Thought I’d share a little back story with you all.
I know how hard it can be to have a very limited diet and how frustrating it can be. As I grew up I had quite a few allergic reactions and had no idea that’s what it was. Progressively throughout my life I became sick quite frequently. It affected my life so much I had to do virtual school. One day a doctor suggested that I get a full food allergy test. I got it done and got my results back, realizing I eat all of those things daily! My results came back as Gluten, Nuts, Sesame, Soy, and Shellfish. After cutting all of those out of my diet I started to get a lot better.
Though I was still always in abdominal pain every time I ate. I went about six more years of not being as sick but being in severe abdominal pain and was told it was IBS. This year I ended up in the emergency room from it and found out the pain all these years has been caused by a ton of stones in my gallbladder. This was surprising news given my age and weight. Though I found out it is genetic and my sister and grandmother have had their gallbladders removed. Anyways because of this I have to have a very low fat diet.
Now the pain and sickness is history. I live a very normal day to day life and can do everything I used to not be able to. Changing my diet has changed my entire life. Though at first it was kind of discouraging… I can’t eat out, I have to eat a plain diet. That’s what I thought at first, but over time I’ve taken it upon myself to change that. I have come up with quite a few recipes and snacks that are flavor packed and are alternatives to the normal foods I wish I could eat. My goal is to share these with people that have the same problem or people who just don’t want to incorporate those things into their diet. Hopefully these recipes can help change someone else’s quality of life, like it did mine.