Help ! recipe ideas for diet recommended by hospital

Anniemay_3

Hello All

I have been told by the hospital that I have a gastric reflux problem and I would benefit from following a diet free of acidic foods. My staple diet is tomatoes so I am at a loss !! They also said to keep it low fat and not too many dairy products either !! They said very limited red meat, but I only eat chicken and fish mostly so that is not a problem. How can I do this cheaply ( and without my tomatoes !!!! ) Any ideas would be most appreciated.

Thank You

AM XX

squeaky

low fat threads here on MoneySaving Old Style

dairy free threads here on MoneySaving Old Style

I'm not really quite sure what you can do about the tomatoes though... except maybe... since they are acidic, perhaps you could heat them separately to start with and add ¼, ½, ¾, 1 teaspoon of bicarb which would react with the acid and neutralise it, before adding them to your dish as you prepare it. You'd be better doing this with chopped tinned tomatoes and it's going to be very much trial and error (maybe you could get litmus papers to test acididty while you learn) and perhaps another thing to do would be to google for alkaline based food ingredients so that you could make up recipes using those along with your tomatoes to again help reduce the overall acidity of your meals.