Days 2 and 3
Here we have two more meal plans that may appeal to anyone suffering from an irritable bowel syndrome.
Meal plan 1
Breakfast:
- 2 egg omelette
- Chopped apple and pear with soya yoghurt
Lunch:
Dinner:
- Vegetable loaf
- Coconut rounds
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Meal plan 2
Breakfast:
- Sliced peaches
- 2 Rice-cakes with sugar-free jam
Lunch:
- 2 *medium chicken breasts
- Cucumber and watercress salad
Dinner:
- Salmon with ginger
- Rhubarb and Ginger Mousse
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Recipes – Meal Plan 1
Green salad:
- Dice 2 large tomatoes and add half a cucumber, cut into small pieces
- Add a quarter of a lettuce
- Slice a quater of a red onion and add it to the mix
- Chop 3 peppers into small pieces and mix it in
- Cover in olive oil and salad seasoning
Vegetable loaf:
Ingredients |
Recipe |
225g carrot
175g brown rice
100g potato
100g onion
100g celery
75g green pepper
1 tsp paprika
2 medium eggs |
- Grate the carrot
- Peel and grate the potato
- Finely chop the onion and celery
- Chop the green pepper
- Beat the eggs
- Line a 13*20 cm loaf tin with foil
- Pre-heat the oven to 180oC (Gas Mark 4, 350oF)
- Combine the vegetables, paprika and eggs in a bowel, then press the mixture into a tin
- Bake the mixture in the oven for 50 minutes
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Coconut rounds
Ingredients |
Recipe |
2 egg whites
75g desiccated coconut
25g ground almonds
100g caster sugar
10g glace cherries |
- Line a baking sheet with baking paper
- Pre-heat the oven to 160o (Gas Mark 3, 325oF)
- Whisk the egg whites until it becomes difficult to do so further
- Slowly add the coconut, almonds and sugar
- Using a tablespoon, add as many rounds of mixture as possible onto a baking sheet
- Separate the coconut portions by a few cm
- Place half a cherry on top of each half
- Bake the mixture until the coconut rounds turn golden brown (about 20 minutes)
It is advised that you leave the coconut rounds to cool before serving |
Recipes – Meal Plan 2
Watercress salad
- Take a small bag of watercress
- Dice half a large cucumber and add it to the watercress
- Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- Season the salad with salt and pepper
Salmon with ginger
Ingredients |
Recipe |
2 salmon pieces
Lemon juice
Root ginger
Pepper
Herbs |
- Pre-heat the oven to 180oC (350oF, Gas Mark 4)
- Add 1 tbsp of lemon juice to each piece of salmon
- Peel and finely chop the ginger, and add half of it to each salmon
- Season the salmon with pepper
- Wrap each salmon piece in foil and bake them each for 20 minutes
Sprinkle the salmon with herbs and serve with vegetables |
Rhubarb and ginger Mousse
Ingredients |
Recipe |
450g rhubarb
Clear honey
Orange
Ginger
Water
Powdered gelatine
2 egg whites |
- Juice and grate the rind of half an orange
- Cut the rhubarb into 2.5 cm pieces
- Place the rhubarb, honey, orange juice and rind and ginger in a pan and heat gently until the rhubarb is soft
- Place 2 tsp of water in a bowl and add the gelatine – heat the bowel whilst stirring
- Add the gelatine mixture to the pan and mix until smooth
- Allow the mixture to cool until half-set
- Whisk the egg whites until it becomes difficult to do so further and add it to the half-cooled rhubarb mixture
- Portion the dessert into 4 dessert bowels and allow the mixture to fully set (by chilling it in the fridge) before serving
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Don’t think that you should only seek our help for your endoscopy or colonoscopy needs. We have an excellent support team who can help people with IBS manage their diet.