Hi,

I don’t have any recipes, but I love this idea!

@Chook2 posted:

Maybe a new Topic line could be about J Pouch recipes or foods.

I've found mashing potatoes, peas,carrots together and Cambells mushroom stock to cook white rice and greek yoghurt ,omelettes are great for bowel movements. Wheatmeal wraps too.

I like this idea!

When you say they're great for bowel movements, do you mean they give you good BMs? What is your baseline for not so good BMs?  Just checking, because people have so many types of issues on here.  Some can't finish, some get constipated, many have too many BMs.  Maybe we could have categories like recipes to firm up the stool/slow down digestion, recipes to help evacuate completely, etc. 

A sub category could include allergen-free recipes, avoiding common irritants such as wheat, dairy, egg, peanut, nightshades, etc.  Also procedural guidelines for eating various recipes, such as psyllium intake, digestive enzyme intake, etc., would be good!  Everyone's body works differently, but it would be an interesting section that might give guidance or a starting place for people who are experimenting with a dietary approach to the problems encountered by j-pouchers.  There are a lot of questions about these things.

@Chook2 posted:

Maybe a new Topic line could be about J Pouch recipes or foods.

You should change the thread title to "J Pouch Recipes or Foods." When I saw "New Topic", I thought this thread was going to be about the search function and posting about new topics as opposed to topics on which threads have been started.

That being said, I think "J pouch recipes and foods" is a bit misleading as it carries the mistaken assumption that what is good for one person's J Pouch therefore must be good for all. Everyone has a different functionality and many posts here about diets and food mention things I really have no problems eating at all. However it is true that some things are important for all J Pouches, such as diets high in fiber and low in sugars and processed foods, especially processed carbohydrates. There are many theories that processed foods starting in the late 19th century is what led to IBD in the first place.