Re: Going out to eat/packing meals and snacks

[Guest guest]

I have also brought our homemade hotdogs to a restaurant and asked them to

microwave them. I have never had a problem when I explain my son's allergies.

karen

[Guest guest]

Hey Jody:

'what are the Scooby waffles to make sandwiches?

Thanks

Penny

Going out to eat/packing meals and snacks

There are a couple of restaurants that are locally owned that

make all of their food from scratch that I have allowed my boys to

eat. But for the vast majority of the time, I just pack a nice meal

for my boys and take it with us when we are going to be out.

I think maybe we should discuss what some of us " veterans " do

to make this diet easier " on the road " .

One thing works well for us is the First Years travel bowls that I

posted a link to a few weeks ago. They come in 4 and 8oz sizes

and they do not leak. They are dishwasher safe, but they are

inexensive and not such a loss if you lose on (like a Tupperware

bowl).

What is helpful is to pack these bowls with the items that you

make from scratch. When you make applesauce, yogurt, etc.,

jus fill these small bowls up and stack them in you fridge. Then

after the initial filling up the bowls time frame, it's like having

ready-made food. The containers are the same size as the

ready-made items in the stores. Those ready-made applesauce

containers are 4 oz. The same with the fruit cups. Yogurt comes

in 8 oz cartons.

So, although it may seem like a real pain in the neck to fill the

containers up... if you make several dishes 1 or 2 times a week

and invest in several sets of those little bowls (only about $2.50

per set), you can save yourself a lot of time and headaches for

the whole rest of the week.

I use pancakes (or my new Scooby waffles) to make sandwiches

for the boys. You can make a couple of batches of them and

stick them in the freezer. When you are going out for the day, you

can just put 2 in the fridge to thaw overnight and the next morning

you can make a sandwich and pack it in a container. My boys

like sneaky veggie pancakes with nut butter inside, chicken

pancakes with avocado inside, mixed nut pancakes with chicken

salad inside, etc.

All of the sneaky meats can be frozen as well. This is how I

managed to pack enough SCD foods for 4 people for 7 days on

our trip to DC. I made several different types of meats with

veggies mixed in them and then froze them wrapped individually

in Saran Wrap, then in freezer bags. They reheat very nicely and

then you have food on hand all the time.

All of the SCD baked goods freeze well too. After your baked

items have cooled, wrap them individually in Saran Wrap and

then place in freezer ziplock bags. They defrost pretty quickly. IF

you pack a frozen muffin, it will thaw by lunch.

I know that sometimes it is very hard to " get ahead " by making

food in advance and storing it in an easy-to-use way. But if you

think about the stress reduction in the long run, it really does pay

to make stuff up ahead of time. With some frozen pancakes or

baked goods, frozen meat patties with veggies in them, some

premade bowls of cooked fruits and yogurt on hand all the time,

it would not take 10 minutes to pack an SCD lunch and dinner for

your child. You just need a small cooler and some ice packs to

keep the food cold. I even pack small paper plates in the bag.

Then you would have the freedom to go out and do things,

including going out to eat or to the park, museum, playland or

whatever without the hassle of trying to cook for an hour or two

before you leave.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 15 months

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

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Penny,

I bought a Scooby Doo waffle maker at WalMart for $10. Best

$10 spent in quite a while...LOL.

Rather than making waffles with lots of ridges (traditional ones),

this makes more of a pancake in the shape of Scooby Doo.

There is a picture of the waffle maker and a waffle from it on the

pecanbread yahoo group. Here is a link to it.

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/lst

Using this waffle maker is SOOO much easier than making

pancakes. It doesn't take me any longer and they all turn out

perfect. No squished or impossible-to-turn-over pancakes.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 15 months

[Guest guest]

http://www.esalton.com/

Type in Scooby Doo into the search box. You will find the Scooby

Waffle maker there.

You may be able to find it someplace else too. But this was the

quickest place.

Jody

mom to -5

[Guest guest]

Cool. I'll check it out.

Thanks

Re: Going out to eat/packing meals and snacks

Penny,

I bought a Scooby Doo waffle maker at WalMart for $10. Best

$10 spent in quite a while...LOL.

Rather than making waffles with lots of ridges (traditional ones),

this makes more of a pancake in the shape of Scooby Doo.

There is a picture of the waffle maker and a waffle from it on the

pecanbread yahoo group. Here is a link to it.

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/lst

Using this waffle maker is SOOO much easier than making

pancakes. It doesn't take me any longer and they all turn out

perfect. No squished or impossible-to-turn-over pancakes.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 15 months

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

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

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