Rebecca Riley

Life with Multiple Chronic Illnesses

In a word, confusing. What is causing the symptoms? Are these conditions impacting each other? I have Crohn’s disease, hypothyroidism, and Seasonal Affective Disorder. What is causing my fatigue? My brain fog? Why does my whole body hurt? What is throwing off my sleep schedule? When you are navigating multiple diagnosis, specialists make it moreContinue reading “Life with Multiple Chronic Illnesses”

Cheezy Cauliflower

Fucked up must have sauce: 1/2 cup raw cashews soaked over night (or soak in boiling hot water for 30 mins-1 hour), drain, blend on high for 1-2 minutes 1/2 cup nutritional yeast 1 tsp Garlic powder to taste 1 tsp salt to taste 1/2 tsp cumeric to taste 1/2-1 cup boiled cauliflower (use moreContinue reading “Cheezy Cauliflower”

Surprising Maintenance

A close friend of mine died a month ago and I am surprised the grief didn’t put me in a flare. Its been rough. I am eating whole food plant based most days, although not gonna lie I had some dank lamb gyro comfort food and that was pretty amazing. Eating at restaurants a lotContinue reading “Surprising Maintenance”

Cauliflower Biriyani with Tahdig

It’s a little different from what I expected because I didn’t drench every layer in ghee, but I made biriyani today and it was worth every minute of the two hours it took.

Food Diary 9-6-20

Today I taper down to my last 5mg of steroids. The CDED has been going well, especially because it allows me to eat vegan sushi. Yes I will eat sushi for every meal thank you. I have developed a few delicious potato dishes. One is smashed potatoes with a little water reheated and mixed withContinue reading “Food Diary 9-6-20”

Food Diary 8-29-20

Well I guess I was doing the Crohn’s disease exclusion diet wrong. The steroids are almost tapered out and I had explosive diarrhea the last 3 days. I got some better clarification on exactly what to eat and when. I can’t really afford enteral nutrition/meal replacement. I’m going to try just following the allowed foodsContinue reading “Food Diary 8-29-20”

Saag, oil free

16 oz frozen spinach 1/2 onion 1 clove garlic Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 T tahini 1 t cumin seeds 1 t garam masala 1/2 t ginger 1/4 t black salt or asoefetida Nutritional yeast, salt, pepper Put a small amount of water in a saucepan. Steam onions and garlic. Add spinach. Cook on mediumContinue reading “Saag, oil free”

Rice + Lentil Flavor Explosion

1/2 c rice 1/2 c green lentils 1/2 onion cut into moons 1/2 c peas 2 dates chopped into 1/2 cm pieces 1/2 t cinnamon 1/2 t cumin seeds 2 T berbere spice blend 2 c water Salt & black pepper to taste, + nutritional yeast to get those B vitamins! Put everything in aContinue reading “Rice + Lentil Flavor Explosion”

Food Diary 8-18-20

Pain 5/10 low back Bloating 1/5 BM 6 Fatigue 1/10 Maybe my back hurts from weed whacking. Maybe I can feel my colon disintegrating. Maybe as I taper off the steroids my body will be filled with pain again. WHO KNOWS I’m integrating more legumes into my diet. 1/2 cup brown rice + 1/2 cupContinue reading “Food Diary 8-18-20”

Food Diary 8-13-20

Pain 3/10 Bloating 2/5 BM 6/7 Fatigue 5/10 I feel really gross today. Had to run out of bed to poo. Guts hurt. Anxious and feel some kinda way about it. Whole wheat bread. Oatmeal thing.