Re: Re: TIRED: Suggestions for making meals in bulk

[Guest guest]

Becky, I really feel for you, we've only lived here a year and a half and I

don't really have any REAL friends here, because playgroups and such are hard

for Luke and just hard in general with 3 little ones. Mom is actually my mother

in law and she lives up in Va but she has just made it her personal mission to

help with this as much as she can, and I'm beyond thankful. We ARE part of a

church and I know people there, who if I was desperate, would surely offer their

help in some way, maybe not COOK for me but at least give me an evening alone to

do it. But I never ask... it's so hard to ask for help. I hope you can find

some source of help or that at least things will become easier. I double almost

every recipe I make, I don't know if there's some secret to it, I just double

the amounts on everything. But I'm not the one to ask, I'm still new and NOT

the best cook, by far!

Take care,

in NC

Mom of Luke, age 5, Asperger's/salicylate intolerant/diarrhea pre-SCD;

, age 3, healthy; and , 19 mos, healthy

All SCD since 1/26/04

Re: TIRED: Suggestions for making meals in bulk

Thanks ,

I've been in the kitchen since I last posted, steaming veggies and

making the peanut butter brownies with pearsauce instead of the

honey since we are into the yeast die-off period. I wish my mom was

nearby to help and as for friends, I don't get out very much so I

haven't met many people. It's pretty lonely when you are housebound

because of your autistic child (that's why I love these lists!) My

husband left for a business trip this past Monday and the three

younger kids got my oldest kid's cold, so I've been up several

nights attending to a fussy toddler and an ear infection in one of

the other boys. Maybe that's why all the cooking is getting to me.

My husband is supposed to arrive tonight but there's supposed to be

snow, so I don't even know if the airport will shut down, we shall

see. Anyways, I was really pondering about doing the diet for the

whole family and I'm not sure now since I'm having a hard time

cooking for just two. Someone else asked if we can double recipes,

for example, the peanut butter brownie recipe, can that be doubled?

Got to go and get the brownies out of the oven. Thanks for the

thought and take care, Becky in Chesapeake, VA with 10 yr old on SCD

for 2 1/2 weeks.

> I don't know if you have a sweet family member or friend, but Mom

steams and purees vegetables for me a few nights a week and freezes

them in 1/2 cup containers. We see her every couple or few weeks

and she brings me a cooler of carrots and green beans all ready to

go. I'm still cooking a LOT but at least now I can just pull the

containers out and add them to whatever it is I'm making. Other

than that, I'm still up cooking late after kids go to bed, so I

haven't yet figured out how to not be doing that either.

>

> in NC

> Mom of Luke, age 5, Asperger's/salicylate intolerant/diarrhea pre-

SCD;

> , age 3, healthy; and , 19 mos, healthy

> All SCD since 1/26/04

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Jody,

Liam is eating more things, but some things I still have to feed him. He

will eat bacon now and sometimes chicken. He loves the muffins, but didn't

try the peanut butter cake. I stayed up late making it for their party, the

teacher told me he put his fork in the mini cake and threw it right into the

trash. At least Abigail loved it. He's eating broccoli, but will only

eat

cauliflower and meatloaf if I sit there and feed it to him. I've tried

cheese will no reaction and they both like that, but I'm still trying to limit

it

some. They both like the waffles, eggs, pineapples, apples, bananas, and the

apple gate farms turkey hot dogs. Abigail loves spaghetti squash, Liam tried

it once and seemed to like it. I sent it to school and he didn't eat it, so I

may have to feed him that one too. He does like pineapple smoothie and grape

juice, Abigail doesn't really like those. I'm working on more veggies. They

do like carrots and Abigail loves salad. I guess that's about all, I'm

working on new recipes and Bill's more supportive now which is nice. Now, I

just

have to get him on the diet too.

Thanks,

Heidi

Mom to Abigail and Liam both ASD, SCD 2 weeks

[Guest guest]

I just wish Kenzie would eat so I could cook. Just kidding. I want him to

eat but I can relate along with everybody else. I'm not a cook by any

stretch of the imagination so this is quite a challenge. Since yesterdays

meat sauce success I was cooking that today. Then I made unsuccessful

meringues and now I'm making cinnamon almond cookies. This is hard. You

feel like your entire world is wrapped around this diet. I have no family

or friends here so I'm doing it solo too. I wrote to commiserate but also

to ask you how much pear sauce you put in the brownies. I need to give that

a try too. I haven't taken my first batch of cookies out of the oven but I

went from 1/3 cup of honey to l Tbl. and one banana. We'll see. Anyhow

could you send me the pear sauce amount?

Thanks

Penny

Kenzie SCD 19 wks.

Re: TIRED: Suggestions for making meals in bulk

> Thanks ,

> I've been in the kitchen since I last posted, steaming veggies and

> making the peanut butter brownies with pearsauce instead of the

> honey since we are into the yeast die-off period. I wish my mom was

> nearby to help and as for friends, I don't get out very much so I

> haven't met many people. It's pretty lonely when you are housebound

> because of your autistic child (that's why I love these lists!) My

> husband left for a business trip this past Monday and the three

> younger kids got my oldest kid's cold, so I've been up several

> nights attending to a fussy toddler and an ear infection in one of

> the other boys. Maybe that's why all the cooking is getting to me.

> My husband is supposed to arrive tonight but there's supposed to be

> snow, so I don't even know if the airport will shut down, we shall

> see. Anyways, I was really pondering about doing the diet for the

> whole family and I'm not sure now since I'm having a hard time

> cooking for just two. Someone else asked if we can double recipes,

> for example, the peanut butter brownie recipe, can that be doubled?

> Got to go and get the brownies out of the oven. Thanks for the

> thought and take care, Becky in Chesapeake, VA with 10 yr old on SCD

> for 2 1/2 weeks.

>

>

> > I don't know if you have a sweet family member or friend, but Mom

> steams and purees vegetables for me a few nights a week and freezes

> them in 1/2 cup containers. We see her every couple or few weeks

> and she brings me a cooler of carrots and green beans all ready to

> go. I'm still cooking a LOT but at least now I can just pull the

> containers out and add them to whatever it is I'm making. Other

> than that, I'm still up cooking late after kids go to bed, so I

> haven't yet figured out how to not be doing that either.

> >

> > in NC

> > Mom of Luke, age 5, Asperger's/salicylate intolerant/diarrhea pre-

> SCD;

> > , age 3, healthy; and , 19 mos, healthy

> > All SCD since 1/26/04

>

>

>

>

>

> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the

following websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I've doubled and tripled the peanut butter brownie recipe with no problems.

Only thing is that you never want the dough to be too thick or it won't bake

through properly...unless you use a bundt pan.

Sheila, SCD 36 mos UC 20 yrs

mom of SCD 21 mos

Someone else asked if we can double recipes,

for example, the peanut butter brownie recipe, can that be doubled?