Guest guest Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Hi Liz, Very wonderful that you are going on the SCD along with your son. Welcome to your new life! I will add in my 2 cents worth about foods to send for school. My 25 year old daughter left here a few days ago. She stopped by to load up on food for her road trip. In addition to SCD brownie muffins I made her some round sandwich breads to take that were absolutely indestructible and worked really well for her. The recipe is Easy Sandwich Bread and can be found on NoMoreCrohns.com in the recipes section. I always have to add water to make a thinner batter and I usually leave out the cheese, it works just as well. Anyway, they are pancake-like and they hold up to anything you can think to put on them. Muffins, brownies, fresh fruit, yogurt shakes, cookies, raw nuts and dried fruit when he has healed (they are very advanced foods and can be physically irritating to the gut) are a few choices I can think of for school lunches and snacks. Keep in mind that most of the SCD foods, especially baked goods, need refrigeration. An insulated lunch bag and ice packs are recommended IMO. Others can let you know about the stages and how long to stay in each stage. Carol CD 21 yrs SCD 4.5 yrs From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of caralycalnikmom I'm hoping that when he starts school on the 31st I'll be able to send some things like muffins and cookies (we've already experimented with recipes that turned out great) in his lunch. He's a football player and will be staying after school for practice 3 hours every day and needs a significant amount of calories. I'm still trying to figure out what he's going to take for main courses that will pack easily. I finally had the whole gluten free thing down pat and this is more of a challenge for packing lunches. Any good suggestions for lunches for a 14 year old with a huge appetite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Hi Liz, Very wonderful that you are going on the SCD along with your son. Welcome to your new life! I will add in my 2 cents worth about foods to send for school. My 25 year old daughter left here a few days ago. She stopped by to load up on food for her road trip. In addition to SCD brownie muffins I made her some round sandwich breads to take that were absolutely indestructible and worked really well for her. The recipe is Easy Sandwich Bread and can be found on NoMoreCrohns.com in the recipes section. I always have to add water to make a thinner batter and I usually leave out the cheese, it works just as well. Anyway, they are pancake-like and they hold up to anything you can think to put on them. Muffins, brownies, fresh fruit, yogurt shakes, cookies, raw nuts and dried fruit when he has healed (they are very advanced foods and can be physically irritating to the gut) are a few choices I can think of for school lunches and snacks. Keep in mind that most of the SCD foods, especially baked goods, need refrigeration. An insulated lunch bag and ice packs are recommended IMO. Others can let you know about the stages and how long to stay in each stage. Carol CD 21 yrs SCD 4.5 yrs From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of caralycalnikmom I'm hoping that when he starts school on the 31st I'll be able to send some things like muffins and cookies (we've already experimented with recipes that turned out great) in his lunch. He's a football player and will be staying after school for practice 3 hours every day and needs a significant amount of calories. I'm still trying to figure out what he's going to take for main courses that will pack easily. I finally had the whole gluten free thing down pat and this is more of a challenge for packing lunches. Any good suggestions for lunches for a 14 year old with a huge appetite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Thanks! The no more crohn's website is fantastic! I just wish we could have dairy - it would definitely make it easier. I'm going on the SCD to give my son moral support, but I'm also hoping that it will get rid of my psoriasis. It's the only problem that I still have after being on a restricted (gluten, dairy, soy free) diet for years. I used to have IBS (suffered for years) and developed debilitating arthritis after the birth of this same son. (Somehow, this is ironic to me.) For an entire year I ate NOTHING besides fish, rice, sunflower seeds, most fruits and some vegetables (no nightshades). I could have small amounts of corn after about 6 months and some rice milk to go on rice cereal and that was all I ate. All of my health problems (even ones I hadn't really noticed) went away. I slowly added some things back, but stayed gluten, dairy, soy and egg free for several years. When I tried adding spelt, I developed a kidney disease. It went into remission when I went back to fanatically gluten free. I've stayed soy free and mostly dairy free (butter and small amounts of goat or sheep milk cheese) and I was able to add eggs back about 1-1/2 years ago. Thank goodness for this! Anyway, a long way to say that I am experienced with restricted diets. There's a learning curve for this one, but I'm seeing that it's do-able and I already cook a lot of similar main dishes. The real challenge will be during basketball season when I'm teaching full time and coaching a HS girls' team. I'm hoping to get a lot of stuff in the freezer ahead of time. > Hi Liz, Very wonderful that you are going on the SCD along with your son. > Welcome to your new life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm hoping that when he starts school on the 31st I'll be able to send some things like muffins and cookies (we've already experimented with recipes that turned out great) in his lunch. He's a football player and will be staying after school for practice 3 hours every day and needs a significant amount of calories. I'm still trying to figure out what he's going to take for main courses that will pack easily. I finally had the whole gluten free thing down pat and this is more of a challenge for packing lunches. Any good suggestions for lunches for a 14 year old with a huge appetite?If you can't do portable things like sandwiches, muffins, etc... by the time school starts, you could always send things in a thermos like chicken soup and stuff. You can also make a lot of things out of nut butter, like bread and 'brownies' and stuff, so even if you can't do flour yet the nut butter could work. Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)20mg Prednisone 1x daily ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm hoping that when he starts school on the 31st I'll be able to send some things like muffins and cookies (we've already experimented with recipes that turned out great) in his lunch. He's a football player and will be staying after school for practice 3 hours every day and needs a significant amount of calories. I'm still trying to figure out what he's going to take for main courses that will pack easily. I finally had the whole gluten free thing down pat and this is more of a challenge for packing lunches. Any good suggestions for lunches for a 14 year old with a huge appetite?If you can't do portable things like sandwiches, muffins, etc... by the time school starts, you could always send things in a thermos like chicken soup and stuff. You can also make a lot of things out of nut butter, like bread and 'brownies' and stuff, so even if you can't do flour yet the nut butter could work. Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)20mg Prednisone 1x daily ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm hoping that when he starts school on the 31st I'll be able to send some things like muffins and cookies (we've already experimented with recipes that turned out great) in his lunch. He's a football player and will be staying after school for practice 3 hours every day and needs a significant amount of calories. I'm still trying to figure out what he's going to take for main courses that will pack easily. I finally had the whole gluten free thing down pat and this is more of a challenge for packing lunches. Any good suggestions for lunches for a 14 year old with a huge appetite?If you can't do portable things like sandwiches, muffins, etc... by the time school starts, you could always send things in a thermos like chicken soup and stuff. You can also make a lot of things out of nut butter, like bread and 'brownies' and stuff, so even if you can't do flour yet the nut butter could work. Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)20mg Prednisone 1x daily ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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