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WhatIEat#42


One of the hardest things about being on a special diet is that I love cooking and baking and enjoying meals with my family and friends; not being able to fully include myself in meals and enjoy desserts with everyone is really a downer. I have gotten used to it as much as anyone can, and I don't want a pity party, but I am sure grateful for the times I get to eat what everyone else is eating. These paleo chocolate chip cookies were made for company and I had a little nibble of one, but I wasn't to the point of being comfortable eating a whole one. Thankfully now, as my diet becomes more varied and less strict, I am able to have a treat with my family again- something I will never take for granted again.
My SIBO bread was a lifesaver! It made me feel like I was able to eat kind of normal food. Even though this bread is very low carb and not really like normal bread, it has a good taste and texture and holds up without being toasted even. Being able to have sandwiches at a picnic again felt so good!

I made myself some tahini honey cookie coins, while my kids enjoyed their peanut butter chocolate cookies.

I really like the way my SIBO safe bread tastes when its lightly toasted/fried in a smear of butter in a skillet. It's got quite of bit of almond flour (homemade, soaked and sprouted almond flour), and it really brings out the nutty-ness of the bread when prepared that way. Here its topped with avocado and crispy fried egg. I also had a coconut flour biscuit cookie with coconut oil and almond butter and cinnamon. 

Late night snack of fried eggs and pan fried bread witwith cocnut oil, honey and almond butter. Looks like it was almost my birthday too.🎁
This dish was sort of a cross between a quiche and a soufflé. Eggs beaten with a pinch of coconut flour, sprinkled with chives, pecorino romano cheese, and some leftover steamed broccoli. It was very light and fluffy and savory.

Brian and I finally got to go on a dinner date, after five months of me being on the SIBO diet and no dates out. I picked Thai food, of course. Partly because it's one of the safer gluten free, dairy free options, and also because I had missed it so much! We were celebrating our 11th anniversary, so we left the kids to stay overnight with my parents (thanks Mom&Dad!) and went out for dinner and then went to a local food Co-op and I bought a fern and then we went home and enjoyed a quiet evening all to ourselves. 
The next day we got some things done around the house and then went out to a concert in a park. I got more pad thai and Brian got a MOD pizza, and we had a picnic while we listened to music. It was wonderful 😊


Breakfast- frittata, bacon, cinnamon muffin with coconut oil and pecan butter.

I made a batch of muffins out of my SIBO bread recipe, using store bought almond flour because I didnt have any homemade almond flour on hand. They turned out great!


Kale with a scrambled egg and pecorino Romano, chicken wings seasoned with cumin and honey and my bread with lots of coconut oil. When you're on the SIBO diet it can be hard to feel full and satisfied, and eating healthy fats is important and helpful for satiation and recovery. 

Perfectly steamed eggs with creamy, soft yolks. Paleo coconut flour muffin with Trader Joe's French butter.


Brunch feast. Saturday's when Brian is home I love making a huge, late breakfast. Here we had GF french toast, with bananas, strawberries, granola, and maple syrup for topping. Also boiled eggs and Spam. (Yes, we eat Spam as a treat a few times a year) Kombucha to drink.

The kids and I had one last visit to our favorite donut place before it closed. I'm really sad that we don't have a place were we know we can all go for a gluten free treat. On the hunt for a new place! 

Lovely green salad with my Honey Mustard dressing and fish cakes. 

French omelet with sauteed endive and greens, topped with pecorino romano sheep cheese.

This is a new sheep cheese I found recently and it is So. Good. 
Nutty, slightly sweet, creamy, and delicious. 

I'm slowly adding in more and more foods as my gut heals and it has gone quite well so far. 😊 Thank You God for health and healing!

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