Call for Help

I got an email from The Middle last week - she's been battling digestive problems for a while and finally got an initial diagnosis, requiring her to drastically change her diet.

Here's her plea:

I have been given a preliminary diagnosis...mean(ing) my diet SUCKS. I am attaching the cheat sheet I was told to print out for aid. In addition, I can have homemade salsa and baked chips. Please help me with some ideas of food. The past few days it has been oatmeal for breakfast with an egg white or two and then sandwiches for lunch and dinner. I have only been drinking water and cranberry juice.

The cheat sheet says:


My initial suggestions include:

• Breakfast burritos – scrambled egg whites, tortillas (corn or flour), salsa. Mushrooms sauteed in a ¼ t of olive oil if you want to change it up
• Grilled veggie tacos – carrots, potatoes, shredded beets (grill the veggies, then put them in the tortilla)
• Rice pudding – cook the rice until it’s very mushy, stir in some applesauce
• Mashed potatoes and parsnips – trust me on this one, mashing parsnips makes it taste like there’s sour cream mixed in!
• Baked sweet potatoes
• Guacamole – chop ½ of a tomato in it
• Open faced veggie sandwich – toast a piece of white bread, top with sliced avocado
• Oatmeal with fruit – sliced mangoes, sliced bananas
• Smoothies – frozen pieces of papaya, mango, banana blended with water or a juice you can handle. Stir in a touch of applesauce for add’l sweetness
• Grilled chicken (or turkey) breast, sliced and served with any number of sides – toast, fruit, mashed potatoes, ½ baked sweet potato
• Butternut squash soup!! Make it with rice milk instead of dairy milk
• Spaghetti squash – bake, pull the insides out of the shell with a fork (it comes out in strings like spaghetti), top with sauteed mushrooms
• Stir fried rice – it only takes about ½ t of olive oil. Warm the oil, add cooked rice, lightly scrambled egg whites, diced carrots, mushrooms and chestnuts. If you like it, add tofu (soy) – cook it separately in a little olive oil first to firm it up. Maybe toss in a very small amount of garlic or onion (less than ¼ c. of onion)
• Cooked carrots sweetened with applesauce instead of honey or maple
• Cornbread (make with rice milk instead of regular milk)
• Turkey/chicken roll up – sliced turkey/chicken, sliced avocado, rolled up in tortilla

I'm thinking that you might have some great ideas, too!

If you have an idea (even better, a recipe!!!) post it in the comments! Help my poor diet-changing Middle Sister out.