What to eat and drink?

Hi

oh the burnt out taste buds! Just horrid. 

I found sweet tastes and acid tastes remained truest so adding lemon or lime slices to tonic or soda water was good. Lemon grass and ginger tea worked for me as a hot drink. I found that Smoothies made with strawberry, blueberry, banana yoghurt and cranberry juice could replace a breakfast and keep their taste. 

As for meals, I remember a very sad day when I cooked a lovely sausage sandwich, all sizzling in the pan and smelling good. I took a bite and all I could taste was cardboard.

I found it much better to base meals around something acidic - so a Caesar salad with plenty of dressing and anchovies and crunchy croutons for texture, ratatouille with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar over the top or a pasta sauce built around a good hit of a dry white wine and a strong fresh herb such as rosemary or thyme. Where I might previously have looked to the meat in a meal for the flavour, I had to look elsewhere at the acidic elements of the food. Does that make sense? 

On the upside, I found my taste buds recovered quite quickly.

I hope you can find a way to enjoy your food. It’s so important

xx 

Daloni-

Thank you so much! The acidic element would explain my sudden Tomato Ketchup addiction! 

I’m definitely going to try the salad / ratatouille and smoothies! They will be on my shopping list today! 

Thank you!