Daily Food Diary – Day 30 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in Uncategorized

Good morning! It’s another day and once again time to start planning another supper menu.

Deciding what to have for supper is one of the biggest challenges of my day.   Dan is generally open to whatever I come up with.  I am fairly  easy to feed as well – or at least I was until I discovered that I cannot tolerate anything with yeast in it.  Yeast, or  yeast extract, is a very common ingredient in prepared foods.  These days our meals are generally homemade and made from scratch.

Most of the time, I can make any meal yeast free.  A lot of meals are meat, vegetables, and starch (potato, rice, pasta).  Extras can be added by adjusting to be yeast free.   Non yeast batter can be made with eggs, breading can be made with crushed cornflakes, baking powder biscuits can be used for breakfast sandwiches, Yorkshire pudding can be used instead of dinner rolls.  The options are pretty limitless with a little extra time and effort.   Anything can be made without yeast extract so I’m not sure why it shows up in everything from store bought salad dressing to canned gravy. 😯

What I can’t do is make a basic hamburger with a basic hamburger bun, something I have been craving for a week.   Since I haven’t been craving the nausea, bloating, and cramps that would come with ingesting yeast, my supper last night revolved around a naked burger surrounded by sides. 

Daily Food Diary – Day 30

(1) c coffee

(1 1/2) c Mini Wheats with 1/4 c  2% milk

(24) oz water

(1) Apple, raspberries, and 1 PC dark chocolate

(1) c tea

(1) Hamburger with red onion, horseradish, mushrooms fried in olive oil with a teaspoon of butter for taste, brown beans, onion rings, and a few potato chips

(12) oz carbonated water

(20) oz water

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! 💞🤗

14 thoughts on “Daily Food Diary – Day 30 of 365”

  1. How did you find out you had yeast intolerance, Annemarie? Was there allergy testing involved or was it through trial and error? Your naked burger and sides sounds delicious!

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  3. Thank you, Terry. When I retired my lung issues were out of control and then I started having major digestive issues that got increasingly worse. My doctor did blood tests, scans of all my organs, and tests for celiac disease. Finally, he sent me for my umbilical hernia operation and the surgeon put me on a double dose of strong medication for excess stomach acid (which did nothing but destroy my possum levels and skyrocket my blood pressure). Then one day, I was making my post retirement morning toast and I remembered that my daughter had tested positive for yeast allergy (as well as seafood, nuts, beef…). I stopped eating and drinking most anything with yeast and was 99% better within a couple of weeks. I’m on a waiting list to see an allergy specialist but (believe it or not) we have ONE in Saskatchewan and he is 86 years old. There is one other one but she is so booked up she is not taking referrals.

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  5. I wonder if the old allergy specialist is the one in Saskatoon that I saw maybe 35 years ago, lol. It’s good you discovered the yeast intolerance and that you’ve been able to feel better while you wait to see him.

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