Good Foods for Crohn's: Blueberries

 Blueberries! Fresh or frozen these little gems pack a wallop of nutrition. Blueberries provide fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, manganese and Potassium. Plus they're delicious and can be thrown into any dish from pancakes to salads to smoothies. My favorite way to eat them is just plain, by the handful.

Blueberries also contain a nutrient called pterostilbene, which in a recent study has proved to be a potent anti-inflammatory. Here is a link to the study:

https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fj.202001502R

Blueberry season peaks in July, when prices are at their lowest. The berries can be washed, dried and frozen to keep for later months, without losing nutritional content.

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Siete tortilla with Nutella

 Simple dessert but delicious! Perfect for Holidays or a special breakfast treat. I took a Siete chic pea tortilla and fried it for a minute in a pan with butter flipping halfway. Then I spread it with Nutella. Rolled it up and put more Nutella on top. Then sprinkled with powdered sugar. You will not regret it!

Some of Siete's tortillas contain Xanthan gum and some do not. This gum is derived from corn and must be avoided. Always check labels. Ingredients can also change without warning.

Powdered sugar must not contain corn starch. I find that the organic sugar usually uses tapioca flour.

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Juicing

When you're watching what you are eating because of Crohn's, it's easy to miss out on fresh fruits and vegetables. Diarrhea makes it undesirable and uncomfortable to eat fruits and vegetables. Too much roughage can be irritating. One possible solution is juicing.

I like to juice once in a while. Though I don't do it as often as I would like to.

Nothing is more delicious than fresh homemade juice. Easy to digest. Full of vitamins and minerals. It can be high in sugar so use care if you are diabetic. This juice was made with carrot, cucumber, celery, parsley, apple, strawberry and beet.

One thing that I do to encourage more juicing, is to leave my juicer on the counter to be a reminder. When it is put away in a closet it can be easily forgotten.

Any fruit or vegetable is fair game except of course corn. I have even tried sweet potato and fresh green beans which lent a nice earthy taste.

Citrus fruits should always be peeled first before juicing.

Never use more than 1/4 of a beet per glass of juice. It can be a strain on the liver.

Try to use organic fruits vegetables when possible. If conventional fruits and vegetables are used they should be peeled before juicing to minimize the pesticides.