food for hospital

[lil_miss_understood]

apparently the hospital can't accommodate ds1's allergy/intolerances, so i'm going to have to take food for him for post surgery.
dairy, gluten, egg free. low soy. no food coloring
need ideas. running on empty atm.
thinking maybe muffins, beef veggie soup..
there's a fridge and mic () available in the kitchenette

[kjbrown92]

what surgery? I didn't hear about any surgery!
Good vibes to you (sorry, kid crawling on me so I can't find the smiley).
stew
mini meatball soup (got any meatballs in the freezer and some stock? then just stick some veggies in there)
breakfasts: does he do cold cereal? or fruit? hey, there's a microwave, you can make creamy buckwheat cereal with some maple syrup and cinnamon
cut up carrots and celery for a snack
french fries? we know he likes those!!

That's ridiculous that a hospital can't make safe food, btw.

[lil_miss_understood]

he was really not himself when we got him home. i gave him about an hour to make sure it wasn't just the friday spelling test flu, though i was pretty sure by this point it wasn't, then took him to the hospital. he's getting his appendix out.

[lil_miss_understood]

he can do Knox gelatin but not jell-o due to food coloring. will adjust OP.

[chlobo]

I can't remember if he can do rice but if he can what about that rice you cook for a long, long, long, long time?

Supposed to be super easy to digest & very nutritious. You could dress up with some syrup or cinnamon or something.

[Blueone]

Rice porridge should be tolerable. Coconut ice cream or ricera icecream. Coconut or rice yogurt too.

[tanyalynn]

I'd do soup if you've got stock, even if you have a safe store-bought stock.

We like this chicken noodle recipe...
http://www.mothering.com/recipes/chicken-noodle-soup

We use Asian-style rice noodles instead of regular noodles.

Or if you only have beef, something with really well-cooked veggies, really soft (and my kids prefer really small pieces of veggie, not sure if that's just a them thing or a little kid thing or what), leeks and garlic and onions and cabbage sound good to me, with whatever herbs you tend to like (thyme and marjoram?).

If you've got a large thermos, that'll keep the soup warm for quite a while, especially if you pre-warm it with boiling water (which you empty out) before you put in the soup.

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

what surgery? I didn't hear about any surgery!
Good vibes to you (sorry, kid crawling on me so I can't find the smiley).
stew
mini meatball soup (got any meatballs in the freezer and some stock? then just stick some veggies in there)
breakfasts: does he do cold cereal? or fruit? hey, there's a microwave, you can make creamy buckwheat cereal with some maple syrup and cinnamon
cut up carrots and celery for a snack
french fries? we know he likes those!!

That's ridiculous that a hospital can't make safe food, btw.

he is on a liquid diet for now. i sent the safe bouillon last night but he doesn't like it. thankfully, i had to make beef broth this week and it was ready yesterday. i threw some in a container today and sent a package of bean vermicelli for when they upgrade his diet.
re: the above- the chicken noodle soup on their menu is powdered (which says a lot right there imo) and when i was in for hg and put on a liquid diet, i was given bouillon cubes (for those not "in the know": they both contain dairy).
i don't have any juice appropriate for gelatin- only orange and pineapple, both of which are too acidic. there's supposed to be a way to get them to gel but.. hm. maybe that's why some people have problems with their broth not gelling. the vinegar...

ds2 has whatever ds1 had last weekend and ds3 seems to be getting it too now.
my house is about to look like a train wreck, i think.

eta: i'm using what's left of my bone broth for soup. throwing in some veggies, tomatoes. finely diced beef and spices (parsley and such). should be ready about the same time he is. also going to pick up some (expensive!) coconut yogurt since i can't find ricera in town and he won't be around ds2 while eating it so.. i'll probably make some pudding for him too for later and try to pick up some good juice for gelatin- maybe cherry so we can all have some.

[Kismet_fw]

If he can tolerate barley, you can add some to your beef & vegetable soup (it takes a LONG time simmering, but I always end up with drooling coworkers staring at my soup.) Chicken and rice soup, salads if he'll eat them,

I often have trouble with acidic fruits and juices, but find that when cooked, the acid changes enough for me to have them. Maybe if they were brought to a simmer for a minute, that would make enough of a change that it would gel?

If you have a peanutbutter he can eat (some of them have thickeners you can't trust) then there are always veggie sticks and apple slices with peanutbutter for snacks.

since wheat cereals aren't his friend, there is oatmeal, or if he likes it a bit heftier, the Irish "steel cut" oats, but I find that coasts more.

Praying for you both

[lil_miss_understood]

Barley was his second worst reaction besides wheat/gluten, so it's out (dairy, being IgE, I count as first, then wheat/gluten/gliadin, then barley, then egg, then spelt, then rye... I can't remember where lamb fits in there bc we never ate it anyway.)
They said he can eat "anything" now, but that was after I argued with them about giving him Pediatric Ensure so... I'm still going to ease him into it. I'm sending beef veggie soup, safe dairy free pudding (how was that for timing, btw? really. I made that recipe what? 2 maybe 3 days before?) and applesauce.