Do you have any tips, suggestions or adapted recipes that you'd like to share?

This is such a brilliant idea for us newbie stoma owners.
 
My husbands condition should be very healthy sadly my needs are the complete opposite as my stoma dictates what I can have, this Christmas my table will have five.

One vegan One high protein meat eater, Two normal eat anything and then Whoopi my Stoma.

I have had my son in law offer to cook who is fantastic, my daughter is vegan so she will be doing that, my brother who lives in Spain will be staying with us and he loves M & S shopping. He will definitely be tempted to buy so I am going to have my pick of so many tempting things it’s going to be great fun because we are all going to be working together my prep will be Christmas Eve and involves preparing all the vegetables and I’m known for doing everything available and this year there’ll be no dairy used so that’ll make it easier when serving as its vegan friendly  

First we will have our bucks fizz and canapés mixed for all, I will just have the Buck’s Fizz.

Christmas dinner my intentions are to eat roasted meat small portion with roasted potatoes, mashed swede with salt and butter non vegan, softly caramelised carrots vegan, finely chopped cabbage, petit pois with finely chopped spring onion, home made bread sauce with very largely sliced onions that I can see and pick out and gravy with sea salt added to mine  

Dessert will be M&S, my brothers got a sweet tooth and really enjoys their flamboyant puddings with fresh cream, meringue, vegan ice cream. I will have meringue with ice cream and maybe a syrup or banana if there’s room. 
I doubt it though. I have a small appetite now

We are planning on having a lovely gathering and enjoying the company, this year I won’t be in the kitchen all day as there’ll be a team of us. 
I am not making a Christmas Cake or Pudding as those that like it can’t eat it.
So I am of a mind that actually this Christmas is going to be much easier than usual.

Hi Artsie,

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to Megan's post. It sounds like you have such a lovely Christmas planned with your family. It sounds like your tips, especially around working as a team, incorporating non dairy options and largely chopping some elements for others to pick out, might be really helpful for other people on the Community. 

If you have any other ideas you'd like to share, please feel free to add them to the discussion or email us at community@macmillan.org.uk. 

Best wishes, 

Thanks Eliza 

I'm looking forward to others ideas added here. It’s a great post and I’m sure there’ll be lots of inspirational recipes  

When my daughter changed from vegetarian to vegan I found that daunting however I needn’t of worried as she’s easy to please as am I.
My biggest miss will be the cake and homemade stuffing. 

Hi Ann,

It sounds like you might also find it helpful to look at our 'Tips, Ideas and Recipes' section on Community News. This includes our 'Dining with an ostomate' series, if you've not seen it? There's lots of great ideas for different recipes that might be helpful. Adapting to a new diet for yourself or a loved one can be challenging, and it can always be useful to see other people's ideas.

Best wishes,

Easy Bread Sauce

Ingredients

white bread 

onion

butter or similar

milk

seasoning

casserole dish

Should be okay for ileostomy,

check ingredients and adjust to suit.

This can be made whenever there’s space in the oven. I’ve also managed it in the microwave. It’s very simple

Chop a white onion large chunks enabling you to remove easily if they cause a problem or chop finely if you can tolerate.

Put the onion in a casserole dish with knob butter or similar

Put in medium oven with whatever your cooking til soft.

Add four slices of white bread with most crusts cut off and roughly cut up or pull apart. Add enough milk to cover mix and allow bread to adsorb milk salt and pepper then mix again add more milk if bread showing as it will toast 

Put in oven it can fit in around whatever you’re cooking.

Medium heat for fifteen minutes.

Remove now mix into a thick sauce consistency to a creamy texture add milk if too stodgy 

Taste season more if needed mix again

Return to oven ten to fifteen minutes or until you’re happy with texture

If serving immediately place in bowls allowing serving spoons to serve. It should be thick and tasty.

It’s lovely cold in a sandwich with turkey later.

It can be made up the day before and stored in fridge then warmed in microwave if it’s easier

hi Artsie - it all sounds wonderful. I buy Panatoni cakes - not Panasonic as spell check suggested ( tradionally Italian cake) these have very little dried fruit and good with custard. If I ate died fruit my little fellow wrbt onion rampage.

Home made stuffing can be delicious and easy to make: mix paxo with a little hot water, grated carrot, sausage meat and mix thoroughly.I also add finely chopped onion - which you can leave out. with floured hands roll into Balls. These  can be added to cooking roasties or in the meat juices for 25 minutes.

nb my little fellow would go on the rampage. These spellchecks are so frustrating but sometimes very funny such as panatoni instead of Panasonic.

Thanks Kath. They sound lovely. Think I will add that to my Christmas meal. My hubby used to make delicious stuffing but thought I’d miss it out this year as his recipe could upset Whoops

I'm a bit like one of the TV chefs  - I add butter to everything including roast potatoes and madeira cake as well as veg. I'm wondering could you use toffees(Not toffees- tofu) or another meat substitute for your stuffing? plus paxo, grated carrot and finely chopped walnuts?

I’m a keen believer in butter I spread it like cheese on toast and  add it to roasters. I’ll do my daughter separate roast potatoes and maybe stuffing.