Can anyone tell me what foods you eat that agree with your Crohns?

Diagnosed 3 years ago and have gained so much weight. I eat a lot of cinamon bread, potatoes, and baked chips. I gave up all fruits and raw veggies. I gave up chocolate, ice cream, corn, nuts, all bar-b-q, all mexican foods. Anything good, I gave up. Can you tell me what you eat for breakfast and for dinner? Thanks

Fonze,

I eat a low residue diet all the time. I usually eat a quesadilla (corn tortilla with melted cheese in the middle) and a banana for breakfast. For lunch I usually eat a chicken sandwich. On my diet I eat alot chicken, fish and turkey. If I eat veggies they are cooked until really soft. For fruit I eat alot of bananas, I can also eat apples (but no peel), plums (again no peels). The foods I eat are generally easy to chew, easy to digest. You can google low residue diet and get some ideas. Also Ivy's link is great as it discusses all the various diets good for those with Crohns.

Good luck!

If you have a food processor you can puree all sorts of veg - e.g. microwave / steam a carrot, shove it in the processor, and you have carrot puree. I find I can eat that when I can't eat normal steamed carrot. When I'm having a really rough time I steam up all sorts of veg and puree them all together and end up with a very nutritious type of mush: that is a lot kinder on my gut than anything solid.

I think I'd feel happier if you were eating a plain, peeled, steamed potato instead of baked chips. The extra fat (even if minimal) from the baking might be upsetting your tum, as might the lollies you're eating.

Apples - try peeling them and boiling them up in little bit of water, or microwaving them. You can even puree them once they've been cooked like this. You may find that you are able to tolerate apples and pears cooked in this way better than you would be able to cope with raw fruit.

Another thing I do is puree some pears with (soy) milk, and freeze them into ice blocks. They're a nourishing snack and don't upset my gut as regular fruit would.

Ivy.

I follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and find it very helpful. For breakfast, I have a cup of homemade yogurt with honey and a nut butter brownie (made with nut butter, honey, egg, and baking soda). For lunch, I have a cooked vegetable of some sort (green beans, zucchini, crook neck squash, butternut squash, or carrots), cheese, deviled eggs, SCD cheesecake, and some coconut oil. Sometimes I have cooked fruit (usually apples, peaches, or pears), or I juice strawberries. For supper I'll have fish, chicken, turkey, roast beef, or roast pork, as well as more cooked vegetables. Also some nut butter, and some frozen yogurt for dessert. I'll usually have some grape juice later, another cup of SCD yogurt/honey, and a green tea.

Sometimes I take digestive enzymes too, mostly when I eat meat.

My favorite meal is turkey burger with boiled potatoes and cooked green beans. I keep frozen meatballs on hand and can eat them with pasta and tomato sauce. Butternut squash (frozen is very smooth) and sweet potato are great too. Cheerios with rice or almond milk, yogurt and banana, toast and eggs (hard boiled is best) for breakfast. I munch on Cheerios for snacks or applesauce, pretzels or other low fat chip.

I agree that it is often hard to decide what to eat, though, when you seem to get sick somewhat randomly. That's often true for me, anyway.

Good luck,

Charlo