Last night I had really bad IBS. Despite feeling really tired my stomach was burning and my intestines were doing the conga. In the end I didn't drop off until well after 1pm which meant I was a very sleepy head in the morning.
I did manage to stoke up the energy to make myself a nice packed lunch but I couldn't manage breakfast before I left the house.
For lunch I used half a packet of mixed salad on top of which I placed some roughly chopped chunks of Somerset Brie and chopped up sweet red pepper.
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| Mmmm cheese |
For a dressing I quickly made a honey and mustard dressing. To make this I combined the following ingredients.
- 1 tsp runny honey
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 heaped tablespoon of wholegrain mustard
- 4 tablespoons of warm water
I found that adding the warm water helps to mix the honey and the oil together and helps spread the dressing more evenly.
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| Extreme Honey and Mustard Dressing close-up |
I put all of this into my regular lunch box in layers with the salad leaves first, then the peppers, then the cheese, drizzling a trickle of salad dressing on every layer as I went.
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| I love a good drizzle |
It all looks pretty good in this photo below but it was somewhat flattened by the time I got it to work. The poor salad leaves collapsed under the sogginess of the dressing and the massive portion of cheese!
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| Lunch is ready to go |
I'm not really sure how this ranks on the health scale. I suppose at least it had green leaves in it. I suspect there was way too much fat and sugar because it was a pretty big portion of cheese. I've recently been told I may have a calcium deficiency which may be why I'm craving so much soft cheese at the moment.
Cost wise however it was good, just £1 for the salad, 60p for the pepper and £1.20 for the cheese. The amount of ingredients used to make the dressing probably only cost about 10p. So that's a total cost of £2.90 over all so a total of £1.45 per portion.
It was very filling and I didn't feel hungry till about 3pm. I really enjoyed the tastes. It was nice to have the crisp peppers and leaves with the sweet tang of the dressing and I liked the slightly gritty texture of the mustard grains against the cheese. I'll definitely be making this again.
Unfortunately the rest of my day didn't go so well food wise. As I mentioned earlier I couldn't face breakfast when I was in the house so I grabbed something on my way into work.
I am a bad 'grabber'. Feeling tired I went for the quick sugary burst that only a chocolate muffin from Greggs the Bakers and a bottle of Lucozade can provide.
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| So wrong but so right |
One day I plan to have an array of healthy snacks on hand for these situations. However I have to say that bad for you though it may be Lucozade has got me through some really tough, post rubbish nights sleep IBS days and it had really helped me to perk up by mid morning.
Unfortunately as I am not efficient or organised at the moment I had no idea of what to make for tea so I ended up buying a pizza, some garlic ciabatta bread and worst of all chocolate eclairs for desert. I felt that as it was a Friday I deserved a treat.
Overall I reckon I have consumed about 90million calories today and not nearly enough nutrients. It will be interesting to see however if the effect of having consumed all this sugar and flour will make a difference to my IBS tomorrow.
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