Hi y’all! @mayorocks I loved your comment “I am trying to find foods I don’t have to cook...”. That is so me! I don’t like to cook.
Here are my no-cooking-needed staples: unsalted tops Premium saltine crackers, hint of salt Ritz crackers, Jackson vanilla wafers, watermelon, honeydew melon, peaches in 100% fruit juice, unsweetened applesauce, bananas, Natural Jif creamy peanut butter, white bread, strawberry Outshine Bars, Rice Krispies, iceberg lettuce with Marzetti ranch dressing, Aunt Nellie’s sliced pickled beets ( I know that’s weird but I’ve always liked beets in my salad!)
If you don’t have to limit salt like I do, you could have cheese and other dairy. I miss cheese!
I do cook a little bit. Quaker Quick 1-minute Oats, deviled eggs, Eggo waffles (if you have to put it in a toaster I call that cooking!)
I also steam some vegetables. I really miss all the vegetables I used to eat! So I started steaming vegetables to death to see if it would change them from being fibrous to being mushy!
My favorite steamed veggie combo is sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts — weird again I know! I steam them to death and then add butter! And then my house stinks for days!
I tried to steam broccoli to death too — but I could not remove the fibrous texture no matter how long I steamed it.
Praying that your colonoscopy and endoscopy go well @mayorocks — that the diagnosis is not as serious as you fear.
thanks for good wishes and ideas for food. You encourage me to try watermelon, which I figured i would have to give up. I consider it cooking if it dirties any dishes. I heat eggo waffles and "french toast" on aluminum foil in oven for 6+ min. on bake at 375 degrees. I eat maple syrup or jelly with them. Maybe I will try steaming some summer squash and other things since food won't stick as much maybe. Or maybe I have 2 things to wash instead of one. I used to peel and cook bartlett pears when I was having bad reflux. Glad to hear you tolerated pickled beets. I will try as I like most pickled things.