Help!I am officially on a very low or no fat diet for the rest of my pregnancy since my gall bladder is giving me fits...again. I had this problem at the end of my last two pregnancies, but only for 6 or 8 weeks. This time I have 16 weeks to go.
If anyone has any low-fat or no fat recipes they'd like to share I would love to hear from you.
There are low-fat recipes all over the internet, but I need some that use "normal" ingredients that I have at my house (like my food storage)...not "Chipotle Red Pepper Chutney" or "Chicken Tabbouleh Salad", or things I can't afford, like "Sea Bass en Papillote".
Basically, I have three weeks for my gall bladder to go completely bad and I could still have it out laparoscopically. After 28 weeks along, if things get worse, I will have to suffer through the pain until the baby is far enough along that they can induce him early and then remove my gall bladder...a choice I'm not exactly fond of.
Part of me wants to eat all kinds of fat and have a major attack so I can just get it out now...but it's best for the baby to wait until after he is born. So, for now I'll just do my best to control the pain with diet.
I'm waiting for blood test results, and have an ultrasound on my gall bladder scheduled for Friday. Depending on those results I still might try to convince my doctor to take it out now, but only if I feel really good about it.
Oh, how I wish I'd done this after Dillon was born, but I was still recovering from an appendectomy and I wasn't in the mood to have another surgery.
I used to think that I only had trouble while I was pregnant, but after doing some research, I'm realizing that I've had gall bladder issues for the past few years. Aside from the instant heartburn I got every time I rolled on my right side, I can't tell you how many times I've said to Todd, "It feels like my food isn't digesting"...I wish I'd known before I was pregnant that it was all a gall bladder problem.
You can comment with any recipes or idea's you might have, or e-mail them to me at gravesrus2 at scinternet dot net.
My friend Andrea gave me a recipe on Saturday night, after I was still hungry from eating cantaloupe, grapes, and zucchini all day, and it was a hit with the whole family...even Todd.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (low-fat)
Take a small can of pumpkin, a spice cake mix, and 1 cup chocolate chips. Mix them together (you DON'T add the eggs or oil to the cake mix), and make pumpkin choco. chip cookies, or mini-muffins by baking at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. They weren't quite as good as Dad's from the bakery, but quite low in fat and ALMOST as good.
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The lady that does my hair just had to have her's out 6 months after her first baby...she complained that she'd never eat another salad again! I'm sorry that this is a problem for you! I'll find some recipes. I have a really good brownie recipe that calls for baby food prunes instead of oil, and really they're my favorite brownies ever.
And I have heard (but haven't tried it yet, but plan on trying it in the near future) in baked goods you can puree beans and use them cup for cup instead of oil. Lighter beans (great northern) have less flavor then darker beans, (red kidney)! If you dare try it out let me now how it works!
Those cookies are great when you want cookies fast. I add some baking powder to them too. Good luck, thats not fun to have pain when your pregnant. Hopefully your gall bladder will work till the baby arrives.
I like making healthy oatmeal cookie oatmeal for breakfast, especially if I need something filling that will give a lot of energy. Breakfast is the most important meal, right? Especially if you eat something healthy -- it will keep you from feeling hungry and snacking the rest of the day.
Make regular oatmeal the old fashioned way (not those packets loaded with sugar)on the stove. After you add the rolled oats to the boiling water (like rice, 2 parts water to 1 part oats) throw in a pinch of salt. Let the oats boil for a while, but not boil over, or you'll have a mell of a hess. When the oatmeal is partly cooked up, add a handful of raisins, purple and golden, some dried cranberries, chopped up pieces of dried apricots. let it all cook up together (turn the heat down to low or off). Then, when it's ready to serve, top with julienned apples, chopped walnut pieces (or any nut of choice), a sliver of butter and a tablespoon of honey, plus a dash of cinnamon or allspice. If you need to throw in some dairy, a spoonful of non-fat sugar-free vanilla yogurt is a dream (or a 1/4 tsp. of vanilla if not.) If you feel like almonds, dates, figs, plums, any kind of dried fruit or nut is yummy.
You'll be surprised at how healthy and delicious an oatmeal "cookie" for breakfast can be. it's pretty gourmet. A bowl of oatmeal like this at some of the local breakfast joints is well over $6.
It practically sugar free (don't be tempted to use brown sugar...honey is just as good!) and packed full of fiber, complex carbs, protein, nuts and fruit without all of the preservatives and sugar from the packets (and cheaper, too!)
One of my favorite ways to start the day.
I just went to the health and safety fair here in Logan. The USU extension office had cookies made from white beans and my girls loved them and I couldn't really tell a difference...
Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
3/4 C white beans, mashed
1/4 C canola oil
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 c oats
1 C whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
Preheat oven to 350. Mix white beans and oil together in blender until a puree. In large bowl bean bean puree, sugars, egg and vanilla. Combine remaining ingred in separate bowl and mix together. Add to bean and sugar mixture; mix well. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 min. can add Nuts, coconut, rainsins, choc chips.
Gall bladders... yech! That runs in the family, too ya know! (unfortunately for you, me, and Grandma!) I remember that yummy greasy burritos would set it off, but raw carrots and lettuce would give me attacks, as well. So I never knew what to eat...after all these years, though, I think mine has grown back (is that even possible?) ... I'm having the same kinds of problems again! Although come to think of it, it could just be my extra "padding!"
I LOVE the Hungry Girl books and website. I am doing weight watchers right now and it works great for me. I'm not sure how it would fit into what you need but you could check it out.
http://www.hungry-girl.com/
I've been thinking and thinking and I just don't have much to share. I think I've given you my recipe for Balsamic chicken soup... it's pretty low fat. My banana oat chip muffins are low fat, too, and I actually prefer them without the chocolate chips.
I'll keep thinking...
Here's one of our favorites:
Pasta Primavera
2 chicken breast halves, cooked and cut in pieces
2 c penne pasta, cooked and drained
1 pkg frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot mix, cooked
3/4 c chicken broth
1 pkg (or 3 TBSP) Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix
1/8 c parmesan cheese
I cut up the chicken and cook in a VERY small amount of olive oil. Mix cooked chicken, pasta, and vegetables together in frying pan. Stir ranch mix in chicken broth and add to chicken mixture.
Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top and serve.
And smdc, it's not so farfetched to wonder if your gallbladder can grow back. My mom just went through a second gallbladder surgery a couple months ago. They weren't able to remove the whole duct in the first surgery and she developed another gallstone and a pocket of fluid.
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