Hi ,

We hope you’re holding up OK. We’ve enjoyed reading your emails and answering your questions, so keep them coming!

We’re fine. Colleen and family temporarily left NYC to join her parents in CT where her toddler can spend time outdoors. Scott, Bertina and family are settling into their new apartment. All of us are spending more time in the kitchen. After a year tending to a sourdough starter, Colleen is finally baking bread. Scott and Bertina are enjoying their new kitchen appliances and pantry. A pantry is a BIG deal in NYC.

Spending so much time in the kitchen got us thinking… What kitchen tools are essential for preparing low-fiber meals? 

In this special post we share with you our favorite kitchen appliances and gadgets for transforming boring low-fiber recipes into exciting and delicious low-fiber meals that your whole family will love. These tools will help you spend less time in the kitchen! 

A quick bit about fiber…

Many people with active Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis feel better on a low-fiber diet. We suspect that most of you, if not all, have tried a low-fiber diet during your IBD journey. Most healthcare providers will tell their IBD patients to limit or avoid high-fiber foods during flares. When appropriate, Colleen advises her patients to limit their intake of roughage. 

Roughage includes the thick skins and stalks of fruits and vegetables, seeds, nuts, whole grains, and popcorn. Roughage is impossible to digest so it can cause gastrointestinal upset in people with IBD. 

For more on fiber and roughage, check out our Guide to a Low-Fiber Diet for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. And stay tuned for more information on our upcoming course about fiber and IBD.

Low-fiber diets have the reputation of being nutritionally inadequate, cumbersome, bland, boring, and white. But they need not be any of these things! 

You can enjoy tasty, nutritious, and colorful low-fiber meals without spending lots of time in your kitchen. Like anything else, you just need the right tools. 

Here, the “right” tools are ones that break down the fiber in foods before we eat them. This spares our digestive tracts from the rough fiber while still allowing us to enjoy the food and reap its health benefits. 

Each one of these tools can help you eat a better low-fiber diet. Look and decide which ones are right for you. You might need to factor price and kitchen real estate into your decision. 

Whatever you decide, the “right” tools for you will open up an entire world of food options you never thought possible on a low-fiber diet. 

See our favorite kitchen tools for mastering a low-fiber diet!  

In good health,

Colleen, Bertina and Scott