Martian Pudding (recipe)

[Guest guest]

OK, this recipe originated while I was whipping

up a batch of Avocado Mayonnaise, and thinking it

looked a lot like a cooked pudding. So, reciting

the SCD cook's mantra ( " With these ingredients,

how bad can it be? " ) and muttering to myself,

" Well, the worst that can happen is that I'll

decide I don't want to do that again.... " I ended up with

MARTIAN PUDDING

4 ripe Haas avocados (black skin)

Juice of one large lemon

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

1/2 cup honey or pear sauce or saccharin equivalent

1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Peel and pit avocados. Add lemon juice and whip

smooth with a hand mixer. Add salt and pepper and whiz thoroughly.

Stop here for Avocado Mayonnaise, and use in most

dishes just as you would mayonnaise. This makes a

dandy mild guacamole, which you can spice up with

a bit of onion, garlic, and cumin if desired and

tolerated. However, if making Martian Pudding, I

would recommend against the onion, garlic, and cumin. <grin>

To continue to Martian Pudding, add honey or pear

sauce and vanilla, and blend thoroughly. Chill,

and serve. Makes about four portions, so is easy

to scale down if you don't need that much at

once. It's amazingly sweet, mild, and seriously

satisfying for a sweet treat, besides being egg

and nut free. Even if it IS green....

Note: putting salt and pepper in a sweet dish may

seem odd, but I redid the dish without it, and

decided it added a depth to the sweetness which I found fascinating.

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Recipe from Louisiana SCD Lagniappe (forthcoming)

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Marilyn,

With all the nut-free schools these days, it is a real boon to learn

about an additional nut-free snack! Would the lemon juice keep this

pudding from turning brown by lunch time do you think?

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

At 01:08 PM 8/9/2007, julie46250 wrote:

>With all the nut-free schools these days, it is

>a real boon to learn about an additional

>nut-free snack! Would the lemon juice keep this

>pudding from turning brown by lunch time do you think?

,

If you place a piece of plastic wrap directly on

the surface of the pudding before putting a cover

on the container, that will reduce the browning even further.

The lemon juice worked pretty well on the avocado

chicken salad that I took with me on vacation --

still green after five days. I can't say around

the house: stuff doesn't last long enough!

I have also substituted Tropicana orange juice,

which works well short term, but doesn't have

overnight staying power. If someone can't handle

fresh lemon juice, but can handle the Tropicana,

that might work. Lime juice is another possibility.

I would also think that one could use the legal

fruit oil flavorings, like lemon, orange, and

lime instead of the vanilla. I think if I were

doing lime pudding, I'd make sure to use the juice of a couple limes.

I know what you mean about the nut-free schools.

<g> The stray thought has occurred to me to

wonder what the reaction of the school boards

would be if some parents said, " Hmm, you won't

let my child bring her healthy nut-based snack

because Jilly Sue is allergic to nuts and might

get some. My child can't have food with any of

these ingredients, so I insist that none of the

other children be allowed to have them, either! "

Probably wouldn't work -- but can you imagine the

consternation on the part of parents who think a snack is a Twinkie?

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

I know. It's so annoying. At school Jolly Ranchers are totally

appropriate. What keeps me from burning up is the knowledge that for

some of these nut-allergy kids it truly is a matter of life an

death. So I make no fuss.

The stray thought has occurred to me to

> wonder what the reaction of the school boards

> would be if some parents said, " Hmm, you won't

> let my child bring her healthy nut-based snack

> because Jilly Sue is allergic to nuts and might

> get some. My child can't have food with any of

> these ingredients, so I insist that none of the

> other children be allowed to have them, either! "

>

> Probably wouldn't work -- but can you imagine the

> consternation on the part of parents who think a snack is a Twinkie?

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 01:55 PM 8/9/2007, julie46250 wrote:

>I know. It's so annoying. At school Jolly

>Ranchers are totally appropriate. What keeps me

>from burning up is the knowledge that for some

>of these nut-allergy kids it truly is a matter

>of life an death. So I make no fuss.

,

Demonstrating how far behind I am on modern junk

food, I had to go Google " Jolly Ranchers " to find

out what you were talking about.

<g> I knew how far I'd come when they put a new

snack food machine in the lobby of the Fitness

Center where I do my water therapy. I looked at

all the pretty packages and how attractive they

were -- and none of it interested me as food. Period.

I know each and every one of the parents here

have an uphill battle where getting services for

your children is concerned. So you are probably

right when you say this is one thing it is not

worth fighting over. (Knew of a pregnant lady who

was assured there were no walnuts in something...

there were. She had convulsions, according to my

informant, and lost her child. Never did hear how

the law suit on that one came out as the informant moved away.)

Still, though... we're fighting a battle for the

children's bodies AND their minds.

Maybe one day....

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Hi, Marilyn! I'm Dede -- new. Kinda like you: not officially

diagnosed but when I stopped eating wheat/gluten my stomach no longer

hurt and I suddenly had my energy back, and of course then my life.

I am educating myself and I'm becoming what probably a lot of you may

have become: A Crusader!!! On a Mission to tell the world!! (But

I'm realizing a lot of people think it's nuts to think that one's gut

holds the key to so many things.)

Any way, wanted to comment on your Martian Pudding ... how

interesting!!! I applaud that you are maintaining a New Orleans

tradition of being an excellent and inventive chef!! (Man am I going

to watch for your postings!!) I love to cook, I've only been doing

this for a little over a week so I'm keeping things very basic and am

in more of a healing stage - but you are VERY inspirational!

I am gonna try your recipe - love avocadoes (I'm from Texas) this

weekend ... I've printed it up. You sure make this look like fun,

and that's what good cookin' is all about!!!!

Dede

[Guest guest]

Hi, Dede,

Welcome to Pecan Bread! This is a great list. You

might also find the Long Island List, the

original SCD list, to be of interest. And yeah,

I know the Crusader's Zeal -- but hey, my

sister's on SCD now, and my niece, who is a

celiac, and was told she'd probably never have

children without major medical intervention has a

bouncing boy, and is looking for a sibling for young Master Liam.

SCD is much, much more than just " gluten free, "

as lots of the folks here who have done the gluten free rounds can tell you!

I've been working on an SCD cook book which I'd

hoped to have finished by now, but there was this

hurricane, name of Katrina, which got in the way,

and then an assortment of family medical

emergencies. (My folks are in their 80s, and

getting more fragile, but dang, I sure hope that

I have their energy thirty years from now!)

You'd be amazed at how many creative things you

can do with " just basics. " Non-SCDers moan and

groan about how awful it must be to be so

limited! Well, we're not limited at all -- we

just learn to think outside the traditional box!

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

I also love all of your recipe ideas and tips!

I'm one of those creative cooks also, but don't have really any extra time to be

creative at all right now, so keep those tidbits coming!

Oh, and definitely get that cook book going!

Bonita

Re: Re: Martian Pudding (recipe)

Hi, Dede,

Welcome to Pecan Bread! This is a great list. You

might also find the Long Island List, the

original SCD list, to be of interest. And yeah,

I know the Crusader's Zeal -- but hey, my

sister's on SCD now, and my niece, who is a

celiac, and was told she'd probably never have

children without major medical intervention has a

bouncing boy, and is looking for a sibling for young Master Liam.

SCD is much, much more than just " gluten free, "

as lots of the folks here who have done the gluten free rounds can tell you!

I've been working on an SCD cook book which I'd

hoped to have finished by now, but there was this

hurricane, name of Katrina, which got in the way,

and then an assortment of family medical

emergencies. (My folks are in their 80s, and

getting more fragile, but dang, I sure hope that

I have their energy thirty years from now!)

You'd be amazed at how many creative things you

can do with " just basics. " Non-SCDers moan and

groan about how awful it must be to be so

limited! Well, we're not limited at all -- we

just learn to think outside the traditional box!

- Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund