I eat whatever I like, whenever I like. Food has little effect on my health because I mostly eat healthy. Therefore I can have ice cream, cookies, ribeye steak and other foods I like in-between, as I desire them. I cook most of my meals, meatloaf,casseroles, vegetables-fresh one's taste better to me. Beef roast with fresh organic carrots 🥕 potatoes 🥔 and onions 🌰 with just water and zero seasoning, the natural flavors are all I need, it tastes delicious! 20 mins and it's in te crock pot. Or hamburger 🍔 potato 🥔 carrot 🥕 onion 🌰 casserole with a touch of garlic, just a pinch or two as to not over power the other natural flavors. I try to stick o simple recipes that will make meals for most of the week, so I only have to cook once or twice a week.

Yes I do understand the troubles you have. It can feel very frustrating to eat the same foods. I am hoping I can introduce more foods so I will have more variety too. Wish I had more answers for you.v

@A MySpondylitisTeam Member. I have herbs de Provence. I have spice rack loaded with spice bottles 27”x67.5” in my pantry. I’m jut now sure how to blend them into interesting combos and what foods they best go on. I made a real good southwestern one. I make Mexican mole, and what I call a Morocco type blend with raisins. I of course use the usual Mexican and Italian blends. Sage is excellent in butter on broccoli but I can’t have butter. I need to get some Kinder’s butter spice rub I guess to compensate or Molly McButter. I had lost 20 pounds eating Chinese take out by not eating but 1/4 c. Steamed rice and thinning the salt and sauce by adding extra frozen veggies to the take out. But Chinese got old and expensive after 3 months of that even though I was stretching it out. I might go buy some Chinese sauces and just add a little to my veggies though as I’m not tired of it now. But I want all kinds of nationalities of flavors sans excessive salt and sugar. I have bought spice blends already blended and some are great and some are awful. Many are half sugar. You’d think there’d be more variety of spice blend recipes on the internet but there really isn’t. Most are basic 5 ones and repeats. I got stuck in a rut putting paprika, onion powder, garlic salt, cayenne, black pepper and half teaspoon of olive oil on veggies for years but one day got totally sick of the taste of it. If my food doesn’t taste good it’s hard to stay on diet. I don’t do high fat and many diabetic recipes are loaded with butter, cream cheese, heavy cream, cheese. Or the recipes are loaded with carbs even though it claims to be for diabetics. I once found a recipe site low fat low carb but all the recipes called for bizarre ingredients that aren’t found in the South, like onion sprouts or water cress or weird spices like Indian “hin”. The low carb low fat website looked like a Michelin chef came up with it but not practice to prepare for common elderly folk.

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Not so much. Since I am on the AIP I still havent reintroduced many spices. I do like Herbes de Provence, which is a nice mix of spices you can find. Do you ever cook with ginger or tumeric? They are anti Inflammatory.

@A MySpondylitisTeam Member you got any spice combos other than the usual ones that taste great? I threw Mexican mole in some veggies last night to jazz them up. I’m getting bored with my diet. Been trying weird spice combos to try to jazz up baked chicken leg quarters too.

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