Re: Emergency/On-the-Go Eating

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There may be many variations of an answer to this question. For us, eating out is never an option because DD is anaphalactic to dairy, and I can never be sure that all traces of dairy are out of whatever we would purchase. Besides that, she is also reactive to corn, gluten, soy, nuts, legumes, and eggs. So you can see that restaurant food just isn't an option.

So for us, our entire lifestyle is based on that, and we have food handy all the time in the fridge. If there were to be an emergency and we had to be gone all day, I'd go to the fridge and pack a day's worth of food. It would take me 10 minutes to grab some burgers (we always have these on hand), warm up some soup, open a can of black olives, and chop up some fruit and/or veggies too. I keep homemade seed crackers and dried fruits on hand as well. I actually do this nearly daily because if we leave the house at all, I do this. Our entire family eats " packed up " nourishing food anytime we leave the house. It helps to have an insulated cooler pack and some SS thermoses for hot foods. If you can have more foods than us, that is helpful. Boiled eggs, crispy nuts, and milk products (yogurt, kefir, etc) are also good take along foods.

Also, our lifestyle is that we always, ALWAYS need to have food available to eat. This means that we cook big batches of foods, and live largely off of leftovers. We always have emergency foods in the freezer for when we don't have time to cook. So this lifestyle feeds easily into having food ready to go if we need it.

Marla

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:58 PM, creativemess10 <creativemess10@...> wrote:

Although we are not 100% GAPS yet, our grain use has been rare, mostof our raw milk is now turned into kefir, and sugar and other

processed foods have been nixed.But...last week our girls had a choir concert 1.5 hours away, lifewas wild that day, and I couldn't prepare ahead for suppertimefood. We ended up about 9:00 p.m. wandering a grocery store with

limited money looking for something that wasn't too bad to eat.Unless you buy produce and go wash it in the store bathroom(gross!), what in the world is OK for an emergency food stop?Then, this morning, I learned that the husband of a friend was

killed last night in a head-on car wreck. My oldest daughter(friends w/ their daughters) and I ran out the door to be with hermost of the day. We caught a ride with another couple from ourchurch. About 3:30, on the long ride home (these folks live over an

hour away), we stopped for Mexican food (our ride's choice). Mydaughter and I were so hungry we joined right in, refried beans,cheese, and all. (It was SO good!) Now, b/c my tummy hasn't beengetting fed this way in a long while, I feel really gross.

What do you do for emergencies like these? in TN------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Marla, could you share your seed crackers recipe?

Thanks,

Re: [ ] Emergency/On-the-Go Eating

There may be many variations of an answer to this question. For us, eating out is never an option because DD is anaphalactic to dairy, and I can never be sure that all traces of dairy are out of whatever we would purchase. Besides that, she is also reactive to corn, gluten, soy, nuts, legumes, and eggs. So you can see that restaurant food just isn't an option.

So for us, our entire lifestyle is based on that, and we have food handy all the time in the fridge. If there were to be an emergency and we had to be gone all day, I'd go to the fridge and pack a day's worth of food. It would take me 10 minutes to grab some burgers (we always have these on hand), warm up some soup, open a can of black olives, and chop up some fruit and/or veggies too. I keep homemade seed crackers and dried fruits on hand as well. I actually do this nearly daily because if we leave the house at all, I do this. Our entire family eats "packed up" nourishing food anytime we leave the house. It helps to have an insulated cooler pack and some SS thermoses for hot foods. If you can have more foods than us, that is helpful. Boiled eggs, crispy nuts, and milk products (yogurt, kefir, etc) are also good take along foods.

Also, our lifestyle is that we always, ALWAYS need to have food available to eat. This means that we cook big batches of foods, and live largely off of leftovers. We always have emergency foods in the freezer for when we don't have time to cook. So this lifestyle feeds easily into having food ready to go if we need it.

Marla

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:58 PM, creativemess10 <creativemess10gmail> wrote:

Although we are not 100% GAPS yet, our grain use has been rare, mostof our raw milk is now turned into kefir, and sugar and otherprocessed foods have been nixed.But...last week our girls had a choir concert 1.5 hours away, lifewas wild that day, and I couldn't prepare ahead for suppertimefood. We ended up about 9:00 p.m. wandering a grocery store withlimited money looking for something that wasn't too bad to eat.Unless you buy produce and go wash it in the store bathroom(gross!), what in the world is OK for an emergency food stop?Then, this morning, I learned that the husband of a friend waskilled last night in a head-on car wreck. My oldest daughter(friends w/ their daughters) and I ran out the door to be with hermost of the day. We caught a ride with another couple from ourchurch. About 3:30, on the long ride home (these folks live over anhour away), we stopped for Mexican food (our ride's choice). Mydaughter and I were so hungry we joined right in, refried beans,cheese, and all. (It was SO good!) Now, b/c my tummy hasn't beengetting fed this way in a long while, I feel really gross.What do you do for emergencies like these? in TN------------------------------------

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yes i will - must have the right time to type. but i'll send it!

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM, The Bridgewaters' <mebridge@...> wrote:

Marla, could you share your seed crackers recipe?

Thanks,

Re: [ ] Emergency/On-the-Go Eating

There may be many variations of an answer to this question. For us, eating out is never an option because DD is anaphalactic to dairy, and I can never be sure that all traces of dairy are out of whatever we would purchase. Besides that, she is also reactive to corn, gluten, soy, nuts, legumes, and eggs. So you can see that restaurant food just isn't an option.

So for us, our entire lifestyle is based on that, and we have food handy all the time in the fridge. If there were to be an emergency and we had to be gone all day, I'd go to the fridge and pack a day's worth of food. It would take me 10 minutes to grab some burgers (we always have these on hand), warm up some soup, open a can of black olives, and chop up some fruit and/or veggies too. I keep homemade seed crackers and dried fruits on hand as well. I actually do this nearly daily because if we leave the house at all, I do this. Our entire family eats " packed up " nourishing food anytime we leave the house. It helps to have an insulated cooler pack and some SS thermoses for hot foods. If you can have more foods than us, that is helpful. Boiled eggs, crispy nuts, and milk products (yogurt, kefir, etc) are also good take along foods.

Also, our lifestyle is that we always, ALWAYS need to have food available to eat. This means that we cook big batches of foods, and live largely off of leftovers. We always have emergency foods in the freezer for when we don't have time to cook. So this lifestyle feeds easily into having food ready to go if we need it.

Marla

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:58 PM, creativemess10 <creativemess10@...> wrote:

Although we are not 100% GAPS yet, our grain use has been rare, mostof our raw milk is now turned into kefir, and sugar and otherprocessed foods have been nixed.

But...last week our girls had a choir concert 1.5 hours away, lifewas wild that day, and I couldn't prepare ahead for suppertimefood. We ended up about 9:00 p.m. wandering a grocery store withlimited money looking for something that wasn't too bad to eat.

Unless you buy produce and go wash it in the store bathroom(gross!), what in the world is OK for an emergency food stop?Then, this morning, I learned that the husband of a friend waskilled last night in a head-on car wreck. My oldest daughter

(friends w/ their daughters) and I ran out the door to be with hermost of the day. We caught a ride with another couple from ourchurch. About 3:30, on the long ride home (these folks live over anhour away), we stopped for Mexican food (our ride's choice). My

daughter and I were so hungry we joined right in, refried beans,cheese, and all. (It was SO good!) Now, b/c my tummy hasn't beengetting fed this way in a long while, I feel really gross.What do you do for emergencies like these?

in TN------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Marla,

Will you come to my house and help me get organized?!

:-)

I LOVE all your tips! I think my biggest problem is organization. We don't even own any small pots anymore; all I use is stock pots, b/c there are so many of us (10 in all). This means there usually aren't leftovers, b/c we eat a ton at every meal. I know Sally Fallon says in NT that, if you are too busy to spend some time in the kitchen, you need to change. The problem is, I DO spend lots of time in the kitchen, but we just eat it all up so darn fast! A gallon of fermented saeurkraut disappears in a week, and yes, we are using it as just a side dish. I sure do wish I could do everything. When I have to push on one project (currently our huge garden we're still trying to get planted in between rains as well as building another movable chicken pen for the 50 Cornish Cross broilers being delivered tomorrow!), others slip. The housecleaning always slips (sadly, that's a permanent problem!), the homeschooling often slips, but I hate it when my cooking is always behind.

Sorry for moaning. You have inspired me with some great tips. Thanks! in TN

[Guest guest]

,

Your house sounds like ours...we also have 10 and it seems like there is always something that gets put aside. I am getting tired of spending so much time in the kitchen..I think when all my kids grow up that is what I will love the best, not having little birds standing under my feet cause they are "starving"

I will eat when not hungry, so it poses quite a problem in making food for everyone all the time and NOT eating when I am NOT hungry.

That will, my flesh, that wants to get its every desire, is always battling in me, and often wins over the food issue.

Preparing things to have ready when we leave the house would be ideal...some days I don't even have food ready to eat at home.

Well, there is always fruit and vegetables of some kind, usually yogurt and I did, this last month, buy some

*gasp* natural rice krispies and corn flakes as a treat once a week or every other.

Gotta go, baby crying...

Thanks for reading my murmurings...

Mellissa in MI

Re: Emergency/On-the-Go Eating

Posted by: " Webster" creativemess10@... creativemess10

Tue May 13, 2008 10:49 pm (PDT)

Marla,Will you come to my house and help me get organized?!:-)I LOVE all your tips! I think my biggest problem is organization. We don'teven own any small pots anymore; all I use is stock pots, b/c there are somany of us (10 in all). This means there usually aren't leftovers, b/c weeat a ton at every meal. I know Sally Fallon says in NT that, if you aretoo busy to spend some time in the kitchen, you need to change. The problemis, I DO spend lots of time in the kitchen, but we just eat it all up sodarn fast! A gallon of fermented saeurkraut disappears in a week, and yes,we are using it as just a side dish. I sure do wish I could do everything.When I have to push on one project (currently our huge garden we're stilltrying to get planted in between rains as well as building another movablechicken pen for the 50 Cornish Cross broilers being delivered tomorrow!),others slip. The housecleaning always slips (sadly, that's a permanentproblem!), the homeschooling often slips, but I hate it when my cooking isalways behind.Sorry for moaning. You have inspired me with some great tips. Thanks! in TN

[Guest guest]

Dear

With your time dilemma my heart goes out to you. Looking back on my toughest years with young children who were sick, as well as myself with poor health and then moving to a farm and trying to get THAT going, it is an impossible load. I would think that the children should/could do more as traditional farm families of the past and would strain our relationship or my ability to manage them and IT all.

Since then I have observed the Amish near us and they regularly "farm out" their older daughters to help other families with the work load. Years ago I quickly dismissed the thought of hiring someone to help, because we "can do it ourselves" or " we cannot afford it" BUT looking back now my opinion is that I paid dearly in other ways for NOT getting the help I needed. You said it best when you said that to focus on one project makes the other areas slip. Housecleaning, spiritual life, relationships, and school are the areas that have taken the biggest hit at our home due to stretching too thin. When I look back by not getting the help I needed, I paid dearly. Hiring help is a necessity.

From one Mom who's been there to another,

Kathy in Ohio

P.S. I am going out of town soon and may not be able to readily respond.

[Guest guest]

We are leaving on a trip today, so this is perhaps a good example to share.  Our family is also a family of 10 (actually 11, but the eldest is married), and the kids are always *hungry*!For the trip I have pre-made and frozen spaghetti sauce.  Made gluten free granola for breakfasts, and am today also baking a gfcf spice cake to dry out in the oven for breakfast.Have yogurt and kefir as usual, as well as lemon mint water kefir in a gallon jar.  Also kombucha (thanks Millie for getting me going on these two things again!)Carrying brown rice, brown rice pasta, brown rice tortillas, frozen burger for a grill, baked beans for a couple of meals, homemade ketchup.  Will make kettle corn for the road.Also have my salad dressing in a jar, and 2 small "disposable" glass ketcup bottles (from my husband's frequent hotel stays) filled for restaurant use.  Need to do that with my ketchup, too.  Taking bologna from one of our farmers for sandwichs.We are staying at a Residence Inn, booked on Price Line ($55/night!!!) which is all-suite with complete kitchen, so preparing/eating our own food will not be a problem.Maybe this will help some of you for ideas.MaureenPreparing things to have ready when we leave the house would be ideal...some days I don't even have food ready to eat at home.Well, there is always fruit and vegetables of some kind, usually yogurt and I did, this last month, buy some*gasp* natural rice krispies and corn flakes as a treat once a week or every other.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the compassionate and helpful responses to my worries

about having healthy on-the-go food ready. I copied the cooking tips

into a file, while my heart was warmed to know there are others out

there who feel or have felt overwhelmed as well. I have three

daughters (16, newly 15, and 12) who are VERY capable helpers and

hard workers. In fact, I have loaned them out on a regular basis to

several new moms with other little ones at home, too. It's the

younger three with special needs who slow us down with every project

needing doing. However, if we didn't have those three, I would

probably still be pigging out on Breyer's chocolate ice cream after

an easy meal of Hamburger Helper, so they are a blessing while they

are hard!

Today we did our second picking of strawberries at a local pick-your-

own, and my 12 y.o. daughter with Down's helped me fill about twelve

quart bags for the freezer. Yesterday, our older girls and I helped

friends kill and process 100 Cornish Cross chickens. (The first one

was super gross, but then we got into the groove and it became quite

fun--someone else did the actual murder!) We brought home a couple

of chickens, ALL the livers, and 5 pounds of pork sausage made with

just S & P and sage. Oh, and more raw milk. This local farmer thing

is definitely more affordable for us.

Meanwhile, I have a true confession: right this very minute my

oldest two daughters are using their Wilton cake decorating skills

to make two huge sheet cakes for my 18 y.o. son's high school

graduation party being held tomorrow (at a local park--I'd NEVER

survive the fear of judgment about our messy house!). We're also

serving hamburgers, but b/c grass-fed beef is so expensive, we

bought Wal-mart meat (80 lbs. of it!).

So, that leads me to another question: how do you entertain,

especially those who eat SAD?

in TN

>

> Dear

>

> With your time dilemma my heart goes out to you. Looking back on

my toughest years with young children who were sick, as well as

myself with poor health and then moving to a farm and trying to get

THAT going, it is an impossible load. I would think that the

children should/could do more as traditional farm families of the

past and would strain our relationship or my ability to manage them

and IT all.

>

> Since then I have observed the Amish near us and they

regularly " farm out " their older daughters to help other families

with the work load. Years ago I quickly dismissed the thought of

hiring someone to help, because we " can do it ourselves " or " we

cannot afford it " BUT looking back now my opinion is that I paid

dearly in other ways for NOT getting the help I needed. You said it

best when you said that to focus on one project makes the other

areas slip. Housecleaning, spiritual life, relationships, and school

are the areas that have taken the biggest hit at our home due to

stretching too thin. When I look back by not getting the help I

needed, I paid dearly. Hiring help is a necessity.

>

> From one Mom who's been there to another,

>

> Kathy in Ohio

>

> P.S. I am going out of town soon and may not be able to readily

respond.

>

[Guest guest]

, I rarely compromise when entertaining.  The one and only exception I have made was for our eldest' wedding & bridal shower (actually, few compromises were made even there).  Now, I did compromise and use white sugar for the lemon curd and the coconut cake, as well as organic white flour, as they really did not need to be brown!I make cakes with whole grain flours, often gf, and using sucanat, xylitol, or honey.  We will not buy soda, but I make sparkling lemonade with fresh lemon juice, honey, and Perrier or San Pelegrino.  We make mint tea.  I have even served my ginger beer with many accolades!While I may not make burgers from our best meat, I have a large butcher shop where I can purchased beef, ground to order (I have them throw in a couple hearts), which comes from pastured animals and small family farms.  We pay about $1.65# for this in bulk, and we wrap and freeze.We did not use many "organic" ingredients for the wedding, and occasionallydon't otherwise when feeding a large crowd.  But I still make everything from scratch, and avoid all the really nasty stuff!All in all, I would have to say that at least 95% of our entertaining is still done using good ingredients.  I do not like to compromise, and consider that when we have others into our home, we can be a shining light in the darkness of nasty, unhealthy eating habits.Hope this helps,MaureenOn May 18, 2008, at 12:20 AM, creativemess10 wrote:Meanwhile, I have a true confession: right this very minute my oldest two daughters are using their Wilton cake decorating skills to make two huge sheet cakes for my 18 y.o. son's high school graduation party being held tomorrow (at a local park--I'd NEVER survive the fear of judgment about our messy house!). We're also serving hamburgers, but b/c grass-fed beef is so expensive, we bought Wal-mart meat (80 lbs. of it!).So, that leads me to another question: how do you entertain, especially those who eat SAD? in TN

[Guest guest]

OK, I have a moment now. (LOL! I typed that statement a week ago and had to stop right there!)

So now I have another moment. I can't locate my exact recipe at the moment because it's on my other computer. But the exact recipe is not important at all. Here's what you do:

blend up some tomatoes, carrots, bell pepper, & carrots into a puree. Also, to taste, try cilantro, basil, garlic, onions, or beets. About 2/3 of the mess will be tomato. Call this " veggie puree. "

Soak some seeds overnight. You can use whatever seeds you like. I usually use a mix of sesame, pumpkin, flax, chia, and sunflower.

Use 1 c. veggie puree to 2 c. seeds (drained.) I pulverize the whole thing in my food processor, and that makes a nice texture. But you can also just mix it together with a spoon and leave the seeds whole - it's a different texture. My DD likes these crackers to be bland (seasoned with salt only), but I find that I don't like them at all bland. So you can also try other seasonings - add in sun-dried tomatoes and italian seasoning, or bar-b-que seasoning, curry powder, cayenne, etc.

Spread it out on the dehydrator teflon sheet and dry it at 100 until it's all dry and crispy. I usually go in after about 2-4 hours and score it with cookie cutters to make fun shapes. Also, after it's pretty dry, you can flip it onto the plastic mesh for even faster finishing.

Let me know if I was unclear anywhere.

Cheers!

Marla

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM, The Bridgewaters' <mebridge@...> wrote:

Marla, could you share your seed crackers recipe?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Maureen, for all your entertaining tips. I commend you for being able to do all you do! Wow! I don't know if I'm there yet, but I'll keep plugging along! I'll put your entertaining tips in my special file I'm building up off this group.

BTW, this is my first time back online with time enough to check a week's worth of Leaky Gut posts. Want to know why?! Because that huge graduation party a week ago, where we served Walmart hamburber meat (doctored with onions and worsteshire sauce), chips, sweet tea, and beautifully decorated Wilton sheet cakes (chocolate and vanilla, complete with a bit of Crisco to make the icing behave), our family has had diarrhea and basic malaise the entire week! And our youngest two, for whom we are doing all this diet mostly for, both threw up. In fact, the daughter with Asperger's threw up off and on over four days' time (including her 10th b.day).

I'm glad this happened, b/c it helped reinforce to everyone, my husband especially, that we CANNOT make allowances! (So this morning, everyone was very complimentary of our " squash pancakes " instead of complaining that we didn't have our usual whole wheat ones!)

One more thing: last week while sick, we watched a conscience-moving documentary about Walmart. It's called " The High Cost of Low Prices " . (Available through Netflix) I have been one of those people who help keep Walmart the largest and richest company in the entire world, but now, even though we hardly have enough money to buy sufficient groceries, I'm not going to compromise. If you get a chance, check it out!

in TN

[Guest guest]

Would you mind sending the recipe for the squash pancakes?

Thanks,

> (So this morning, everyone was

> very complimentary of our " squash pancakes " instead of complaining

that we

> didn't have our usual whole wheat ones!)

[Guest guest]

Squash pancakes are one of the many recipes from pecanbread.com. Basically, they are crepe-shaped scrambled egg with squash to give them texture. Here's the recipe:

4 eggs

1 c. squash (or any other pureed vegetable)

I used butternut squash I'd baked ahead

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla (be sure it's gluten free!)

1 TBL melted coconut oil

Mix all ingredients well and prepare as pancakes.

We pureed some fresh strawberries sweetened with a tad of stevia for the top.

-- in TN