onionless?

hi i am still pre op (have my final surgeon appt on thursday so hopefully not for long!) but i love to cook and cant wait to get my hands on some of these foods that i can eat post op right away and some i can integrate into our meals for good, however i have noticed so many recipes contain onions and i cant eat onions... anyone have any recipes that dont contain onions? or a recipe that would taste as good with either onion powder or maybe garlic instead? im afraid to start a recipe only to completely ruin it without putting onions in it (i also dont like peppers but thats more of a taste thing)
any ideas?
thanks!!!

Try Leeks

My son gets deathly sick if he eats onions.  Sick in bed (and bathroom) for 3 days after eating sweet and sour pork where he picked all the onions out.   I sometimes use onion salt and that doesn't seem to bother him.  Other than that, I just go ahead and make the recipe without the onions.  I know it isn't as good but what you don't have, you don't miss I guess.

Bette M

bette- im sorry your son gets so sick, in a selfish way im so glad you said that because thats how i get and no one believes me when i tell them onions make me sick, anything onion, chives too, and everyone thinks its some big excuse cuz i dont like onions

thanks for the advice, i do like onion powder

Yep.  He gets sick on chives, shallots, scallions, anything in the onion family.  Except onion salt.  He can abide that. 

No one thought he was serious about getting sick with onions until they actually saw what happens.  At first, you could hear the onions moving down his intestinal tract from across the room.  He said it burned like acid moving.  That was when I was trying the chives or shallots, etc.  Now I just stick to the onion salt and he has no problems.

Good luck kiddo.  Just tell people that you have an allergy to onions.  That seems to quell the "oh you can't be serious" comments.