One of the reasons I started this blog and fb page is because while faithfully following other clean eating pages, I was vilified when I posted something I ate that was a slight slip or a cheat according to their rules, even though it was a “clean” food! When you are using food as your medicine, you just don’t need that! We aren’t doing this as a diet, this is a way of life if you are treating your fibromyalgia with food.
Now, what do I mean by a treat or a little cheat? I don’t mean a candy bar or a big bowl of ice cream, those things are damaging to your fragile Fibro body and you have to work way too hard to eat clean just to put yourself in bed for days because you went on a binge.
So if you must, treat yourself to something that is still clean, but normally off limits like peppers, or maybe a white potato. Just something that is different to keep your menu interesting, but not something that is going to really hurt you. If an occasional dish with peppers doesn’t cause you a great deal of inflammation then you are still keeping clean and allowing yourself a little cheat which if you’ve been eating clean for very long, is really nice.
All that just so I can share this incredible recipe with you that includes 2 tbsp of Thai curry paste. That’s my cheat and I enjoy it just as much as a big ole bowl of ice cream! I don’t do this often, and I don’t encourage you to either but my point is, try to stay with clean foods because it’s going to keep you healthy and keep your Fibro symptoms at bay, but don’t be so hard on yourself that you can’t enjoy something different every once in a while.
Here’s my (cheat) recipe in case you’d like to give it a try every once in a while. If you don’t have an Instant Pot (yet) convert this one for your slow cooker. It’s really incredible!!
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