The specialist nurse told me to eat "lovely homemade soup" (good job I cook then) and drink smoothies on the days immediately following treatment; she also told me to avoid all things citrus and highly acidic. Clearly she hasn't read many smoothie labels. I found one in the Innocent range and one in Sainsbury's own label that met the brief. So I opted to make my own.
This one was an experiment using a bag of frozen forest fruits (JS Basics, other brands and levels of poshness are available). I used them frozen, but you could thaw them first. Chuck into your favourite blitzing device with at least half a pint of grape juice (presumably red is best for antioxidants) apple juice, kiddies juice drink (check the labels first!!) or even plain old-fashioned water and blitz until, well, smooth. You may need to add more liquid to make it flow as a drink.
With the frozen fruit you can get a pretty good frappacino (slush puppie for grown-ups).
For the smoothie you may need to sweeten with your favourite brand of fairly traded sugar or honey (apologies to vegan readers) as it's quite tart; if you object to pips you'll need to strain it.
Worth trying and experimenting to find what works for you.
Happy to receive other yogurt*/citrus/pineapple-free smoothie recipes in return :-)
*yogurt is on the banned list as it is 'live'
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Not a recipe, but... my current medication means grapefruit is off limits. However, aldi liquid handwash in grapefruit smells SO fruity, and I can get my citrus kick using that! Not sure if you are limited as to detergents - but if not, try it [ok, so standing in the bathroom snfffing the soap is a bizarre thing to do, but I never claimed to be normal!!]
blessings x x
Hi Ang nurse Leviticus has banned any changes in detergents or 'body products' as they may cause skin reactions masking any the drugs may cause...
My nose is surprisingly sensitive - had to switch off my plug-ins and stop using pongy toilet fresheners (whether this is it to do with loss of nasal hair or what I have no idea)
I think I have growing empathy for pregnant women as well as for bald men!!!
Pregnancy was the best diet I ever tried - lose weight hands over fist - everything made me sick all the time, all through each one, and the smell of cooking food - especially fry-ups - sent me to the bedroom with door closed and windows open. I lived on cream crackers and Marmite! When I had the baby I was over a stone lighter than I started!
Weight loss on thre banned list too!
Thankfully marmite isn't. Phew. Alas can't tolerate marmite cheese (or any cheese) at the moment :-(
Are bananas ok? I always just make smoothies with 1 banana to 1 cup frozen berries and a wee bit of oat milk to thin it. (I don't know if oat milk would be allowed if you haven't had it before, but I guess you could use the cow stuff!)
We'll have to send Emily round.
She's an inveterate smoothie maker and is for ever shoving mysterious concoctions under our noses, made with whatever she finds at hand, and insisting we offer a verdict.
But the banana might have gone off a bit by the time she got to Glasgow...
A couple of bananas whizzed up with peaches or nectarines is quite delish with berries. the sweetness of slightly over ripe bananas and the thickness they add is yummy.