Boiled Plantains with Mild Stew

Plantains boil down soft and slightly sweet, and the stew that goes with them here stays deliberately mild — no chili, no strong spice, just tomato, bell pepper, and onion cooked down until it thickens.

Milder, less spiced versions of familiar dishes like this one are often easier to manage for people dealing with IBS or IBD, since heavy spice and heat can be triggering for a sensitive digestive system. It's comfort food with the volume turned down, not a compromise on flavor so much as a different way of building it.