Guest guest Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I have seen that dehydrated fruits and veggies are not to be added to the diet until the " raw food " stage. However, we'll be going camping soon and would like to have some " munchies " for the trip. Dehydrated fruit seemed like a good idea to avoid " straying " from SCD. Can I do this with foods that we've already introduced such as ripe banana and apples (applesauce)? Or should I cook/bake these first and then dehydrate them? Has anyone done this? How do they come out? Thanks for any assistance? Mike Kaufman, Father of 4.5 yr old Caeden Autistic since 1 yr - SCD since Aug 11, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 I'm sorry to tell you that it is too soon for dried anything. It would be better than eating illegal foods, but is certainly not recommended. mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Mike, Camping should be fun! <wry grin> I'm corresponding with a lady in Houston who's trying to set up an SCD emergency kit, since they got hit by this week, and Dean looks like it's be a Cat5 by the time it reaches Texas/Mexico. Needless to say, having been through Katrina, I'm keeping an eye on things, too. Dehydrated fruits and veggies are great for camping. The problem, when you're in the early stages, is that drying concentrates the juices of same, and when snacking, there's a tendency to eat more of a given item. So, say, a handful of dried cherries is actually TWO handfuls of fruit. And if you eat two handfuls.... How long are you going for? Bananas, if properly ripe, don't need to be cooked. If you start with some ripe, some medium, and some green, you should have all the bananas you can handle for the trip. I've used peeled, sliced zucchinis, lightly salted, which I dried at the top temperature on the Excalibur. If kept in a zip lock bag, these can make a reasonable approximation of a crisp chip, but they do pick up moisture easily, and become weirdly flexible. (Still useable when you get home -- I bake them into a lasagna.) The higher drying temperature and the longer cooking time actually cooks these as they're drying. I have NOT tried this, so don't know how well it would work, but the thought flashed into my mind of cooked french cut green beans (if tolerated) which are laid out and dried, and might become something like Chinese noodles. But I'm afraid I have to second on the thought that you're a bit too new to SCD to be doing dried food just yet. When you're further on the road to healing, there are all sorts of things, like Krivel Krackers, home-dried fruits and veggies and meat sticks and so forth and so on. Early on, well... it's limited. — 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 August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Thank you to both of you for your responses, but just to clarify, even if they are cooked first and then dehydrated it's not ok? Like, for instance, baked apples then placed into the dehydrator. Also, I had read somewhere - seems like in Elaine's book, something along the lines of " all the honey you want " . We're not huge sugar freaks anymore, since we've been eating fairly healthy for quite some time, but I'm just wondering ... You mentioned the concentration of the juices in the dehydrated fruits as being an issue. If fruit is ok on SCD and in numerous places Elaine seems to indicate AMOUNT is less of an issue than WHAT you eat on SCD, why would the concentration of juices be a huge issue if you've made certain to cook the foods before dehydration? And, if this IS an issue still, would simply having the kids drink a glass of water along with their dehyrated snacks be sufficient to " dull down " the concentrated juice? I know that the grape juice and apple cider are to be mixed with water - wouldn't this be similar? Or, is there something more that I'm missing as far as why a pre- cooked fruit could not then be dehydrated and utilized as a snack. I know I'm new to this and I'm speaking with veterans, so I'm not trying to make it sound like I know better than you, I'm just not seeing the rationale behind ruling them out if they've already been cooked (unless this just doesn't really " work " in practice - ie. bad taste or texture). Mike - Father of 4.5 yr. old Caeden ASD since age 1 - SCD since Aug 11, 2007 > > > Mike, > > Camping should be fun! > > <wry grin> I'm corresponding with a lady in > Houston who's trying to set up an SCD emergency > kit, since they got hit by this week, and > Dean looks like it's be a Cat5 by the time it > reaches Texas/Mexico. Needless to say, having > been through Katrina, I'm keeping an eye on things, too. > > Dehydrated fruits and veggies are great for > camping. The problem, when you're in the early > stages, is that drying concentrates the juices of > same, and when snacking, there's a tendency to > eat more of a given item. So, say, a handful of > dried cherries is actually TWO handfuls of fruit. > And if you eat two handfuls.... > > How long are you going for? Bananas, if > properly ripe, don't need to be cooked. If you > start with some ripe, some medium, and some > green, you should have all the bananas you can handle for the trip. > > I've used peeled, sliced zucchinis, lightly > salted, which I dried at the top temperature on > the Excalibur. If kept in a zip lock bag, these > can make a reasonable approximation of a crisp > chip, but they do pick up moisture easily, and > become weirdly flexible. (Still useable when you > get home -- I bake them into a lasagna.) The > higher drying temperature and the longer cooking > time actually cooks these as they're drying. > > I have NOT tried this, so don't know how well it > would work, but the thought flashed into my mind > of cooked french cut green beans (if tolerated) > which are laid out and dried, and might become something like Chinese noodles. > > But I'm afraid I have to second on the > thought that you're a bit too new to SCD to be doing dried food just yet. > > When you're further on the road to healing, there > are all sorts of things, like Krivel Krackers, > home-dried fruits and veggies and meat sticks and > so forth and so on. Early on, well... it's limited. > > > — 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...
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