fat-free

[rm]

So, I can't eat fat. Bad things happen. So what fat-free foods do you all recommend?

I'll take recipes and store-product ideas. And yes, tuna and turkey are my life. Woe.

ETA: You are all awesome. I'm actually getting excited about this, even if I would unprefer to be my own science experiment.

Comments

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

can't eat fat sounds like gall bladder issues to me. :(

lean meats, fat-free yogurt, pastas... hey, how are eggs and cheeses? can you tolerate any fat? *tilts* i will hunt for ideas for you if you tell me what you like.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Chicken and tuna seem fine, which have some small amount of fat. Small bits of peanut butter and avocado also seem fine. Snackwells fucking fat free cookies and angelfood cake also seem good. I haven't yet felt the nerve to try eggs and cheese and may just not until I know what's going on.

And yes, I'm wondering if I have stones without most symptoms, which can happen. If so, I just need to accomodate this until I have insurance and then have it taken care of in September. Which is a little nervewracking, but since I can eat, don't have a fever, am not in pain, figure I can.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

I would try a little fat-free dairy, like a yogurt (which you can salt and make into a lovely soft cheese overnight). I wonder if sheep's milk might go well for you. I understand it's good for a delicate stomach.

As for the rest... I would center your meals on chicken, turkey, seafood, and fish and pastas. It's summer, so you'll have lots of veggies, too. Herbed vinegars can substitute for butters, a tiny bit of oil like olive or walnut goes a long way.

[rani23.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much on a mostly fat-free diet since I'm on Weight Watchers Core program. But before we go any farther, is it animal fat or all fats that you can't handle? What about extra-virgan olive oil? What about pastas and other starches? Can you eat those?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Starches are fine. Olive oil seems iffy (which is odd, as I seem okay with peanut butter and avocado).

[zarq.livejournal.com]

Glad they were able to identify the problem.

I'm sure I have a few links that provide fat-free recipes in bookmarks at home, similar to this one: http://homecooking.about.com/od/fatfree/ Would you like them?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oops.

That would be awesome.

of course, they haven't identified anything. I have. le sigh.

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

Scallops are a great seafood for no-fat and easy to fix. With a little water you can microwave them in just 2-3 minutes.

Mom mixes olive oil with butter to cut it down on fat, if you need something with butter or butter flavor that might help ya out. But if yer having trouble with both that might not be much of an option...

Other than that I can only recommend against some fat-free versions of items, such as sour cream, ranch dressing, and the like. Better to do without that resort to that crud!

[rm.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize scallops were low in fat! I love scallops.

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

as I understand they're 99% (or better) protein.

[raaven.livejournal.com]

I think that a lot of seafood is extremely low in fat; if you like such things, you might look into shrimp also, and the many non-fatty fishes (this does NOT include salmon).

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Higher-grade red meat (good tenderloin steak vs. hamburger) is more tolerable when I crave iron; I have heard that buffalo or beefalo is also very low-fat. Pork loin too.

Eggs are low-fat; egg white is almost no-fat.

Experiment with high-fiber stuff as well. IBS-type conditions sometimes don't deal well with a lot of fibrous matter, but they shouldn't bother the gallbladder much at all. I'm no good at higher-fiber leafy vegetables, but can handle higher-fiber grains; not sure what the difference is.

Low-fat cheeses can be tolerable, but you may find dairy a bit tricky after having a limited diet for a while. The lactose enzyme is one of the most sensitive, and goes out of whack easily. If there's any non-cow-milk cheese you like, try that. Cottage cheese and the Alpine Lace stuff are low-fat; I think Alpine Lace has less lactose (in general, the harder it is, the less lactose is left in it).

[rm.livejournal.com]

Don't eggs have lots of fat because of the cholesterol? Egg whites have been my friends. Angelfood cake is keeping me sane.

I had some ground sirloin early in this, and that was somewhat tolerable (before my symptoms got much worse for a while) and I'm intending to tro it again soon. Buffalo is also easy to find here and on my list.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Most high-cholestorol foods are, but eggs aren't apparently: One egg has 5g of fat, and it's all in the yolk. It's comparable to lean meats.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

If peanut butter is ok, would peanut oil be ok for cooking and such? It does have a flavor but at least if you needed to cook with some small bit of oil, if you had that as a possibility it could help?

Have you tried tofu? It does have fat, but plant fat is rather different from animal fat. If you can do that I have a TON of recipes I could mail you.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm doing well with plant fat, since avocado and peanut butter in reasonable quantities seem to be working thus far. I haven't tried tofu yet, but clearly should.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

If tofu is ok, let me know if you would like some recipes.

[dacuteturtle.livejournal.com]

Steaming is good. Make sure that you have a steamer. Decide that you love veggies. If you don't love veggies, life will get hard.

Indian food is usually vegetarian. You can't beat an entire cuisine which won't eat cow. That should give you many cooking ideas.

There's vegetarian cuisine and lots of it. Try The Moosewood Cookbook. My wife makes recipes out of there that are very good. And I do mean VERY GOOD.

I can second high-grade red meat. I made some hamburger this week that produced about 1/2 tsp fat for 1 lb of meat.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

Roomie here (since we never see each other). We do have a steamer (it's the teal thing in the cabinet in the living room).

Seafood sounds like a good bet for you-- like ceviches, since you said lime juice was doing okay for you, that's got almost no fat. You can poach salmon, and if you spray any seafood with oil (rather than pouring it on), you can bake it and it's yummy. Scallops seared with balsamic vinegar are awesome (I had some with a watermelon salad the other day and it was like woah).

If you're going for tofu, you can marinate it and eat it over rice (or just with some soy sauce, ginger and honey)-- but it can be high in fat, so get the low fat kind.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

How are fruits and veggies going?

You might want to try peaches and pears (even canned), which are pretty low-acid, and go from there. I'm wondering if high fiber too (i.e. greens etc) is problematic - if not, you've got a whole new world ahead of you.

Careful with the tofu, if I am having any stomach anything, it goes right through me. Although maybe low fat is different.

Can you eat lentils or chickpeas or anything? I know that goes with high-fiber, but, again, a whole new world.

[facewitha-moon.livejournal.com]

I can't do the foods that are non-fat or low-fat substitutes. They actually make me ill anymore. However the one low-fat or non-fat item I discovered before this thing hit me was Light Done Right dressing. It was the only Ranch dressing that I could stand that was low-fat or non-fat (not sure which it is).