Question: bland foods for a tender gut

[sonia]

I'm recovering from food poisoning (ugh!) and my gut is really tender, so I need bland foods for a while. When I was a kid, the thing to eat was saltine crackers. Or toast. Or noodles. Why do all these recovery foods have gluten??

I've been eating bananas, plain rice pasta, and chicken broth (Pacific Foods, labeled gluten-free, although it has onion powder, sigh). I need more ideas, please? What do you eat when you're being kind to a tender gut?

ETA: Wow, thanks for all your good wishes and suggestions!

Recipes in comments:

• basic coconut custard by heron61
  
• "dirty" eggs by harmonic_tabby
  
• 'magic soup' by gumbie_cat
  
• microwave rice pudding by rosefox
  
• microwave bread pudding linked by rosefox
  

Comments

[kelkyag]

If none of the other protein suggestions suit, maybe gelatin, whether sweetened & chilled dessert-style, or dissolved (optionally flavored) and drunk hot.

I'd start with the plain starches, though, adding oatmeal to chomiji's list if that's food for you. Tapioca pearls or tapioca pudding if you like those.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[sonia]

Thanks! I even have some gelatin. I need to figure out how to flavor it so it's appealing.

[kelkyag]

If fruit juice isn't sitting well, maybe a tea or herbal tea? I'm fond of peppermint. Ginger is sometime recommended for an upset stomach, but it might be a bit much on an empty stomach post-food-poisoning.

[jesse_the_k]

I remember a Chinese gelatin dessert that tasted like almonds. Almond milk + gelatin?

[sonia]

Thanks! Sounds like an interesting experiment.