Real Food Resistant Starch

I'm not going to eat raw potatoes or green bananas. I'm over cooking one meal for me and a different one for the rest of the family. I'm not that excited about powdered nutrition.

However, a lot of resistant starches seem like they can be easily integrated into our regular meals. We can eat potato and pasta salads. I like making sushi rolls. Split pea soup is a snow day staple.

What 'real foods' are you enjoying to boost your resistant starch intake?

right now, i'm obsessed with mixing 1 cup kefir, 1/2 cup applesauce, and 1 tbsp potato starch in a bowl. it is so good. is that considered real food?? pahaha i ran out of sweet potatoes so i figured i'd eat all this potato starch i have in my cupboard.

i haven't found a good potato salad recipe so i just stick to cold sweet potatoes. my favorite is chopping them up and roasting with rosemary, butter, and salt/pepper.

i also make a lot of sweet potato balls. i just mash up cooked sweet potato with bacon fat/butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, and a few spoons of potato starch. roll them into balls and freeze them. i make these ALL the time because they are convenient and addictive... and i just LOVE bacon fat. any excuse to eat more of it is good for me.

i've been meaning to buy a plantain to make plantain chips but i haven't gotten around to it cuz i'm sick as a dog. that will be this weekend's RS recipe.

Do these foods help with the disease? Sorry for my lack of nutritional knowledge, I have not been asked to change my diet by any of my caretakers.

Lol thank you, I might have to try it. After all, I have nothing to lose.

I'd be put in time out if I served kefir and applesauce to the boys. They sort of tasted dark chocolate coconut fudge, but didn't really like it. They definitely did not like almond flour *anything*.


Previously frozen white bread. I can't stand white bread, but I always freeze my oat bread. I wonder how much RS is in that?

Does the pea soup have to be cold or room temp to get the RS benefit?

Sweet potato pie, Rice Chex with bananas, sweet potato bread (made with gluten-free flour), white bean hummus with corn chips, granola made with uncooked oats and other stuff.

I think I just gained 2 lbs. writing that.
Potato salad remains my favorite.

After I got ff prednisone and out of my flare I started putting weight on. I went on a low carb diet for 2 weeks and my stomach went crazy! Mucous, trips to the bathroom more often, occasional diarrhea...this got me wondering if my body (esp my stomach REALLY needed something I want giving it). Reading this forum got me interested in learning more about resistant starches. Has anyone used the "carb lovers diet" book? I just ordered it...not for losing weight necessarily at this point- but the whole basis is on resistant starches...and it apparently comes with recipes. Any thoughts or feedback?

So, about gas...

If an RS food does not produce gas, does that mean it is not producing butyrate?

Navy beans going into chili right now.

I wish someone would try 'slender stick's Tropical drink powder, has Fibersol2 Resistant Starch and bought boxes of the stuff - Love it.

Oh....and I was laughing, my grandpa always eats raw oats, with a banana in the mornings with peanut butter. Everyone makes fun of him...however I do a similar recipe with "overnight oats," add 1/2cup uncooked oats with 1/2cup almond milk (I use unsweetened almond) and allow to sit in fridge over night. Add berries, bananas (green for more RS), whatever you like (pecans, almonds, etc..) in the am and eat as a cold cereal. I often times add it to a mason jar so it has a lid and is easy grab and go!

I have been in remission a couple months with Humira...but have had a lot of gas, bloating, and mucous. Tried the paleo thing, ended up constipated then the mucous started. I'm terrified of flaring, so after some research and realizing lower carbs don't work for me...I'm trying resistant starches

My favorite RS starch food by far is sushi. Love love love it. I feel so good after eating it.

I also eat potato salad - my version is a German potato salad with an oil and vinegar dressing.

Next is tuna macaroni salad. I use rice noodles for this.

I was off of sugar for so long that I can tolerate slightly green bananas as a sweet treat.

Potato pancakes with applesauce was a staple when I was growing up. Thanks for that thought, toomuchp...

I used to love lentil soup, so I think next time a ham bone crosses my path I will try to make a pot.

Tornado, I'm curious about your comment. Does butyrate generally cause gas? I

Bananagirl, I tried my hand at some baked plantain chips last week and they were awful, so if you figure out how to make them taste good, please let me know.

I'm not against using potato starch as a supplement. I'm thinking of trying that after I do a trial with CCHerbal.