Two amateur cooks explore the world of cooking for a Crohn's and Colitis diet

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The Passover Conundrum

Enter...the Exodus from Egypt!

For those with gastrointestinal issues, Passover presents a conundrum.  On the one hand, we are commanded to avoid eating leavened bread, and we are also not allowed to consume many types of additives, preservatives, and other artificial ingredients that are ubiquitous in today’s food supply.  As a result, Passover is almost like going on a detox diet.  We are essentially eliminating the wheat/gluten products from our diet, a boon to our health.  We toss everything that is made with white flour and loaded with sugar, and we fill our kitchen with fruits, vegetables, proteins, some matzah, and only a modest amount of artificial ingredients. (more…)

Cook-Challenge-Cure & Donate!

As much as we enjoy sharing our kitchen creations with you on a weekly basis, we wanted to take a second to put IBD in perspective and introduce you to “C Cubed” (we aren’t talking about cubing butternut squash, we promise!) (more…)