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Low fibre diet?

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AlieOxon Fri 19-Oct-12 15:41:26

Anyone here coping with not eating much fibre in their diet? Having to read every label to see how much fibre is in the stuff?

I also am not eating eggs or cow milk foods, preservatives, or spicy or hot food.
This does rule out a lot of foods, but I'd like to hear from anyone trying to reduce the fibre in their food.

Today I made three pots of raspberry and apple jam/jelly with stewed apple (which is ok) and raspberry juice from my glut of this years raspberries ....reducing the fibre by sieving the stewed rasps overnight to get the flesh and seeds out. It's surprising how much bought jam has a lot of firbe.

Eating enough vegetables can be difficult. I eat avocados, carrots, small runner beans (home grown), tinned corn....mashed potatoes.
So much has too much fibre. Even tinned new potatoes.
Exit my lovely granary bread.

(Or should this be in the Diet section?)

Sook Sat 20-Oct-12 14:43:58

Thank you Jess

JessM Sun 04-Nov-12 08:43:58

Been mulling over this one - how to eat a high cellulose but low roughage diet.
Top nominations: melon, stewed or fresh apple (minus skin or woody bits), any other fruit which has no pips or skin included, soup made from peeled veg of any kind.
I wish there was better terminology.

jO5 Sun 04-Nov-12 13:12:19

Nelliemoser envy

AlieOxon Sun 04-Nov-12 20:27:53

I just discovered frozen mashed carrot and swede in Tesco's, very easy and LOW FIBRE too!
Also sultanas don't have much - something I have missed. Semolina (goat milk) with sultanas in - yum.

JessM Mon 05-Nov-12 17:15:17

Sultanas must have some as they are made from grapes, which have skins. I guess a few go a long way though. baked bramley apple, with a few sultanas and a teeny bit of honey. and custard. a british classic. Since i bought a corer i do this much more often.

AlieOxon Mon 05-Nov-12 17:47:11

Oh, yes, baked apple, yum.

JessM Mon 05-Nov-12 17:58:42

Even a little batch, they re-heat nicely in the microwave. They are also the ultimate "good for you" dessert smile

crimson Mon 05-Nov-12 19:39:35

Supposed to be a lot easier to digest, baked apple isn't it? Trouble is, I like it with lots of cream on blush.

JessM Mon 05-Nov-12 19:52:49

Low fat custard out of a box works for me crimson
Certainly easier to chew...

crimson Tue 06-Nov-12 05:04:51

I ate a whole tin of [obviously] tinned custard a while ago..we brought it back from holiday and it just kept calling to me from the larder. I love tinned custard smile.

JessM Tue 06-Nov-12 18:52:41

Bought some in individual plastic pots the other day. Boxes, tins, pots. All good. The home made kind is also good but you have to get the proportions right. You have to have enough milk in the fridge and it is really not worth the hassle for less than 3 people. And it does not keep like boxed does. Which is quite well.
It is also, officially, very low in fibre. grin

AlieOxon Tue 06-Nov-12 22:12:04

Worth it for me - with goat's milk!