawson-winning-the-Titanic-ticket worth it. They...are...so...good, y'all. Manna from the low-FODMAP heavens. And if …
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Are you a pizza lover on the low-FODMAP diet like me? If so, you probably mourned the loss of your favorite local delivery option on busy weeknights. But mourn no longer, my friend! It's not delivery, but this low-FODMAP pizza recipe is delicious. And even better: you can double the pizza sauce to use as …
Are you looking for a delicious, super easy, low-FODMAP seafood dish for two? Congrats. You've found it. My Knock-Your-Socks-Off Shrimp and Rice recipe is so tasty! And you'll never believe that it takes less than 15 minutes to make. To be honest, I was a little nervous about cooking my own seafood...I just always imagined …
I had my first panic attack on Saturday, March 17th. It was around 2:30 a.m., and I had just gotten home from the hospital. At the time, I was attempting to take a shower. I had blood running down my arms from the multiple IV lines that had just been removed, and I needed to wash off the …
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Here it is, y'all: my absolute favorite low-FODMAP dinner recipe thus far. Sweet-n-Sour turkey meatballs with rice. And this may sound crazy, but I'm also pretty attached to it for sentimental reasons. See, a variation of this recipe was the first low-FODMAP meal we made after my diagnosis. I was starving and scared and upset …
IBS Takes Guts 