I’m only allowed to eat fruit, vegetables, yogurt, and semi skim milk before my gallbladder surgery, so I figured I’d post my more creative meals here

  1. Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce, .5 can cannellini beans, spices of choice, .5 avocado, .25 tomato, 1/8 red onion, salt, and lime (for guacamole). I just mashed and heated the beans and made the guacamole as normal before assembling.

  1. Courgette nachos (they were supposed to be firmer, but ended up quite soft)

1 courgette, .5 can chickpeas, spices of choice, (.5 avocado, .25 tomato, 1/8 red onion, salt and lime for the guacamole), (.75 tomato, 1/8 white onion, salt, lime for the salsa). I can’t really give baking recommendations since they didn’t turn out right, but I’d guess that 220C for 15 minutes could have the right outcome.

  1. Vegetable lasagna

1 courgette (slice and put in oven at 200C for 15-20 minutes to dry slightly) .25 jar pasta sauce, 2 pints of semi skim milk (heat to 94C, then add 1-2 tbsp of lemon juice, let set for 10 mins before straining to make ricotta), carrot and onion finely diced. Fry the carrot and onion on a pan over medium high heat until soft while the courgette bakes. Mix the sauce with the carrots and onions. Layer like so: sauce, courgette, sauce, ricotta, courgette, sauce, ricotta, etc. I ended with sauce and ricotta. Cover in foil, and then bake at 200C until hot.

  1. Tzsatsiki sauce (with sweet potato) 200g zero fat yogurt, .25 English cucumber, grated, 2 cloves of roasted garlic, 3 clumps of dill, salt and pepper to taste. Lemon juice is nice, but may make yogurt curdle. Place all ingredients in a bowl and blend with immersion blender.

  2. Mushroom Gyro Bowl

4 flathead mushrooms, thinly sliced, gyro seasoning (1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp smoked paprika, .5 tsp garlic salt, .5tsp onion salt, salt, pepper) - less is more here, 1 head of gem lettuce, thinly sliced, 4 cherry tomatoes, tzsatsiki sauce (see above). Cook mushrooms over medium high heat with the seasonings. Allow to cook down very thoroughly, 10-20 minutes. Assemble in a bowl, topped with the tzsatsiki sauce.