In short I don't eat sandwiches or pizza or red meat (so no bread or cheese). I'm not vegetarian or vegan.
Though that sounds restrictive I'm basically good with foods that are fresh, freshly cooked and not too complicated. Salads, vegetables, grains, beans and pulses are all fine. I also do fish and (preferably organic) chicken/duck.
IMPORTANT: I avoid all foods that are mold, have mold or promote mold. I have a strong intolerance to dairy/milk/butter/cheese, alcohol/fermented foods, vinegar/soy sauce, sugars/fruit/honey and yeast/bread/mushrooms/mold/fungus. I have a mild intolerance to tofu, wheat/pasta and nuts. I avoid preserved foods as they generally contain sugars/vinegar/mold. I'm not violently allergic to any of these foods - just sensitive enough to make me uncomfortable and distracted and unable to sleep well.
Foods that are OK for me:
- Fish and fowl including chicken and duck (preferably organic)
- Prefer everything organic (better for me and the environment)
- Salad and avocados - but no raw onions nor raw garlic nor vinegar nor mayonnaise
- Olive oil - sunflower/vegetable oils OK too
- Avocados
- Vegetables: all types good apart from mushrooms
- Grains all good including rice, millet, quinoa and oats
- Beans (not 'baked beans' though because they have sugar in) and pulses are all good
- Freshly roasted sunflower seeds OK - other nuts/seeds NOT OK
- Miso OK
- Coconut
- Olives - if well cooked
- Eggs OK
- Fresh and freshly cooked produce
Foods I try to avoid:
- All dairy: cheese, milk, and yogurt - eggs OK
- Meat: All red meats including beef, lamb and pork
- Monosodium Glutamate
- Yeast: bread and stock cubes
- Fermented foods: soy sauce, pickled and preserved foods
- Vinegar: cider, wine or balsamic
- All fruit (fresh and dried) - but lemons are OK
- All sugars (natural and refined) including honey, chocolate and fruit sugar
- Raw onion and garlic - OK if cooked though
- All non-fermented soya products: tofu and soya milk - miso is OK
- 'Hot' spiced foods - but very mild fresh chilli is OK
- Most refined and processed foods
- Nuts and seeds - freshly roasted sunflower seeds OK
- Mushrooms
- Olives if not well cooked
Cooking methods I want to avoid: