I Have Allergies

My dietician wants me to eat breakfast every day to help with my insulin resistance (PMOS) and overall health, and I promised to try for two days a week. She sent several recipes that should not trigger my multiple allergies.

I chose the following breakfast – cubed canteloupe and prosciutto with balsamic glaze. I didn’t actually create a glaze the today, which meant that it was kind of chaotic on my plate. I’ll do it tomorrow or the day after!

Melon and Prosciutto Plate

Ingredients

(prepares 3 servings; adjust accordingly)

2 cups cantaloupe, cubed
3 oz prociutto, thinly sliced (I eyeballed this with my whole heart, y’all)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tsps balsamic glaze (reduce balsamic vinegar over low heat to create glaze)
1/4 tsps black pepper, cracked

Instructions

1. Peel, seed, and cut the cantaloupe into 1-inch cubes
2. Divide melon cubes evenly aross three plates
3. Drape slices of prosciutto over and around the melon pieces
4. Drizzle each plate with olive oil and balsamic glaze
5. Season with cracked black pepper and serve immediately

Conclusion

Surprisingly delicious and fairly satiating; something I could eat a couple times a week, but I’ll have to adjust the recipe toward only one serving.

Background Supplemental

Because I recently tested positive for grain, milk, egg, and nut allergies (amongst OTHER allergies), my life skipping breakfast foods has begun to make a lot of sense in retrospect.

Breakfast has never made me feel better about the day, even the year I spent dutifully eating oatmeal with sliced banana every single morning. Funny story here — I’m allergic to banana too.

One of the first things I did after receiving my allergy skin test results last week, which tested approximately 50 foods, was get back on the Nourish app (paid for 100% by my insurance as preventative care!) & schedule an appointment with the dietician I had briefly seen for a few months about a year prior, just after I got out of the hospital & realized that a lot of what I was eating made me sick.

Props to my dietician: a year ago, she mentioned that she thought I had a grain allergy, and while I considered it, I mostly ignored it as I thought I was paranoid. So what if I skipped the buns on hamburgers (or avoided them entirely) because they made me feel bloated and gave me reflux? What I didn’t attribute to food allergies at the time: joints swelling and getting itchy all over.

Glad I gave this a try, because while I enjoy all of these foods separately, I wasn’t certain they would jive together. And I’m very grateful that there are options for me to eat breakfast that aren’t the traditional breakfast foods.