Re: 3 days no seizures and cake help!!!

September 7, 2004

Hi

Fantastic news about the 3 days - very good luck for school - I hope

all goes well.

Re the cake, if you could let me know the values of your ground

almonds I could give you the quantities of ingredients I think would

work??? I'm sure the US values would be different to here. Stella

gets nearly twice as much carb as Francesca, so it should be easy to

get a good consistency for a cake - my problem often was not being

able to use enough nuts.

I also make cookies for snacks, which use coconut oil, desiccated

coconut, cocoa, macadamia nuts, and egg which I'm sure you could do

for Stella as part of a meal.

I use avocado a lot in salads too by the way, which also you could

mash up with some mayonnaise and use as a dip for some other veggies

for her lunch box.

, Mum to Francesca, Keto Kid since Sept 03, drug free since May

04

> I hate to speak to soon, but I had to share how excited I am that

Stella has

> had 3 wonderful days with no seizures. I have been experimenting

with using

> mostly coconut oil (saturated fats) and I've stopped giving her

whipped

> cream by replacing it with creme fraiche. Making a yogurt out of

the creme

> fraiche which she loves. I don't know if it is these changes or

just pure

> luck, but I'm enjoying every minute of it. She starts school

tomorrow, and

> I'm so holding my breath that she makes the first day seizure

free. I know

> everyone will be on edge waiting for the first seizure.

>

> What foods do you guys make for you children to take to school?

I'm

> thinking easy, like fresh mozzarella salads, macadamia nuts, and a

yogurt.

> But I'd love some ideas. Also, I've tried and failed too many

times to make

> that awesome chocolate cake that Emma has on s friends site

but it's

> not working out. Maybe my ratios are wrong. Stella gets 1225 cals

a day, 21

> grams of protein, 3 meals a day and a 4.0-1 ratio. If anyone has

any luck

> with that cake recipe and can send me the correct weights for

Stella's ratio

> I'd sure appreciate it, there are non stop fall/winter birthdays

in her

> class, and since Stella will be diet restricted I've been

nominated to

> provide the cake. AAHHH.

>

> Thank you,

>

> --

> -mom to Stella, 5years old, started keto diet May 10th 2004

still

> waiting to be seizure free. Also on Lamictal, epam and

Diamox. Anisa

> is almost 10 and a happy healthy girl.

September 8, 2004

-Great to hear the good news about Stella. Lunch foods will be

tough for us this school year, as Ethan has suddenly grown tired of

his gouda cheese meal. It may be hard on a 4.0 Ratio, but you might

try making muffins with almond flour. I'll give you my proportions,

and if you have a planner, I think you should just be able to plug

in these numbers and then very the rest of the meal accordingly.

5 grams almond flour, 2 grams egg yolk, 3 grams stiff egg white (add

this at the very end so as not to overstir), 3 grams melted butter,

pinch of cinnamon, 1/8 tsp powdered stivia, pinch of salt, pinch of

baking soda. I use 4 grams frozen blueberries, but on 4.0 ratio you

might want to use skinless apple pieces instead. It makes one very

small, blueberry laden muffin. It travels well. (bake at 350 until

brown.)

Also, I can't believe you are providing the class with birthday

cakes! Keto cakes aren't the easiest things to make. Maybe you

should bow out of that task, and just take a separate muffin or

treat for Stella. Ethan has enjoyed auctioning off sweets that his

classmates bring in. In Science the first day they floated oreos in

milk and hypothesized how long they would float. Oreos and milk

were EThan's absolute favorite snack. I can't believe he actually

held one in his hand. It just goes to show how far he has come on

this diet. But afterwards, he accepted a black sharpie pin as the

highest bid for the cookie. I'm wondering who would have wanted a

soggy cookie?

School treats are hard, because you have to adjust their whole

meal plan for the day. Is Stella allowed a 'free' jello/eggwhite

cookie? Good luck with kindergarten. It's a big step!

Gretchen

-- In ketogenic , and Stansfield-lyons

wrote:

> I hate to speak to soon, but I had to share how excited I am that

Stella has

> had 3 wonderful days with no seizures. I have been experimenting

with using

> mostly coconut oil (saturated fats) and I've stopped giving her

whipped

> cream by replacing it with creme fraiche. Making a yogurt out of

the creme

> fraiche which she loves. I don't know if it is these changes or

just pure

> luck, but I'm enjoying every minute of it. She starts school

tomorrow, and

> I'm so holding my breath that she makes the first day seizure

free. I know

> everyone will be on edge waiting for the first seizure.

>

> What foods do you guys make for you children to take to school?

I'm

> thinking easy, like fresh mozzarella salads, macadamia nuts, and a

yogurt.

> But I'd love some ideas. Also, I've tried and failed too many

times to make

> that awesome chocolate cake that Emma has on s friends site

but it's

> not working out. Maybe my ratios are wrong. Stella gets 1225 cals

a day, 21

> grams of protein, 3 meals a day and a 4.0-1 ratio. If anyone has

any luck

> with that cake recipe and can send me the correct weights for

Stella's ratio

> I'd sure appreciate it, there are non stop fall/winter birthdays

in her

> class, and since Stella will be diet restricted I've been

nominated to

> provide the cake. AAHHH.

>

> Thank you,

>

> --

> -mom to Stella, 5years old, started keto diet May 10th 2004

still

> waiting to be seizure free. Also on Lamictal, epam and

Diamox. Anisa

> is almost 10 and a happy healthy girl.

September 9, 2004

Hi ...loved your email and congrats on the 3 days!!! I wish you many

more.

You mentioned that you switched the whipping cream to coconut oil. I'm

going to try that. My daughter hate the creams and it's almost an

impossible task every meal to get it in her, so if I can find a way NOT to

fight for the cream down her throat, I would be elated. So...I'm going to

try it, but could you tell me more about your recipe for the yogurt? Thanks!

....Sheridan's Mom

At 10:30 AM 9/7/2004, you wrote:

>I hate to speak to soon, but I had to share how excited I am that Stella has

>had 3 wonderful days with no seizures. I have been experimenting with using

>mostly coconut oil (saturated fats) and I've stopped giving her whipped

>cream by replacing it with creme fraiche. Making a yogurt out of the creme

>fraiche which she loves. I don't know if it is these changes or just pure

>luck, but I'm enjoying every minute of it. She starts school tomorrow, and

>I'm so holding my breath that she makes the first day seizure free. I know

>everyone will be on edge waiting for the first seizure.

>

>What foods do you guys make for you children to take to school? I'm

>thinking easy, like fresh mozzarella salads, macadamia nuts, and a yogurt.

>But I'd love some ideas. Also, I've tried and failed too many times to make

>that awesome chocolate cake that Emma has on s friends site but it's

>not working out. Maybe my ratios are wrong. Stella gets 1225 cals a day, 21

>grams of protein, 3 meals a day and a 4.0-1 ratio. If anyone has any luck

>with that cake recipe and can send me the correct weights for Stella's ratio

>I'd sure appreciate it, there are non stop fall/winter birthdays in her

>class, and since Stella will be diet restricted I've been nominated to

>provide the cake. AAHHH.

>

>Thank you,

>

>--

>-mom to Stella, 5years old, started keto diet May 10th 2004 still

>waiting to be seizure free. Also on Lamictal, epam and Diamox. Anisa

>is almost 10 and a happy healthy girl.

>

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September 9, 2004