I feel like Popeye!

It has been a l o n g time since I've eaten anything green and leafy, until the last two weeks. Seriously, for at least ten years now if I even look at lettuce or the like I get D so bad I can't stand it. But a couple of weeks ago as I was perusing the vegetables in the grocery store my eyes settled on the most beautifully fresh looking spinach - I seriously think I got that cartoony bug-eyed look, you know or soemthing like that.

Well, against my better judgement I bought a bunch took it home and cleaned it. My husband nearly fainted when he saw spinach - green and leafy - in our home. Bless that man's heart he's really taken to eating my crazy diet and even though he slips a salad into his diet every few nights a week he's not eaten a leaf of spinach for the same tens years as me. Well, we diced up some garlic, threw it and some olive oil in a pan and then threw in the spinach leaves. I cooked them for probably 6 or 7 minutes so they were good and wilted but still vibrantly green and then ate them - the first night I had a small portion, and last night had a larger portion. I was a tiny bit bloated afterwards BUT had no BM issues at all this a.m. which is HUGE for me.

I don't think I'll go spinach amuck but do have to say this makes me so excited. Up to now the only green veggies I've been able to eat without issue have been asparagus, green beans, brocolli, and zucchini - so to add one more to that list is quite exciting for me.

Hope you all are well and happy!

Toodles,
Elizabeth
Author, Living with IBD & IBS
www.ibdandibs.com