The mocktail-hour survival kit
Keep a small kit stocked and you will always have something nice in hand at a party. The sober-curious crowd made this easy, here is your setup.
Tips
Practical how-tos for daily life with pancreatitis: enzyme timing, reading labels, eating out, building a fat budget in grams. The stuff the discharge papers skip.
How to eat at a restaurant when your pancreas runs the show
For a while I just stopped going out. That is a bad long-term plan. Restaurants are manageable with a plan instead of hope.
Build your own dried-vegetable pantry
Drying your own vegetables and herbs gives you free bouillon, free seasoning, and zero waste. Oven, air-fryer or a cheap dehydrator, here is how.
Why I eat at 10:30 PM and never at 3 AM
What you eat matters. So does when. The small pre-bed habit that steadied my mornings more than almost anything else.
How I travel with a difficult pancreas: enzymes, food and flights
Enzymes, food, flights and no ruined trip. How I travel with a difficult pancreas without gambling on airport food or a missed dose.
Batch-cook a week of safe meals in one afternoon
A repeatable system for cooking once and eating safe all week. The freezer is what keeps you out of trouble on the bad days.
Your enzymes might be fine. Your timing might be the problem.
Still getting symptoms after meals on PERT? Before you assume you need a bigger dose, look at how and when you take it.
How to get every gram of fat off a soup or stew
Three reliable ways to skim fat off a soup or stew so a comforting meal stays inside your budget. The chill-and-lift method does most of the work.
The flare-day shelf: what I keep stocked for a bad day
The flare-day shelf. Eight things I keep stocked so a bad day never means a panic trip to the shop or a risky meal.