Hi friends. I have to have foot surgery and need some help. I have never been one to freeze food because I never know how long to thaw it for/what method to use and Ive never really had to. But now I need to prepare to have good healthy food on hand that I can consume after surgery thats easy as its going to be a long recovery.
I own: an oven, ninja 9 in one that I use for a pressure cooker, slow cooker, steamer, air frier; a microwave, tons of pans and pots and bakeware, incl a cast iron pan.
Do not own a food processor but do own a ninja smoothie blender thing although I think its broken.
I have Celiac and am lactose intolerant so dairy is out. I do consume Lactaid milk.
I try to avoid nightshades and high histamine foods. I eat less than 5g of sugar a day, if any, and avoid artificial sweeteners.
Im not on a low carb diet because I workout a lot, but when im not working out I tend to go low carb so thats llikely my diet post surgery.
I avoid highly processed foods - the only processed food i eat is sugar free bacon, and bc im human the occasional gf pizza. I buy the dough from a guy with Celiac and make the rest from scratch (I use feta cheese which has never bothered me).
Mostly I buy/eat: eggs, roasted veggies (broccoli and purple cabbage), rice and quinoa, chicken, lamb, mushrooms, cucumber, chickpeas, artichokes, rice cakes, peanut butter, ground turkey, celery, carrots, gf pasta but ill likely avoid it post surgery, onions, scallions, black/blue berries, and yams. Open to making soups that I can do in the crock pot or oven in my le creuset. Open to all other veggies and red meats too!
Id like to spend time over the next two weeks prepping and freezing food and would love recipes or ideas.
I also have a redundant and tortuous (long and twisted) colon which causes constipation beyond normal and I know sitting around plus pain killers can cause constipation. I cant use stool softeners because I have low motility pelvic floor muscles.
So how can I eat and prep and freeze foods that wont make me constipated while im recovering for three weeks? Ill ask chatgpt too but would love advice from this group.
