Fresh Tastes by Bev Laumann

The ICN is delighted to feature monthly columns by IC patient Beverly Laumann. Bev is the author of “A Taste of the Good Life: A Cookbook for an Interstitial Cystitis Diet,” the first cookbook written for ICers who are concerned about nutrition and diet. It is a best seller throughout the world and in our own ICN shop.

Bev is also one of the most important IC activists, authors and contributors to the IC movement in the USA. She frequently collaborates with researchers around the country, participates as a guest speaker at various IC conferences, and helps to develop new diet related research for IC. We are truly blessed to have her involved in the IC cause.

Appetizers

• An IC Friendly Picnic Basket – Ready to Eat Snacks, Clam Dip

Beverages

• Coffee Break News
• Scones & A Spot of Tea – Low Acid Tea
• Fall Dinner Recipes – Wine
• An IC Friendly Picnic Basket – Drinks
• Warm Beverages For Cold Weather – Imitation Hot Chocolate, Sharons Hot Carob Drink, Hot Spiced Pear Juice, Imitation Cappucino, Herbal Teas
• Cranberries’ Tamer Cousins – Purple Passion Smoothie

Breads

• Breads of Life – Potato Bread
• Make Ahead Meals Keep Diet (and Life) On Track – Yankee Cornbread
• Vitamin E and Diet – Easy Italian Bread Sticks

Desserts

• Scones & A Spot of Tea – Coventry Pear Filled Scones
• Fall Dinner Recipes – Light Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Bladder Friendly Mexican Cuisine Part 1 – Mexican Coconut Flan
• Bladder Friendly Mexican Cuisine Part 2 – Churros, Maria’s Orange Bizcochitos
• American As Apple Pie – Apple Meringue Pie, Fennel Scented Apple Cake
• Cranberries’ Tamer Cousins – Blueberry Maple Mousse
• Going Bananas May Be A Good Thing – Vanilla Banana Cream Pie
• Got Pears? – Sichuan Baked Pears
• Sweets For My Sweets – Fudges of Many Flavors
• Holiday Foods & Parties – Quick Peppermint Ice Cream

Breakfast

• Cranberries’ Tamer Cousins – Blueberry Coffeecake
• Thanksgiving – Pumpkin Muffins
• Great Ways with Eggs – Veggie Scrambles, Italian Breakfast Eggs
• Workday Meals Part 1 – No Nut Granola Cereal
• Cinnamons True & False – Cinnamon-Oat Cereal
• Weight Loss – Part 1 – Low Fat Breakfast Bagels
• Spring Breakfast Choices

Lunch

• An IC Friendly Picnic Basket – Basic Cucumber Sandwiches, IC Style Tuna Sandwich

Pasta

• Tomato Tricks – Ruth Abrams “NoMato” Spaghetti Sauce, Tomatoless Lasagna
• Pasta – Linguine With Clam Sauce

Beef

• Scones & A Spot of Tea – Prime Rib
• Swedish Cuisine Can Be Very IC Friendly! -Swedish Meatballs
• Potlucks, Picnics & Barbecues – Steaks with Herb Butter, Herb Rubbed Steaks, Basic Sesame Marinade
• A Winter Dinner – Nutmeg Rubbed Roast Beef

Pork

• Swedish Cuisine Can Be Very IC Friendly!Pear Sauce for Pork Roast
• Fall Dinner Recipes – Boston Glazed Pork Chops

Fish

• Scones & A Spot of Tea – Baked Salmon
• Shrimp & Prawns – Gulf Coast Shrimp
• Weight Loss Part 2 – Lite Tuna Salad
• The Fish Story – Cousin Addy’s Oven Baked Catfish, Nut-topped Orange Roughy

Poultry

• An IC Friendly Picnic Basket – Southern Herb Fried Chicken
• Make Ahead Meals Keep Diet (and Life) On Track – Anise Baked Chicken
• Bladder Friendly Mexican Cuisine Part 1 – Orange Chicken Oaxaca
• Thanksgiving Dinner – Turkey, Rice Pilaf Stuffing, Cornbread-Broccoli Stuffing
• Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut – Almond Chicken
• Great Ways with Eggs – Turkey & Egg Stuffed Cabbage
• Quick Summer Meals – Easy Microwave Chicken

Vegetables

• Swedish Cuisine Can Be Very IC Friendly – Swedish Style Baked Potatoes
• Broccoli – A Bladder Friendly Disease Fighter – Broccoli in Caraway Cheese Sauce
• Fall Dinner Recipes – Butternut Squash with Onions, Bell Pepper & Squash Casserole
• Bladder Friendly Mexican Cuisine Part 2 – Chayote & Green Banana in Anise Butter
• Traditional Holiday Vegetables Are IC Friendly – Maple Baked Sweet Potatoes, Yam & Fruit Bake
• Variety Mushrooms – Creamed Shiitake Mushrooms, Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
• Soy Stories
• A Winter Dinner – Orange Almond Yams
• Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut – Green Beans with Rosemary & Pine Nuts
• A Bladder Friendly Veggie – Rosemary Roasted Potatoes, Golden Grilled Veggies, Oven Baked French Fries
• Specialty Rices Add Variety – Rice & Pea Medley, Cilantro Lime Rice
• Great Ways with Eggs – Duchess Potatoes
• Acid-Fighting Egg Whites – Squash Casserole
• Light Summer Veggies – Green Beans with Coriander, Zucchini Primavera

Salads

• It’s Salad Season – Toni’s Feta Cheese Salad Dressing, Bev’s Homemade Garlic Croutons
• Weight Loss Part 2 – Snappy Cottage Cheese Salad
• Versatile Herb Oil Dressings – Rosemary Herb Oil
• Quick Summer Meals – Melon Blueberry Fruit Salada

Soups

• Foods To Chase Holiday Chills & Ills – Quick Holiday Soup (Turkey), Crab Chowder, Split Pea with Beef
• Bladder Friendly Mexican Cuisine Part 2 – Meatball Soup
• Eating Well & Surviving the Holidays – Slow Cooked Beef Soup
• Soup for Summer Meals – Mild Bean, Barley & Lentil Soup
• Tomato Tricks – Fresh Yellow Tomato Soup
• The Vitamin C Veggies – Busy Day Chicken Broccoli Soup

Holidays

• Eating Well & Surviving the Holidays
• Traditional Holiday Vegetables Are IC Friendly
• Holiday Fruitcakes
• Thanksgiving Dinner
• Holiday Foods & Parties

Cheeses

• Swedish Cuisine Can Be Very IC Friendly – Finding a Cheese You Can Tolerate

Spices & Sugars

• Adding Spice To Life – Fines Herbes Blend
• Stevia – Plenty of Sweet Talk But No Answers
• How Sweet It Is – Sucralose & Splenda
• Cinnamons – True & False

Wellness

• New, IC Friendly, Sources of Vitamin C
• Help For Painful Gas & Bloating
• Pamper Yourself From The Outside In – Homemade spa lotions & rinses
• Workday Meals Part 2
• Color My Symptoms Yellow – The Food Color Story
• Flying The Bladder Friendly Skies
• Vitamin B6 Foods
• Vitamin E and The IC Diet
• Going With The Flow: Water & IC Symptoms
• Weight Loss Part 1
• Weight Loss Part 2 – Cutting the Calories
• Dining Out with IC
• Diet & IC – Associated GI Problems
• IC Diet & St. Johns Wort