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Butternut squash soup,black bean soup, riced cauliflower with ground beef and gravy, and chicken salad is delicious made into a pate or paste.
I use chicken breast that have been poached, I chop them and add mayonnaise, honey, white pepper, salt, pinch of cayenne, and garlic powder and chopped celery and onions. I either serve it like that or I will puree it.

I have been miserable and fat for several years. Finally, a doctor suggested I try an elimination diet to see what foods I was sensitive to. I followed the GAPS diet protocol and then introduced foods back into my diet to see what made me feel better or worse, I have dealt with chronic illness and inflammation and I found dropping soy and corn out of my diet helped a lot. It is hidden in a lot of foods so you have to read labels and know what you are looking at, they use lots of ingredient names to mean corn or soy. I eat dairy, not much but it is from grass fed/pastured cows or goats and unpasteurized or low temp pasteurized. I eat very little wheat, it doesn't seem to bother me in small quantities. I do eat meat and delicious fresh yard eggs, good meat- pastured or wild caught if possible and in smaller portions than my vegetables (I eat a variety of vegetables everyday- I try to eat seven servings of different colored vegetables a day). I am not afraid of fat. I eat fruit once a day, avoiding sugar helps reduce inflammation. I feel better! I take a probiotic from Garden of Life that works great, I don't have brain fog anymore- I credit the probiotis for that. I was insulin resistant, but am not anymore. I had what doctors swore was Firbomyalgia, but I have not had any symptoms since I started eating better. My depression is manageable without medication and I no longer have to take adderall for A.D.D. OH, and I lost 60lbs too. I don't like to say I eat paleo because I do eat dairy and some grains on occasion, but most of the recipes I eat are paleo. This lady's blog helped me a lot: i even torrented her book and it was very helpful: http://balancedbites.com/

http://balancedbites.com/healthy-digestion
This lady is super knowledgeable about digestive issues and what to eat. Kombucha is fine once in a while but there are lots of other fermented foods you can eat and drink to give yourself more of a variety. Variety is especially good when it comes to gut health and offering yourself a wide range of probiotics.

raisins, lara bars, chicken, steak, milk, bacon, meatballs, broccoli, carrot, cauliflower, green beans, tomatoes, bananas, apples, strawberries, yogurt, and eggs. he is three

Try a different approach or recipe. Most people over boil vegetables, this makes them taste bad. Here are a few recipes I like to use:
http://nomnompaleo.com/post/4739682522/broiled-zucchini-or-eggplant

http://www.bellalimento.com/2012/09/25/vegetable-tian/

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/vegetable-latkes/#axzz3c6DQ9gkq

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/zucchini_muffins/

I believe that a temporary whole foods vegetarian diet from time to time is health promoting as long as when you return to eating meat you are eating food of proper quality.