Can the Mediterranean Diet Help Your RA? A Famer’s Market Tour with The Arthritis Dietitian
Could your rheumatoid arthritis (RA) respond to diet? The research jury is out on most except the Mediterranean diet, also called the anti-inflammatory diet. Filled with colorful vegetables, pulses (beans and lentils), and healthy fats, this way of eating isn’t just good for your body, it’s a feast for the eyes, as well. Join…
Easy Soup Recipes
Soup. It warms you inside and out on cold days and comforts when you need a hug. But when you have a chronic illness, cooking can be difficult. I asked the community on my Facebook page to share their favourite easy soup recipes for this post. I’ll share mine at the end, too. Garbage Soup…
Meatless Monday: Quick and Easy Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
I am always on the lookout for yummy, but quick and easy ways to create a meal that will also serve as leftovers. And boy, did I find a good one! It’s tomato season. I love roasted vegetables. I miss pasta salad. My dietitian told me to get a variety of protein sources. These four…
A Story About Mushrooms (No, Not That Kind)
Last week, when I made the rounds of the market for my weekly groceries, I stalled out at the green grocer. More specifically, I was entranced by a bin of cremini mushrooms. I could feel myself drooling, just a little, and the urge to buy all of them, every single one, and eat them right…
Can Green Smoothies Improve My Chronic Illness?
Image description: A glass with a green smoothie surrounded by apples and kale. This post may contain affiliate links. Thanks for supporting The Seated View! I have joined the green smoothie craze. The universe presented me with several pieces of information, plus one sudden craving for All.The.Greens! that together got me going. I’ve received a…
Oats: Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing?
Updated March 10, 2021 I am a sucker for those scary ads that tell you a particular item is being discontinued and you have to buyitnoworitwilbegoneFOREVER! It is a completely visceral reflex to BUYITRIGHTNOW, right? That’s why these ads exist. And that also explains why I own a number of items that I don’t use…
Eating out with Food Allergies: Tasting Menu at George Restaurant
Is it possible to try a tasting menu when you have a list of food allergies as long as your arm? That was the challenge we presented to George Restaurant in Toronto during our vacation. They went for it and this is the story. Amuse bouche When The Boy and I first started dating, we…
5 Ideas for Eating Well When You Don’t Have the Energy to Cook
Eating a nutritious balanced diet helps you to be healthier, especially when your chronic illness is flaring. But when your chronic illness is flaring, you don’t want to cook. It’s a vicious circle. In my new post for Mango Health, I share tips for how to eat well when you don’t feel like cooking: “Giving…
Virtual Food Adventures for People with Food Allergies
I spent over 30 years of my life being nauseated. It arrived along with my juvenile arthritis, and stayed put until 10 years ago when I started Biologics. One of the best and incompletely unexpected add-ons to my disease being controlled is a humongous reduction in nausea. An unfortunate and unexpected (likely coincidental?) increase in…
Cherry Jelly and Other Christmas Disasters
It all started with the cherries. Photo by Janne Andersen We should have known this was an omen. Instead, we saw it as the perfect opportunity to say “you f*cked up again, mom,” laugh, and move on. Until it was time to make the ris a la mande. Which is not supposed to be mushy,…
Eating out with Food Allergies: Do’s and Don’ts for Restaurant Staff
Eating out when you have food allergies is an adventure akin to playing Russian roulette. Funnelcake at the fair. Thankfully, no nuts in the booth. It’s not Russian roulette because restaurants don’t try to accommodate you — they do – but because the staff in restaurants have a varying understanding of what food allergies mean….
The Freedom to Eat
I have a variety of food allergies, some of which require me carrying an EpiPen in case I have an anaphylactic reaction. And it’s had a profound impact on my socializing. I don’t eat out much anymore. There are no ironclad guarantees in a restaurant. They’ll try their best, but until someone opens a nut…