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Posted 12/15/2009 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
I would like to develop a reference for newbies on what are some basic safe foods, if I can get enough response I will ask to make it a sticky.

What are your safe foods?

such as mash potatoes, jello, chicken soup, pudding, etc.

Posted 12/15/2009 6:52 PM (GMT 0)
Chicken soup, mashed potatoes, fish (pickerel, halibut, tuna, salmon), soda crackers, apple juice, ensure/boost.
Posted 12/15/2009 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
White rice, boiled chicken, toast, soft bagels, noodles, peppermint tea
Posted 12/15/2009 7:25 PM (GMT 0)
Chicken soup, mashed potatoes, toast to name a few.  I live on a low residue diet all the time, and that seems to be good for me in good times and bad.  In the good times, I can add a few more things like sauces.  I avoid red meats at all times, they just cause blockage like symptoms in me.  Hope that helps a little.


Posted 12/15/2009 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
white rice, white bread, mashed potatoes, chicken, fish, crackers, chamomille tea, Ensure, Gatorade, canned green beans
Posted 12/15/2009 10:31 PM (GMT 0)
My number 1 safe food is homemade yogurt. Also, scrambled eggs, chicken soup, and homemade jello (100% juice and plain Knox geletin). Applesauce, pearsauce, and tilapia are generally pretty good too.
Posted 12/15/2009 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Potatoes; Baked or Mashed.

Corn Bread; Jiffy, Martha White, any in a box...

Rice; White or Chicken Flavor Rice a Roni(Lower Sodium).

Totino's Frozen Pizzas, Cheese Only.

Ensure; I like Vanilla.

White Bread Toasted, or Plain.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches, White Bread.

Jello

Crackers(unsalted)
Posted 12/15/2009 11:44 PM (GMT 0)
arrowroot cookies, cheerios, chicken soup, mashed potatoes, soda crackers, applesauce, bananas, high protein boost, yogurt, white rice, gatorade, jello, cranberry/grape/apple juices
Posted 12/15/2009 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
Scrambled eggs, white bread, vanilla pudding, organic applesauce, low-fat american cheese, lean beef, chicken, turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, ensure, saltines, mac n' cheese (the boxed kind), canned tomato sauce(it is free of lumps and seeds), FLAT ginger ale, canned fruits(minus pineapple), papaya juice, canned carrots, homemade baked goods like cake and cookies (minus nuts), spaghettios!!  Thats all I can think of for now. :)

*I have an awesome recipe for meatloaf that is very tummy friendly! Let me know if you want it.

Posted 12/15/2009 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
Well for me it is Chicken, not deep fried.
Powerade I drink so much they should pay me for it.
I can eat biscuit like maryland, Ballerina and other cream biscuit
Kelloggs cereal goes well for me and rice krispies not cheerios.
All fish is good.
When I was getting sick I was crazy about Pistachio nuts and they where fine never had any troubles with them..

Nothing spicy or deep fried.
Posted 12/16/2009 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
Peanut butter on toast with sliced bananas, chicken, salmon, hummous and pita bread, english muffin with sliced chicken and cheese (plus lactaid pill)
Posted 12/16/2009 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
mashed potatoes, white bread, jello, saltines, chicken noodle soup, top roman, gatorade.
Posted 12/16/2009 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
Plain chicken (not fried, no sauces, skinless), mashed potatos with no skin, toast w/ cheese, Ensure.

Strange how cheese doesn't effect me but ice cream and milk hurt me so bad I'm in tears. 

OH! And puffcorn.  Mmm comfort food.

Posted 12/16/2009 2:05 AM (GMT 0)
Mashed potatoes, bagels, toast, scrambled eggs. Most liquids.
Posted 12/16/2009 2:28 AM (GMT 0)
Homemade chicken broth with a bit of sea salt is my fallback for the worst days.
Posted 12/16/2009 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
Chicken cooked in olive oil and seasoned with ground garlic and sea salt. Very simple, and usually safe.

I can't really think of anything else right now. I've lost most of my safe foods to other autoimmune problems.

Chicken generally seems to be safe if you're able to manage solid food though.
Posted 12/17/2009 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
Starch: Toast is my comfort food! With just margarine, peanut butter or nutella, Mmmm.
Mashed Potatoes, naan, white tortillas, arrowroot or digestive cookies and saltines.
White noodles or Raman (noodle soup) are great.

Drinks: I dont reaally like jello or Gatorade, so I drink apple juice, white grape juice and tea.
I also like Gingerale mixed with cranberry juice to take away some of the carbonation.

Also: This is strange but the Heinz Brown Beans in Tomato Sauce have never given me a problem and I love Love LOVE them!
Posted 12/17/2009 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
I really don't have many safe foods, probably just plain toast, I have D no matter what I eat.
Posted 12/17/2009 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
Vanilla Ensure plus, white bread, white rice, boiled boneless skinless chicken breast- lived off these things and only these things for 2 years when I was at my worst. Oh and low fibre white noodles... after awhile of feeling a little better I was able to tolerate cheese- boy that was good! as things got better and better for me I was almost able to eat anything except most fruits and veggies, high fibre, nuts , seeds and high spice. Still had/have to listen to my body and lay off certain things when I am not feeling so good. One thing that I have learned through the years is that there are so many types of "not feeling good" with crohn's and that is due to the areas of activity varying all the time- for me anyway. Some days eggs might be fine, others not ... for example.
Posted 12/17/2009 6:46 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else have problems drinking ensure? I used to drink that but I think it made me bloated and I would have to go to the bathroom right away cause I would be in extreme pain.
Posted 12/17/2009 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
Believe it or not; Milk. I LOVE milk when I'm in the middle of a flair. I CRAVE milk.

kia
Posted 12/17/2009 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
I like baked chicken or grilled (no skin), fish of all kinds, gluten-free crackers and bread (tapoica), non-dairy butter, vegetarian cheese, protein drinks, scrambled egg whites, mashed potatoes, and stuff like that. Before I was flaring I was eating pretty much what I wanted. . . could be why I had such a bad flare this last time. I'm taking it much easier now. I hardly ever eat red meat and when I do it's usually ground beef, low in fat and organic.
Posted 12/17/2009 8:52 PM (GMT 0)

Brian84 said...
Does anyone else have problems drinking ensure? I used to drink that but I think it made me bloated and I would have to go to the bathroom right away cause I would be in extreme pain.

Ensure is very high in sugar (first 3 ingredients are water, sugar, and corn syrup). When you look at all the special diets for digestive problems, the one thing they seem to agree on is that sugar is bad for your gut.
Posted 12/17/2009 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
Mashed potatoes! Bob Evans makes a refigerated microwave portion that actually tastes like real mashed potatoes and takes no energy to cook.

I also live on white rice, toast with a little jelly (no jam), ensure, white crackers, pastas plain or with the tiniest of seasoning in the water in which they boil, plain baked ham, eggs for protein

Kia---I also am one of the lucky ones that can handle milk...there does not seem to be many CDers that can handle it though (I use it to make me feel full)
Posted 12/17/2009 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
ohh this is a good one, since I've been in the hospital 2 times in 1 week with flare ups this week.
My save food isn't food. Jello and Broth soup.
I am so hungry. But yet sooo scared.
in a few days I will go to my next safe food, like most of us.
White bread. White rice (patatos I threw up on my last flare) not so safe for me.
Just gotta love our diets.
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