Getting better.

Things are going better right now. I am feeling more confident that I will find substitutes for the foods that I am missing. The way I feel makes a big difference.

I am going to be picking up some frozen fruit tomorrow so that I can make smoothies for treats for us. It will cure my sweet tooth and that will make me happy. It will be fine. I can do this.

I realized that I thought I had cut out soy but the cheese I have been eating has soy. So, I guess I better cut that out too for now to give my tummy some time to heal completely. I have to be careful, but I can do this. Reading labels is key.

Chicken Vegetable Chili

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 1 medium red onion, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 2 red bell peppers, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 cups cooked chicken, chopped
• 2 – 14.5 ounce cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed (which could be left out to lower carbs)
  
• 1 – 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
• 2 – 15 ounce cans low sodium tomato sauce
• 4 tablespoon of Taco Seasoning (or to taste)
  

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; sauté onions, peppers and garlic with Taco Seasoning until vegetables are tender
2. Add remaining ingredients
3. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated

Trying to sort this out.

I have been doing so amazingly well, but I do have one thing that I need to figure out. I am having a reaction to something I have first thing in the morning. I have a terrible suspicion that it is soy! The last couple of days after breakfast I have a terrible reaction. So either I am reacting to eating first thing in the morning in general, or I am reacting to my soy honey vanilla chai latte. Yesterday I left out the soy milk and just made a Honey Vanilla Chai tea. I still reacted. But, I checked the tea and it has soy too. So this morning I had no tea at all and I had no reaction at all. Now in a little while I will have a Honey Ginseng Green Tea, and I will see if I react to that. I hate the idea that I may not be able to have Soy either!!!!