Category Archives: Low-Iodine Diet These cookies. These cookies are some of the naughtiest cookies I’ve ever come across. They should be declared illegal – they’re that good. I actually feel irresponsible for sharing the recipe with you. These cookies were brilliantly conceived by one of my favorite food bloggists, Heidi Swanson. And they are aptly named because when you...   Simply put. I feel OFF. Which is a little surprising to me because I’m at the tail end of my radioiodine treatment. But then again, maybe that’s why feeling off feels that much more challenging. I was expecting to immediately bounce back from the treatment and that doesn’t appear to be happening. The good news...  What I appreciate about being on the low-iodine diet is that it forces me to delve deep into my cooking repertoire, be creative with substitutions and try out new dishes. This pizza is an example of one of those new dishes. I tagged this recipe as one I wanted to try many years ago. It...  Funny thing about diets. They make you crave the strangest foods – both dishes that you enjoy regularly and those that you’ve never craved before. Like cheesesteak sandwiches. I lived in the Philie area for 5 years and never had or even wanted a cheesesteak sandwich. And now I’m craving one. I’m craving a lot...  In preparation for radioiodine ablation therapy, I have been on a low-iodine diet for the past 10 days. It is not a low-salt diet, which means I can substitute non-iodized salt into everything I cook. But it also means that I can’t eat 99% of the pre-packaged foods out there (even the most “natural” pre-packaged... |
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