Guest guest Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I keep finding all these great looking recipes using cranberries. I don't see it listed on the pecanbreads stage list. Any ideas of how easily cooked cranberries are to digest? I'm just starting Stage 2 and introducing stuff about every 4 days. I'd love to include cranberries on my Christmas menu! Marla IBS-D SCD 2 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 At 08:26 PM 11/30/2009, you wrote: I keep finding all these great looking recipes using cranberries. I don't see it listed on the pecanbreads stage list. Any ideas of how easily cooked cranberries are to digest? I'm just starting Stage 2 and introducing stuff about every 4 days. I'd love to include cranberries on my Christmas menu! You do need to cook them pretty well. When I make my cranberry sauce, I find that the best way is to cook the cranberries until very tender, then cool, and run through my Maverick grinder's fine screen -- which removes a whack of heavy skins and seeds from the mixture. (I have tried using a blender, a hand blender, and a food processor, and the grinder still makes the best cranberry sauce.) I had cranberries in muffins and in apple-pecan-cranberry or pumpkin-pecan-cranberry compotes my first year, and did acceptably with them. (Not so with a couple other items!) At Christmas time 2001, I had been SCD for a whopping 2 months. And there were no Pecan Bread stages then. <g> — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 My mom runs the cranberry sauce through a food mill. It takes out all the skins, and the vast majority of the seeds. It's so very very good, but so very very high in carbs! Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > >I keep finding all these great looking recipes > >using cranberries. I don't see it listed on the > >pecanbreads stage list. Any ideas of how easily > >cooked cranberries are to digest? I'm just > >starting Stage 2 and introducing stuff about > >every 4 days. I'd love to include cranberries on my Christmas menu! > > You do need to cook them pretty well. > > When I make my cranberry sauce, I find that the > best way is to cook the cranberries until very > tender, then cool, and run through my Maverick > grinder's fine screen -- which removes a whack of > heavy skins and seeds from the mixture. (I have > tried using a blender, a hand blender, and a food > processor, and the grinder still makes the best cranberry sauce.) > > I had cranberries in muffins and in > apple-pecan-cranberry or pumpkin-pecan-cranberry > compotes my first year, and did acceptably with > them. (Not so with a couple other items!) At > Christmas time 2001, I had been SCD for a > whopping 2 months. And there were no Pecan Bread stages then. > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 At 12:51 AM 12/2/2009, you wrote: My mom runs the cranberry sauce through a food mill. It takes out all the skins, and the vast majority of the seeds. It's so very very good, but so very very high in carbs! Yep, a food mill is great for these kinds of things. Keep in mind that although many of us do lower carb diets, SCD is NOT a low carb diet. It's a SPECIFIC carbohydrate diet. Small portions of homemade cranberry sauce, made with honey instead of sugar or high fructose corn syrup, shouldn't be an issue. <g> I like it a LOT, though, and must scrupulously limit my portions! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 At 12:51 AM 12/2/2009, you wrote:My mom runs the cranberry sauce through a food mill. It takes out all the skins, and the vast majority of the seeds. It's so very very good, but so very very high in carbs!um, that didn't ring true to me so I looked it up. and apparently it is not true:http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/cranberries.htmCranberries have been making a lot of health news recently – it seems they are good for almost everything! This is great for low carbers, because they pack a lot of nutrition, fiber, and flavor into a package without many carbohydrates. Half a cup of whole cranberries has 4 grams of effective carbohydrate, plus 2 grams of fiber, 1/3 of which is soluble (the soluble fiber is what makes the “gel” when you cook cranberries).Most berries are not high in carbs. And here's a cranberry chutney recipe that sounds good:http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarbsidedishes/r/cranchutney.htmYep, a food mill is great for these kinds of things.Keep in mind that although many of us do lower carb diets, SCD is NOT a low carb diet. It's a SPECIFIC carbohydrate diet. Small portions of homemade cranberry sauce, made with honey instead of sugar or high fructose corn syrup, shouldn't be an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 And here are two more cranberry recipes: Chicken and cranberries and red wine: (obviously use honey as the sweetener to taste and the cinnamon and allspice instead of the 5 Chinese spices) http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/maindishes/r/cranchick.htm and cranberry vinaigrette: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/soupsandsalads/r/crandressing.htm Personally, I cook chicken with cranberries all the time and do it without any sweetener, but this recipe is a little different, so I'm going to give it a try. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 At 07:18 AM 12/2/2009, you wrote: Small portions of homemade cranberry sauce, made with honey instead of sugar or high fructose corn syrup, shouldn't be an issue. Mara, Methinks it's the honey, not the cranberries that are the issue with carbs! But you are right, and I'm not awake this morning. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Yes, I was talking about the honey in the cranberry sauce. When we make it, I only eat 1/3 cup a day, which is 35 grams of carbs. That's worse then my half cup of Welch's grape juice! I could eat much more of it though, because it's very tasty :-). I only worry about carbs because it seems like everybody says they're bad for you. I'm afraid that if I eat as much of them as I like, that I could cause a setback. Maybe I'm worrying about nothing, but I get paranoid when people talk about carbs feeding yeast and bacteria. Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > >>Small portions of homemade cranberry sauce, > >>made with honey instead of sugar or high > >>fructose corn syrup, shouldn't be an issue. > > Mara, > > Methinks it's the honey, not the cranberries that > are the issue with carbs! But you are right, and I'm not awake this morning. > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 At 04:52 PM 12/2/2009, you wrote: I only worry about carbs because it seems like everybody says they're bad for you. I'm afraid that if I eat as much of them as I like, that I could cause a setback. Maybe I'm worrying about nothing, but I get paranoid when people talk about carbs feeding yeast and bacteria. Hey, always remember... just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the universe ISN'T out to get you! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 I only worry about carbs because it seems like everybody says they're bad for you. I'm afraid that if I eat as much of them as I like, that I could cause a setback. Maybe I'm worrying about nothing, but I get paranoid when people talk about carbs feeding yeast and bacteria. Holly Seems like " they " are always saying a lot of things! Yes, I know, you can't turn around without someone bad-mouthing carbs. But maybe if they knew which carbs to eat, they would find it matters which carbs, not the total count! I'd say just remember the baddie carbs we aren't eating and maybe not worry too much about the good ones we can eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 *looks around nervously* I don't know if that's what I needed to hear ;-) Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > >I only worry about carbs because it seems like > >everybody says they're bad for you. I'm afraid > >that if I eat as much of them as I like, that I > >could cause a setback. Maybe I'm worrying about > >nothing, but I get paranoid when people talk > >about carbs feeding yeast and bacteria. > > Hey, always remember... just because you're > paranoid doesn't mean the universe ISN'T out to get you! > > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 At 11:58 PM 12/4/2009, you wrote: *looks around nervously* I don't know if that's what I needed to hear ;-) <chuckle> — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 That's what I'd like to do! I love (legal) carbs :-). Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > > Seems like " they " are always saying a lot of things! Yes, I know, > you can't turn around without someone bad-mouthing carbs. But maybe > if they knew which carbs to eat, they would find it matters which > carbs, not the total count! I'd say just remember the baddie carbs > we aren't eating and maybe not worry too much about the good ones we can eat. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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