Enjoying food with a stoma | by Summer
Cosy season has officially arrived which means so has the time for hearty comfort foods to get us through the winter. This is personally one of my favourite things about the winter, because there is nothing quite like coming home to a tasty stew after a cold winter day. While the change in diet might cause alarm bells to ring for some people with a stoma, I’m here to tell you why it shouldn’t and share some of my favourite winter recipes.
Winter foods my stoma has an opinion on:
- Any roasted veg with skins on still is an accident waiting to happen, so making sure they are all peeled is a must.
- Soup: I find if I have a smooth soup on its own, my output is exactly the same as it went in and I am hungry really quickly. As the already short process of digesting is sped up by liquid foods. So, to make this more manageable I will always opt to have a toastie or some bread with to slow the digestion down.
- Beans/lentils are just too fibrous for me and always give me stomachache, so I usually will just cut these out of any recipe I make.
Eating out:
- Beef pie, chips and steamed veg (we love a steamed veg option!)
- Chicken shish, pomegranate rice (if a few pomegranate seeds are with something carby my stoma doesn’t mind!)
- Bottomless pizza – need I say more… (great because you can try lots of different flavour combos while still opting for stoma-safe toppings)
Homemade winter recipe inspo list:
- Beef stew that’s been cooking all day in the slow cooker, because is there anything better to come home to?
- Marry me chicken, homemade roasties, garlicy tendersteam – this is my absolute favourite winter dish at the moment
- Chicken parm with a tomato spaghetti, because sometimes you just need some pasta
- Chicken, leak, carrot filo pie with a side of roasted veg – it’s giving winter dinner
